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Offline hawkchucker

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Proper angle for GB Cohern
« on: January 29, 2013, 11:54:18 AM »
OK Long time since Ive been here but I finally have time and next week going to a machinist friends to do my Mortar. Now the carrige part gets me. What is the fixed angle of it? I know distance is made by adjusting powder,(I think) but what angle is the tube supposed to be?
 
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Re: Proper angle for GB Cohern
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2013, 12:15:46 PM »
Quote from: hawkchucker on January 29, 2013, 11:54:18 AM
OK Long time since Ive been here but I finally have time and next week going to a machinist friends to do my Mortar. Now the carrige part gets me. What is the fixed angle of it? I know distance is made by adjusting powder,(I think) but what angle is the tube supposed to be?
 
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Depends on which one you are building but most are 45 degrees.
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Re: Proper angle for GB Cohern
« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2013, 05:02:30 PM »
Forty-five degrees will get you the longest distance with the least amount of powder, and as DD says most mortars with fixed elevations are set at that angle.
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Re: Proper angle for GB Coehorn
« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2013, 10:15:25 PM »
Or use a different model, like an 1841 Seacoast mortar, and then you can use an adjustable elevation mount.
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