My Little Blackpowder Cannon

[Steelspear]

Ok, so I had some time and some brass over and I thought I´d make myself a little toy.

 

Here it is, my little blackpowder cannon.

 

 

The gun itself, without the rear carriage is 50x30 mm. The boore is 5 mm, the caliber is L/7, 35 mm.

Material is brass, aluminium, rubber and stainless steel.

 

Time to make it: under 4 hours on a manual lathe and on a manual mill.

 

Blueprints? Nope, I made it as I went along.

 

The videoclip does not give a proper depiction of the sound since the mic cant handle the "POP!"

 

I hereby celebrate Swedens national day by firing of a salute!

 

http://youtu.be/FlgM-7iSFQg

[Marek Tucan]

Nice little gun to repel any insectoid invaders with a dose of canister!

[TonyE]

The Gun is Good. Nothing beats some handy pocket artillery.

[Max H]

Artillery is magic? Consider me jealous - how many coke cans have you terrorised so far?

[Steelspear]

Artillery is magic? Consider me jealous - how many coke cans have you terrorised so far?

 

Ehum... Yeah, about that... The second you put something in the barrel and fire it the piece require a weapon license in Sweden. So I have not fired anything from the cannon... Yup, not a thing. Not even a grain of salt. Not one grain...

[Corinthian]

Right....

 

Would love to have one at the office. It'll sit perfectly on top of my filing cabinet - which has a 360-degree view of the entire office room. Load it with appropriate ammo, aim....