Cannons

[Monkeyman666]

I am in the process of making a small .50 cannon. I am going to shape it a little in a matal lathe making it more realistic. Has anyone on here ever made one? I am wondering how much powder to use, It doesn't need to be able to hurl a ball 3 miles. Being it is a .50 caliber I am making it about 2 inches in diameter. Its about a foot and a half long. I will be using a 1/2 inch titanium drill bit in a drill press.

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Monkeyman

[Anthony]

That's going to have to be a damn long drill bit...

[Kdogg]

It is.

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Monkeyman

[SMAG 12B/E5]

You mentioned shaping the cannon in a lathe.Why not drill the device in the lathe, assuring a more likely chance of a concentric bore.

[Agent Blak]

Let me get this straight you are going to make a .50 cal cannon that is 2" in Diameter. so you will have a wall thickness of .750 +/- .015. what type of metal are you going to use for this? High Carbon Steel, Mild, Cold rolled, hot rolled, Al, Bronze, Brass...
What do you plan on using for a propellent.

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[EventHorizon]

I know someone who made just a cannon, .50cal and all. I was an absolute masterpeice!!!! He scaled it down from replica confederate plans he'd found somewhere I think. Even painted it the rigth color and made the spoke wheels. The thing was gorgeous. Printed a nice group at 25yds too. Used FFFg powder and IIRC ~60grains. Its was a bronze barrel too btw.

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