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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

Very cool

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...

I once had the idea to build a 2 Pounder Whitworth Breech loading cannon with a 40mm Bofors barrel.
I found a number of barrels but their owners were reluctant to sell knowing they were going to be...

Ok M.D. so it really is a thing !
I clearly need to get out more often and engage with the real world instead of the on line world

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Tedz50 I love that mortar . What bore is it ?
I bet it's been out to somewhere like Birdlings Flat in the day and lobbed some lead off shore

So now i I need a HiViz anvil

Ok Ted
I think we should do it at your place
That would be a fun day out with free overnovernight accommodation in the Hornby holding calls

Who me ?

I have a fucking massive blacksmiths anvil
Need to make a stand for it and have it where it's more convenient to use more often

I must confess that my main interest in home made BP is being able to feed a cannon or mortar.

I don't really use enough with my 6 muzzleloaders to warrant making my own.

Cannons and mortars do...

MD there are a number of Canterbury high country lakes in the Waimak basin that are infested with crack willows.
DoC and ECan are actively trying to eradicate them and there are vast quantities of...

I have a large coppice of basket willows on my property.
Ideal to harvest, peel the bark, cut into short lengths and dry for making high quality charcoal.
Being basket willows they have very long...

Have some of M.D.s to test in my 12 gauge musket
Looking forward to seeing this thread evolve
And likely to be doing this myself some time soon.

It would be good to share info on suppliers and...