BP Cannon, now your talking! I'm building a 1/2 scale civil war 6 pounder and it is done enough to fire and the report is most satisfying.
http://gnipsel.com/cannon/cannon.xhtml John On 5/23/2012 10:36 PM, Kent A. Reed wrote: > On 5/23/2012 11:03 PM, gene heskett wrote: >> On Wednesday, May 23, 2012 10:42:23 PM Kent A. Reed did opine: >> >>> On 5/23/2012 9:42 PM, gene heskett wrote: >>>> BP nipples using #209 primer >>> That certainly was a "shot in the dark" given the nature of this group, >>> Gene. I'd think there are gunsmithing and shooting groups online that >>> are better able to answer. >>> >>> Just for grins, I stuck the above line into Google and got back pages of >>> hits. Most, I'm sure, aren't the specific answer to your specific >>> question, but it shows there's lots else is out there on sites with root >>> names like knightrifles.com, gunloads.com, thehighroad.org, mlagb.com, >>> tcarms.com, ammosmith.com, thefiringline.com, huntingnet.com. >>> >>> Good luck. >> So did I Kent (Google that is), lots of hits, but mostly SWAG's. I am >> inclined to give the 5 hole design a 2nd try, but with #74 holes instead of >> #68's, as that seems to have all the quacks and waddles of a duck called >> too much. We'll see as soon as the weather clears and its not the weekend. >> There is a small, very old but well maintained, cemetery across the parking >> lot from the range and a notice hanging on a roof support post that it will >> be closed Sunday and Monday out of respect for the cemetery visitors. >> >> One thing that seems to run a common thread is the requirement for a rigid, >> low headspace support behind the #209 primer, like the Omega has. It closes >> on the primer, holding it solidly with no headspace at all. Anything that >> allows primer gasses another exit besides the flash hole(s) seems to be >> considered very poor form. And this one will need a latch designed to >> catch and hold the striker in the fired position before that no leakage >> condition will be a reality. >> >> As for the blowback, I think the latch is the best solution, short of >> declaring this particular design a total loss. I've got too much time in >> carving not one, but 2 stocks for it over the years I've had it, and I like >> my artwork. Maple, thumbhole style, cherry grip& tip caps, thick recoil >> pad, the obvious giveaway is the BP ramrod hanging under the barrel, >> otherwise it looks like a pretty modern gun. >> >> Cheers, Gene > And of course Dave did answer your query, which proves once again the > breadth of knowledge in this group. > > I never had a hankering for BP long guns but there sure are a lot of > enthusiasts in this area of Western MD, Northern VA, and WV. There's no > shortage of volunteers for any battlefield reenactment. > > The latch sounds like a good idea (I hate thinking about anything, > striker, gas, or otherwise, kicking toward your face) but I have no idea > how hard it will be to implement. > > Now BP cannons I could see myself getting involved with...kind of an > East Coast mythbuster...making smoke and noise in equal quantities and > bouncing cannonballs through peoples' backdoors. Heck, they even get > paid to do it. > > Regards, > Kent > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
