Thread: Home Brew Black Powder........Craft Powder?

My God What have I done!!!!!

I mention making a bit of 'Craft' Holy Black for the musket and all of a sudden there are huge anvils flying through the air amidst a cloud of smoke

I feel guilty

Not

Akaroa....I didnt think you had got my drift when I mentioned it...lol

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

Akaroa....I didnt think you had got my drift when I mentioned it...lol

I doubt you worry too much about DRIFT with anvil firing !
I'm guessing in serious competition the winner is the team that gets it highest.
I wonder if there is an Anvil Firing association and a chapter in NZ
I also wonder about the rules .... Just asking for a friend

Originally Posted by akaroa1

I doubt you worry too much about DRIFT with anvil firing !
I'm guessing in serious competition the winner is the team that gets it highest.
I wonder if there is an Anvil Firing association and a chapter in NZ
I also wonder about the rules .... Just asking for a friend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhQ4dE_RGnQ

Originally Posted by Tedz50

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhQ4dE_RGnQ

Very cool

those cannon pics got me thinking, what does it take to get my hands on a small scale cannon, something you have to build yourself? Or can you purchase them somewhere, be glad to have another reason to make some more black powder, although I don’t think I’ll be launching anvils anything soon

Originally Posted by Tedz50

Cannons can be built with simple tools as they are the most basic of firearms.In fact my crudest cannons have been the most fun.

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I like the bonnet mounted one
Very Mad Max style

Isn't it nice to walk down memory lane
And the miracle is we lived to tell the tale and became adults

Originally Posted by Tedz50

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Nice. Looks positively sane compared with the bolt bombs we experimented with (albeit we were a lot younger and heaps dumber than you were in the pics)

Originally Posted by NAKED_GOOSE

those cannon pics got me thinking, what does it take to get my hands on a small scale cannon, something you have to build yourself? Or can you purchase them somewhere, be glad to have another reason to make some more black powder, although I don’t think I’ll be launching anvils anything soon

Years ago you guys in Northland had a very strong Black Powder club in Whangarei. The club had several members who were madmen.
At their shoots they used to fire a 1/2 scale coehorn mortar with explosive charges. Most spectacular and frightening at the same time.
There were quite a few cannons around in other locations in those days. Some made using sections of Bofors barrels. When fired the "thump' could be felt in your feet even if standing some distance away.

Sounds like a blast,
Although I feel like that might be frowned upon by some these days,
Seems like I’ll be having to get a lathe if I want my on small scale cannon, and maybe some metal casting too, certainly going on my project list though