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Offline coreycja

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Nano Cannon Powder
« on: March 29, 2011, 03:34:43 PM »
Hello all, I had a quick question regarding a micro cannon that I have that is very similar to the one below. I was about to make a black powder purchase from powderinc and was just wondering what would be the best powder for my application? I've tried pyrodex, but the results are mediocre at best, nothing like the blasts shown in the video. Any suggestions/comments are greatly appreciated.


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Re: Nano Cannon Powder
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2011, 03:42:30 PM »
coreycja

WELCOME to the board.

I'd use REAL blackpowder (you might have to order it and it shipped to you).  Start with 4Fg.

Love to see the pictures.

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Re: Nano Cannon Powder
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2011, 03:45:16 PM »
For that little guy I would use 4F black powder.

I notice that Powder, Inc carries Meal-D right now. I have never used Meal-D, but since you are placing an order specifically for that guy, maybe grab a can or two of Meal-D as well and see how it works.

Either way, even a 5 pound minimum order shipment from Powder, Inc should keep you all set for that beast for quite a while.  ;)
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Re: Nano Cannon Powder
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2011, 04:11:25 PM »
coreycja,

     Welcome to the board. That little beast looks like great fun. rickk is right about 4f, I think that 5 lbs. would last most a decade, even with 5 kids and 3 grandkids.

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Re: Nano Cannon Powder
« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2011, 04:32:12 PM »
Take one granule of Cannon grade, use a brass file to file it to fit.  ;D
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Re: Nano Cannon Powder
« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2011, 04:57:32 PM »
Quote from: subdjoe on March 29, 2011, 04:32:12 PM
Take one granule of Cannon grade, use a brass file to file it to fit.  ;D

Good one!!!
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Re: Nano Cannon Powder
« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2011, 09:32:37 PM »
Thanks for all the info. I just really started getting into cannons, and figure I'd start small, and eventually get bigger cannons as a gain more knowledge. BTW here is the sequel to the 1st video:

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Re: Nano Cannon Powder
« Reply #7 on: March 30, 2011, 12:53:19 AM »
Ok, who here wants to mass produce those?  There is something cool about a gun you have to load with tweezers. He certainly has no problem about making a mess inside his house.
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Re: Nano Cannon Powder
« Reply #8 on: March 30, 2011, 02:16:59 AM »
Quote from: Mike H. on March 30, 2011, 12:53:19 AM
Ok, who here wants to mass produce those?  There is something cool about a gun you have to load with tweezers. He certainly has no problem about making a mess inside his house.

No mess inside the house???  ???  Where is the fun in that?  ::)
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Re: Nano Cannon Powder
« Reply #9 on: March 30, 2011, 06:34:01 AM »
 
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No mess inside the house???  ???  Where is the fun in that?  ::)

If I were fire one of those in my home, my cats would mess in my house, then I'd have to clean it up. 
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Re: Nano Cannon Powder
« Reply #10 on: March 30, 2011, 06:59:02 AM »
     This mini cannon is really cute.  It produces results way beyond any nano, micro or mini that we have shot.  The question that comes to mind is this:  How?  Have you fellows noticed that very, very little smoke issues forth with each shot?  Actually, no smoke is evident in some shots.  Blackpowder is really good at producing smoke even in the mini cannons.

     Unfortunately, there is only one way to get this level of performance from a mini cannon without producing smoke.  No.  Not nitrocellulose smokeless powder.  A loose-fitting #2 shot is not going to produce enough pressure to do anything like what is shown with any modern rifle, pistol or shotgun powder.  The grains in the paper trough featured in Video One are very finely ground.  They are some type of pyrotechnic powder.  The attributes of some pyro powders are tremendous power with low volume.  We mixed these as kids and somehow survived.  We are not stupid enough as adults to do that again.  Never. 

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Re: Nano Cannon Powder
« Reply #11 on: March 30, 2011, 07:13:23 AM »
I don't think he's using black powder either. Notice that the powder is red in color.  We could not break a water balloon with the 1-1/4" long barrel BB mortar.  I lengthen it to 2-1/2" long and now have much better results. If that mortar on his video used black powder, I don't think it would have broke some of those things, if any.
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Re: Nano Cannon Powder
« Reply #12 on: March 30, 2011, 07:32:50 AM »
I think he is using a form of flash powder, I have a container of it but mine is a form of black powder
but a super fine granulation burns fast and still smells like black powder, his may be a variant....
Still not recomending the use.
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Re: Nano Cannon Powder
« Reply #13 on: March 30, 2011, 08:01:12 AM »
Actually, in the first video, when he is loading the mini with the red powder, the word "gunpowder" is flashed across the screen. Maybe it is some finely ground gunpowder? Modern smokeless gunpowder should be able to do that, I'd think...BoomLover
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