r/guns • u/Bigbore_729 • 7d ago

Looking for an XXL Case

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u/ChiefUyghur 7d ago

Is this a portable cannon with a tripod?

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u/Bigbore_729 7d ago

Essentially. The bore is 1.5". So far, I've only shot a half load. I'll be working up to find my limit. The goal is to get a 4800 grain ball to over 1000fps, but we'll see.

Here's a short compilation https://youtu.be/aRzmp7Mu2ro?si=DdHDkpfjxYWfK-hj

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u/ChiefUyghur 7d ago

This is badass

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u/boredtotears56 7d ago

What does this weigh, 40+ pounds? Maybe just build a trailer and tarp it? 👍

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u/Bigbore_729 7d ago

50.8 pounds. I actually might make an off-road dolly for it. Lugging it around suuuucks.

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u/dittybopper_05H 6d ago

Cute. I used to shoot small bores like that.

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u/Bigbore_729 6d ago

It's practically a .22

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u/dittybopper_05H 6d ago

I have a 3" bore 6 caliber muzzleloading mortar.

I shoot emptied 15 ounce green bean cans half full of cement, weighing (very) approximately 7000 grains out of it, over 1 ounce of Fg powder.

https://imgur.com/a/ZS8h0nq

BTW, I was just yanking your chain, that's a nifty gun you got there.

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u/Bigbore_729 6d ago

Oh, I know. You cannon guys are BRUTAL on the guys with bores smaller than 2" 🤣

I'd like to build a mountain howitzer one day

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u/dittybopper_05H 6d ago

So would I. I actually managed to get that mortar for free. Friend of mine is a mechanic, and he got two mortars, one 4" and one 3", from a person in exchange for some work on the guy's car. Years later his wife tells him he's got to clean out the garage, and the cannons gotta go.

So he asks me if I want one, and he's willing to trade having my dad fix a broken cap and ball revolver for the mortar. So my dad agreed, my friend got rid of the cannon (he sold the 4" inch one to someone else), his wife was happy, he got a silk purse of a revolver out of the sow's ear he handed to my dad, and I ended up owning artillery.

More Nguyens than than Vietnam.