A fine day out

[robinghewitt]

Hi Jim

This was a boys day out on private land next door to a military firing range. With coarse powder, a generous touch hole and paper towel wadding velocity was way below shotgun levels, don't reckon we got much pressure up.

Please post pics of your guns. I have a brace of 6 pounder sea service Falkirks that I'm fixing up Piccy

best regards

Robin

[RichardH]

Hi Jim

This was a boys day out on private land next door to a military firing range. With coarse powder, a generous touch hole and paper towel wadding velocity was way below shotgun levels, don't reckon we got much pressure up.

Please post pics of your guns. I have a brace of 6 pounder sea service Falkirks that I'm fixing up Piccy

best regards

Robin

Any chance of an artillary section, as Robin advances in years we may need it

[Jim McArthur]

Any chance of an artillary section, as Robin advances in years we may need it

I'm all for an artillery section!

My wife's the digital camera picture posting whiz (I'd be truly lost without my dear wife). She's also the Captain of our cannon crew! I'll look into posting some pics.

You might also want to check out our Baratarians yahoo group. We reenact the Battle of New Orleans every January. I also have a little cannon on a naval carriage like that one you were abusing. Got it from Jefferson Armory. Never had the touchhole drilled out, though: I just use it for demos: give the tourists some hands-on introduction to cannon drill, after they've seen the big one go BOOMM!

Jim