Hang on -- I want an elephant gun, a 600 Overkill seems about right. It's not about hunting. It's about the smoke and noise.

Anyway, this is the "proto-type" my buddy and I worked up when he bought a machine lathe. -- Then he bought equipment for milling, welding trunions, etc.

It's 1" bore, seamless, high-pressure steam pipe. 3/4" wall. 12" long. I cobbled the "carriage" out of fence parts from the feed store, and white oak pallet stock from the John Deere distributor here.

Shoots a 3 oz. lead ball (or C Cell battery), we load 500 gr. F black powder. That's a 35 mm film can. Smoke cloud is about the size of a semi-truck. Echo rolls down the valley for about 20 seconds.

It's great for Forth of July -- shooting "blanks." I'm out in the country. The neighbors refer to me fondly as, "The nut on the hill with the cannon."

-- I think about putting it on a shoulder stock, maybe.

Looks like fun? How is the accuracy? LOL, i want one.

Nice toy.

Maybe one day it will grow up into something like this.


Load data: 1lb 12oz projectile, 2 1/2oz bp

Here is a three consecutive shot group @ 200yds.


Hog Killer

Hog Killer for sure!

Cannon Mania sells reproductions, and even some old iron that's been around. Golf ball cannons, and even some mortars that shoot bowling balls.



That's a nice piece.

Local shop owner here had a deck cannon used for shooting lines to ships for rescue.

Accuracy on this smooth bore of mine sux. But if it hits something, that's all she wrote. *L*

HK I must ask. How many hogs have you shot with this new caliber pig gun? Packy