In case your inner child is not dead, or you have grandkids:
Recently bought and assembled this little Traditions Mountain Howitzer and intended to fire it on the Fourth, but did not. I finished the wheels and carriage with Rustoleum satin Moss Green and the barrel with Rustoleum satin Canyon Black. However, in my eagerness to assemble the cannon I forgot to degrease the barrel first, so the finish is fragile and the barrel should be stripped, degreased and repainted. Asking $285 shipped priority with a full box of the recommended Hornady .490 round balls. Traditions recommends a charge of 20 grains of black. And by the way, the tiny elevating screw works.





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Just a side note.

Back in the day Machining a small cannon barrel in shop Class was one of the projects you could choose.

I graduated in 1986 and was allowed to make a 85 caliber that weighs 35lbs.
The shop teacher said come up after school and pick it up.
He also drew up the blueprint for me to build it.

SPF fellas. Thanks.

Back when I shot a lot of service rifle competition we started match days with a cannon and colors. The cannon was made from a piece of rifled steam pipe and could be charged with a golf ball in a small Dixie cup. You should have seen that thing disappear downrange with a wicked curve to it!

That's a LOT of powder for such a toy.

Better plan to anchor it down first.
George

Made a shootable one by drilling out the barrel of a small brass cannon that was a souvineer(sp) from an historic place. used jet X fuse and powder made from a chemistry set. Couldn't get the powder to blow---just fizzled. Added an exploding cigarette load and that solved the problem, Balls where BB's Pellets and pulled .22 bullets.

Almost shot myself with it (about 10yrs. old then!)

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