When my Wife and I finally get moved into our new home and I get my shop up and running I want to see if I an build a better cannon ball. Here's the rules if you wanna help. I can only use stuff that was around during the civil war era. I do get to use modern tools to make stuff. That's about it. I think that a proximity cannon "ball" could have been made and used with much greater accuracy. This idea comes from a friend that I met here. He sent me a proximity fuse from WW2. He's a much brighter guy than I and I get a real kick out of knowing him. Anyway. I think the technology existed that could be something like a fin guided proximity shell that would be far above timing a exploding ball by trimming a fuse. So if you've got an idea on guidance, how to create a proximity fuse, how to keep it safe, how to shoot it or anything else let me know. I've been making cannons, BP, cannon balls, fuse, and about everything else that goes with cannons for several years. I've got some ideas that I'll start to share but I'd like to hear from you who would like to be part of the journey.