230RN
2A was "political" when it was first adopted.
I've got a small salute cannon I picked up a long time ago. Bore .500", depth 4.25"
Retrieved it from storage recently. Made a pretty good bang, but I haven't fired it in decades.
The muzzle is dinged up from its flipping over under recoil and the wheels are gone now.
I have loose honest-to-gawd BP but I also have some "30-gr volume equivalent" Hodgdon Pistol pellets for a black powder replica .44 revolver.
Questions:
(1) General disclaimers about safety aside, has anyone ever had experience in using compresssed BP substitute pellets in a model salute cannon of about this size?
(2) I've been using tissues and TP and the like for wadding, but that was about 20 years ago. Nowadays, with a much-elevated fire danger, I've been thinking of using that fire resistant wadding that the model rocketeers use for wadding to eject their parachutes. Has anyone got any experience with using that parachute wadding for salute cannons?
I did a quick search on this but found nothing really relevant. I'm sure it's just poor search technique, but relevant links would also be welcome.
The balls, by the way, are from my replica revolver and are much too small for the actual bore of the cannon --they're just there for photographic purposes.
Retrieved it from storage recently. Made a pretty good bang, but I haven't fired it in decades.
The muzzle is dinged up from its flipping over under recoil and the wheels are gone now.
I have loose honest-to-gawd BP but I also have some "30-gr volume equivalent" Hodgdon Pistol pellets for a black powder replica .44 revolver.
Questions:
(1) General disclaimers about safety aside, has anyone ever had experience in using compresssed BP substitute pellets in a model salute cannon of about this size?
(2) I've been using tissues and TP and the like for wadding, but that was about 20 years ago. Nowadays, with a much-elevated fire danger, I've been thinking of using that fire resistant wadding that the model rocketeers use for wadding to eject their parachutes. Has anyone got any experience with using that parachute wadding for salute cannons?
I did a quick search on this but found nothing really relevant. I'm sure it's just poor search technique, but relevant links would also be welcome.
The balls, by the way, are from my replica revolver and are much too small for the actual bore of the cannon --they're just there for photographic purposes.
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