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Voriax

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• Jul 12, 2010

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Hi all. Went today to the nearby shooting range and took one of my 'weird' weapons with me...a 1/3 downscaled copy of a 10" mortar from early 19th century. Here are couple frames from a video I took with my old Canon ixus.
Didn't quite catch the projectile in these pics but it's a concrete cylinder the size of a beer can..actually I do use beer cans as molds when making those

Voriax

 

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• Jul 12, 2010

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INCOMING!!!!!!!!!.Cool photos!

 

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• Jul 12, 2010

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Man I like that bad boy! Great pics

 

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• Jul 12, 2010

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Nice. I remember when I was a kid my uncle had something similar that would launch a 4' evergreen about 30 feet in the air.

 

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That thing looks cool. I want to fire it!!

 

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• Jul 12, 2010

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Cool Pictures!

 

Old Town

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• Jul 12, 2010

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Too much fun

Voriax: Some guys have too much fun!!

Great photo. And I'd give anything for swivel-mounted 2" falconet for my sailboat. Blackpowder IS a blast.

Old Town

 

Voriax

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• Jul 12, 2010

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For a few other similar pics check my album: http://metaldetectingforum.com/album.php?albumid=60

Voriax

 

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• Jul 15, 2010

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Looks like great fun.... RickO

 

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• Jul 15, 2010

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cool....seen one of those on that show Pawn Stars. Does your shoot bowling balls too?

 

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• Jul 15, 2010

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Nice pictures, looks like fun

 

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• Jul 15, 2010

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Homemade Mortars

I made one out of an old tank shell (punch out the primer and appoxy in a cut off nail), coffee cans (drill hole in center of bottom and epoxy in a shotgun primer), black powder, cardboard discs, and cement...Would shoot over 300 yards, and leave a 3 foot hole in the ground...never could get one to explode on impact...I tried everything...lol...Yeah...we were nutso kids...A wonder any of us survived...


HH,

 

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LandStar2007 said:

I made one out of an old tank shell (punch out the primer and appoxy in a cut off nail), coffee cans (drill hole in center of bottom and epoxy in a shotgun primer), black powder, cardboard discs, and cement...Would shoot over 300 yards, and leave a 3 foot hole in the ground...never could get one to explode on impact...I tried everything...lol...Yeah...we were nutso kids...A wonder any of us survived...


HH,

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