Model Cannon

[smokemjoe]

I hope the pics. will follow this, I made the barrel from a 1 1/4 - 219 Zipper barrel. 7 in. long , drilled and reamed it to .380 bore, Its threaded 1/2x 13 and the ball end was fitted and ball turned.The wood is Texas Mesquite crotch wood,   12 in. across after sawed out. A tree blowed down at my inlaws in San Antonio Tx. and believe the tree was over 150 years old and that dated back to the Alamo when I got it 20 years ago, I made the wheels also from it, The axles  are brass. The sled is  9in. by  2 1/4 wide.

[Cat Whisperer]

I love the stretch-limo look!

AND the upsidedown can!

[smokemjoe]

Back in the 60s I walked into a gun store, Beloit Wis. and said give me $20.00 worth of black powder, No quetions asked, $1.50 a pound and a up side down can in the lot, Just found it after 50 years in a box. Hope you all like the pics. Joe

[Cannoneer]

Lookin' good, Joe! I just asked Zulu a question about mesquite; it wasn't all that long ago that Texans would have paid you to get it off their property (I understand that much of its range is only bush size, used for barbecuing), now the larger trees are in great demand for furniture, carving, and turning, and there's not enough of the stuff to go around.