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[b][list][size=18]Where to find Blackpowder Cannons and shooting supplies[/size][/list][/b]List of suppliers of Cannons, cannon shooting supplies and materials for building your own gun, big and small taken from postings here on this board and found on the internet. Links are active. Just click on any name and you will be taken to their website. This is not an endorsement just a list of resources.If you find one of these links dead, please drop me a PM.If you contact one of these companies, be sure and tell them you found them on GrayBeard 's Blackpowder Mortar and Cannon Board.[size=18][u][b][color=red]Warning and disclaimer:[/color][/b][/u][/size] Shooting cannons is not like shooting a big over sized muzzleloader. There is a completely different set of internal ballistics involved. Read up on cannon shooting before you acquire a cannon. Suggested reading is [b][i][u] THE MORE COMPLETE CANNONEER By M.C. 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I thought i had Big Sky on the list. I guess I only thought I did, oh well over 50 years of age and suffering from Old Timers disease.
DD, out here it's known as "Half Timers Disease"
Blaster wrote:QuoteDD, out here it's known as "Half Timers Disease" Also known as "Some timers desease" sometimes you remember, sometimes you don't
A link to another artillery manual.This is one of the better civil war manuals. http://www.civilwarartillery.com/books/GIBBON.PDF