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YouTube has a great deal of video's showing people firing various cannon's. Some links I've picked up from here but they are easy to locate there. Pretty cool to watch and hear a bowling ball being fired off and just how far it can go.

mykeal, I have the same pistol you have listed as CVA Colonial .45 cal. . Does yours have Dikar Spain on the barrel? Also wanted to ask if yours is hard to pull the trigger on? Mine almost takes two fingers to pull it but it's great shooting it. Louder than my .58 cal cannon. Very nice...

Your cannon looks a great deal like mine in size and the carriage. The wheels look different being that they are not flat like a wagon wheel on the outside but round like a regular tire. Is the wood that the cannon is mounted to solid or are there 3 parts to it not including the wooden axle...

I've learned by watching the boilermakers and other trades that Kroil is the chosen penetrating oil to use. I've used it for years especially on my old car parts. Heard and tried PB Blaster but didnt see as good of reaction from it as Kroil. To me, PB stinks but I dont like the smell of...

I agree with sundance. If it has a plug of any kind then it's dangerous and needs to be immediately removed by the proper authorities!

No reason to be sorry. Good to ask before something happens like what did from this original thread.

"Um......................................................Are you positively sure it is SOLID?" It wouldn't be sitting there if it wasn't. No fuse hole at all. No hole period, even for the forks to pick it up for loading. The ends of my fingers can vouch that it is solid as well after pinching...

What does one use to preserve the outside of a cannon ball like those pictured in his collection? Read the story and reminded me of a Dr. / relic hunter who told me various stories back in the 80's of how he had found some of these and how he removed the fuse and powder in the past. Just...

"What is the difference between a tung oil finish and a linseed oil finish? I watched the YouTube videos by "SC digger" where he cleans up one of the Nepal cache P1853 muskets, and he uses a tung oil finish on the stock. Didn't they originally use boiled linseed oil?" In an answer to this...

Even though I still have not shot my 1860 Army 44 Colt Pietta I am curious how you guys are able to get the wedge started before putting it back in. My wedge is stubburn and takes a hammer to remove it even though I've tried a store bought wedge remover. Getting it back in I need a pair of...

You know what really ticks me off about this whole thing is the fact that when I first got my pistol from DixieGunWorks I looked it over and even though it was supposed to have the unfinished look it was actually rusty on small areas including the top of the barrel. I wasn't happy with it...

"I have a hard time believing that the problem is the way the poster described. It's in time for two cylinders then out of time for two then back in time??? This makes no sense to me at all. This would mean that the same parts are sometimes in time for the same chamber of the cylinder and at...

Not long ago I made a post abt the Antiques Roadshow, while in Houston, was showing some original 1st, 2nd and 3rd model's. While showing them the fellow explained that a problem with the lever dropping while shooting in defense was a big problem because in the heat of a shootout the levers ram...

Poncho, I picked this up at a local gunshop in Brighton, TN. Jim's Guns and junk was the old name but when the original owner passed his son took over and moved the place nearby. May just be called Jim's Guns now, not sure. Only been there 3 times so far. This wedge tool goes by the brand name...

In the past there has been talk of pistol timing of the cylinder when the hammer did not strike the nipple directly. Another subject has been not to dry fire and ways to dry fire using leather, rubber and even aquarium plastic tubing. While in the gun shop I noticed some pre-cut tubing...