Author Topic: "Cancer Cannon Shoot" (Read 6821 times)

dan610324 · « **Reply #30 on:** January 18, 2011, 08:06:06 PM »

yeah there must be a reason that Ive been logged in here for 53 days , 6 hours and 30 min

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #31 on:** January 19, 2011, 12:33:08 AM »

Quote from: dan610324 on January 18, 2011, 08:06:06 PM

yeah there must be a reason that Ive been logged in here for 53 days , 6 hours and 30 min

ANOTHER unsolicited comment from a satisfied addict!

dan610324 · « **Reply #32 on:** January 19, 2011, 05:10:57 AM »

the punishment for visiting this site is lifetime

lance · « **Reply #33 on:** January 19, 2011, 08:41:24 AM »

Quote from: dan610324 on January 18, 2011, 08:06:06 PM

yeah there must be a reason that Ive been logged in here for 53 days , 6 hours and 30 min

I know that sounds like a long time

...........But, then i think back through the years, all the time collecting and reading books on artillery, stopping the car when a cannon is spotted, tinkering out in the workshop making small cannons and mortars, i could go on and on. I have to admit, it's been a very interesting and enjoyable hobby, and i hope to get more time to live and enjoy my hobby.

dan610324 · « **Reply #34 on:** January 19, 2011, 12:12:51 PM »

dont hope
just decide that you should do it

lance · « **Reply #35 on:** January 19, 2011, 02:42:18 PM »

Quote from: dan610324 on January 19, 2011, 12:12:51 PM

dont hope
just decide that you should do it

Thanks Dan, i'll tell you a secret, one day i would like to have a full scale 2.25" CSA Mountain Rifle, Bronze of course

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #36 on:** January 19, 2011, 02:47:07 PM »

Quote from: lance on January 19, 2011, 02:42:18 PM

Quote from: dan610324 on January 19, 2011, 12:12:51 PM
dont hope
just decide that you should do it
Thanks Dan, i'll tell you a secret, one day i would like to have a full scale 2.25" CSA Mountain Rifle, Bronze of course

When I was a professor I used to tell my students that 50% of life was attitude. The other half, of course, is attitude.

dan610324 · « **Reply #37 on:** January 19, 2011, 11:50:20 PM »

its time to start building the wax original now , ok first you need to start collecting wax

KABAR2 · « **Reply #38 on:** January 20, 2011, 03:15:47 AM »

Quote from: lance on January 19, 2011, 02:42:18 PM

Quote from: dan610324 on January 19, 2011, 12:12:51 PM
dont hope
just decide that you should do it
Thanks Dan, i'll tell you a secret, one day i would like to have a full scale 2.25" CSA Mountain Rifle, Bronze of course

Once you get the casting done maybe you could talk M&T into rifling it

lance · « **Reply #39 on:** January 20, 2011, 07:32:42 AM »

Quote from: KABAR2 on January 20, 2011, 03:15:47 AM

Quote from: lance on January 19, 2011, 02:42:18 PM
Quote from: dan610324 on January 19, 2011, 12:12:51 PM
dont hope
just decide that you should do it
Thanks Dan, i'll tell you a secret, one day i would like to have a full scale 2.25" CSA Mountain Rifle, Bronze of course

Once you get the casting done maybe you could talk M&T into rifling it

Well, it's just a day dream, and i have thought about buying one. Then again, i do have all those old furnace and foundry books, even books on making rifling jigs. There's no doubt in my mind that i could build a furnace and make my own rifling jig, it just wouldn't be as pretty as M&T's jig.

Terry C. · « **Reply #40 on:** January 20, 2011, 10:53:45 AM »

Quote from: dan610324 on January 19, 2011, 12:12:51 PM

dont hope
just decide that you should do it

"Do, or do not. There is no try."

- Master Yoda

lance · « **Reply #41 on:** January 20, 2011, 01:36:00 PM »

Well, i made some cannister rounds today, they ain't pretty, but they'll fit my 1" Dahlgren. For those that can "see", the enclosed picture shows a rare cut-away model, that i made just for you.If you look close, you can see the wood base, and 12 .440 lead balls.

dan610324 · « **Reply #42 on:** January 20, 2011, 04:19:04 PM »

thats a neat little package

whats the weight of a 2,25" mountain rifle ??

Terry C. · « **Reply #43 on:** January 21, 2011, 06:17:40 AM »

Quote from: lance on January 20, 2011, 01:36:00 PM

Well, i made some cannister rounds today, they ain't pretty, but they'll fit my 1" Dahlgren. For those that can "see", the enclosed picture shows a rare cut-away model, that i made just for you.If you look close, you can see the wood base, and 12 .440 lead balls.

Technically, I would be more inclined to classify that as grapeshot. Which is cool, grape is devastating!

You have inspired me! I think I'll make a couple stands of grape using twelve .490" round balls since I already have them, in addition to the 27-pellet 000 buckshot canister.

Edited for those with projectile weight concerns: The weight of 12 .490" balls is very close to that of a single 1.125" round ball. It's actually a few grains less.

lance · « **Reply #44 on:** January 21, 2011, 06:58:48 AM »

Quote from: dan610324 on January 20, 2011, 04:19:04 PM

thats a neat little package

whats the weight of a 2,25" mountain rifle ??

The barrel weighs around 190 to 200lbs.

lance · « **Reply #45 on:** January 21, 2011, 07:03:47 AM »

Quote from: Terry C. on January 21, 2011, 06:17:40 AM

Quote from: lance on January 20, 2011, 01:36:00 PM
Well, i made some cannister rounds today, they ain't pretty, but they'll fit my 1" Dahlgren. For those that can "see", the enclosed picture shows a rare cut-away model, that i made just for you.If you look close, you can see the wood base, and 12 .440 lead balls.

Technically, I would be more inclined to classify that as grapeshot. Which is cool, grape is devastating!

You have inspired me! I think I'll make a couple stands of grape using twelve .490" round balls since I already have them, in addition to the 27-pellet 000 buckshot canister.

Edited for those with projectile weight concerns: The weight of 12 .490" balls is very close to that of a single 1.125" round ball. It's actually a few grains less.

I only have so many, and have to strech them out,12 will be enough for each round.Technically, you inspired me to make cannister rounds.

Terry C. · « **Reply #46 on:** January 21, 2011, 03:34:31 PM »

Twelve per stand is plenty. You don't need, or want, any more.

Weight-wise, twelve .440" balls in a 1" bore are the max. Any more than 12 would significantly exceed the weight of a solid shot.

lance · « **Reply #47 on:** January 22, 2011, 06:42:38 AM »

Quote from: Terry C. on January 21, 2011, 03:34:31 PM

Twelve per stand is plenty. You don't need, or want, any more.

Weight-wise, twelve .440" balls in a 1" bore are the max. Any more than 12 would significantly exceed the weight of a solid shot.

Now you know why i left out the sawdust packing, didn't want to add to the weight

lance · « **Reply #48 on:** January 22, 2011, 08:24:09 AM »

Well, i set the date as February 5th 2011 for the Cancer Cannon Shoot, guess i should set the time. Right now i'm thinking 12 noon to 2pm, might strech it out to 3pm, just depends on who might show up. I plan to invite a few folks from work, haven't worked since September, but they say they are holding my job. Anyway......... I want to avoid the bull crap that happened during the last shoot that was planned for July 17th 2010. I told Cat Whisperer, to tell folks that i was setting my guns up at home, and if anybody wanted to come over and fire the Ballonabwehrkanone, or to stop by to see me, that's where i would be. That didn't work out too good, and nobody from this forum came by. So, if anybody from here wants to come by and shoot at the Cancer Cannon Shoot, send me a PM, and i will send you the directions.

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #49 on:** January 22, 2011, 10:42:57 AM »

12noon to 2pm or so is great (earlier is likely to be COLDER).

Feel free to adjust it as needed.

Still working on the coolant system for the lathe here.

lance · « **Reply #50 on:** January 22, 2011, 02:44:05 PM »

Quote from: Cat Whisperer on January 22, 2011, 10:42:57 AM

12noon to 2pm or so is great (earlier is likely to be COLDER).

Feel free to adjust it as needed.

Still working on the coolant system for the lathe here.

If you don't have a cannon by the 5th, don't bother to come by.

lance · « **Reply #51 on:** January 23, 2011, 06:53:50 AM »

Just like Ernest T. Bass, I got a rude! Hey that's what my latest PM said. Let's be honest..........how is it going to look? if i have to show the moderator of the cannon and mortar forum, how to shoot a cannon..............it's not my fault he don't own one.

Double D · « **Reply #52 on:** January 23, 2011, 07:29:59 AM »

Lance,

I thought a bit rude when I first saw it.

I didn't say anything, becasue I also know friends some time tease and joke with each other in different ways.

So I read it like perhaps you and Tim might be working on some cannon for this shoot, and he wasn't ready yet. So you gave him a good natured joking tease, pushing him to get busy by saying if you don't a cannon by the 5th don't come over. It would have come across as teasing if you had included a smiley face.

On the other hand if Tim has no cannon, what you said was rude. The polite thing to say would have been, if you don't have a cannon by the 5th, come on over and shoot my gun.

Communication by keyboard can be a bit difficult, all the small nuances like facial expressions are missing. You and Tim my be laughing over this, but the rest of use were wondering.

Teasing and flip remarks are only fun when both parties are having fun.

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #53 on:** January 23, 2011, 10:05:58 AM »

This forum is for the polite discussion of pre-1898 cannons and mortars (see the sticky's on board rules).

Lance, if there are further things you wish to say about me or this forum kindly do so via PM's per the forum rules.

lance · « **Reply #54 on:** January 23, 2011, 02:46:51 PM »

1861, J.E.B. Stuart wrote a letter to his wife, that's what they had before PM's.............in the letter Stuart wrote: "Shanks Evans has gone to South Carolina and is a good riddance. He Paid no more attention to orders than to the bite of a fly, and as Field says a reprimand falls on Shanks as harmless as peas on the back of a rhinoceros"

O.K. if Tim comes over, he better bring a cannon, because i'm inviting folks, and if Tim don't have a cannon to shoot, he will just have to stand in line and wait his turn to shoot a cannon.

Double D · « **Reply #55 on:** January 23, 2011, 04:12:26 PM »

Flaming and trolling are not permitted on this forum and will not be tolerated. The topic is Cancer shoot and part of the discussion is not how rude you can be. Bring it back on topic or the topic will be closed

KABAR2 · « **Reply #56 on:** January 24, 2011, 02:34:06 AM »

Bringing it back on topic, I plan on going to this, just need to clean out the back of the truck
and am waiting on cannon to arrive.... I have a little bronze swivel gun on it's way just like
one I had years ago..... I just don't know if I will have time to sleeve it or not.

Like I told Lance this is a proactive attitude towards cancer, I want to send a few rounds down range for him
and in memory or my Carol.

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #57 on:** January 24, 2011, 04:45:34 AM »

Spot on!

Thanks, Allen!

Double D · « **Reply #58 on:** January 24, 2011, 05:46:23 AM »

Cancer cells make good targets, but here is my target.

AP photo from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/01/curb-menthol-cigarettes-c_n_110145.html

Those things killed my Mother In law and Father in law. They probably had something to so with my Moms passing also, even though she quit years before she died.

KABAR2 · « **Reply #59 on:** January 24, 2011, 06:40:40 AM »

Quote from: Double D on January 24, 2011, 05:46:23 AM

Cancer cells make good targets, but here is my target.

AP photo from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/01/curb-menthol-cigarettes-c_n_110145.html

Those things killed my Mother In law and Father in law. They probably had something to so with my Moms passing also, even though she quit years before she died.

I'll shoot one of those targets, my dad died of lung cancer