Newark, Ohio, Love the board, been on for a while... I'm a builder and shooter.. Biggest build so far is a 3" mountain Howitzer.. A friend does the cav carriages and I do the ship carriages... Make all the barrels out of sch 160-180 tubing. Proof test out in the boonies with a quad(4) load equiv of BP just like the old timers did, have never had a barrel fail the proof test yet. Knock on wood... BTW I spent 6 yrs in the army as Explosive Ordnance Disposal... LOL know ALL ABOUT BIG BOOMS!!! AND THE DANGERS OF THE BUILD....
later Rod