Reading some of these posts brought back many fond memories from my high school chemistry days. Quite a simple recipe for making gun powder. So I made some, at home away from prying eyes. Then, taking a piece of old three quarter inch galvanized water pipe from our basement, drilling a hole for the fuse, attaching an end cap and a marble for the projectile, my buddy and I were ready to test fire our latest of many contraptions.
He lived on the banks of the Willapa River, you see, and our firing range was about two hundred yards up river to the old Willapa Bridge, now long gone, no thanks to our contraption. Resting our new cannon on their picnic bench, with a block to catch any recoil, I cautiously lit the fuse. WHUMP! Not near a solid bang, but our contraption fired that marble about 150 yards, not quite enough to take out the bridge, thankfully.
I suppose to stay on thread, Phil, would that not make a great addition to a P42, to fend off pirates, of course? Other than our contraption, a loss here on what one thing our boat needs.
He lived on the banks of the Willapa River, you see, and our firing range was about two hundred yards up river to the old Willapa Bridge, now long gone, no thanks to our contraption. Resting our new cannon on their picnic bench, with a block to catch any recoil, I cautiously lit the fuse. WHUMP! Not near a solid bang, but our contraption fired that marble about 150 yards, not quite enough to take out the bridge, thankfully.
I suppose to stay on thread, Phil, would that not make a great addition to a P42, to fend off pirates, of course? Other than our contraption, a loss here on what one thing our boat needs.
