"Capt. Mooron" wrote:

I'm planning a deck cannon but I have to see what the most common size of
ball bearings are available.

Why ball bearings?

Small, Round, available...... dense. uniform, equal weight.

CM


"Vito" wrote in message
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| "Capt. Mooron" wrote:
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| I'm planning a deck cannon but I have to see what the most common size
of
| ball bearings are available.
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| Why ball bearings?

Many years ago my brother had a model of an 1812 long gun (perhaps a chaser from the
Constitution?) milled out of carbon steel. IIRC, it had a bore of 3/4 inch which is the
same as the old Brown Bess musket. I assume he got the shot from the black powder folks -
he had a black powder license from the local police. I think the shot was 4 ozs. The
cannon maker claimed that with a full load it could shoot several miles, but the most I
ever saw it go was about 600 yards.

My brother always wanted to mount the cannon on my boat so we could "salute" the
Constitution when she goes out. I always declined, and nowadays it would be a serious
faux pas.


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"Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
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Small, Round, available...... dense. uniform, equal weight.

CM


"Vito" wrote in message
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| "Capt. Mooron" wrote:
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| I'm planning a deck cannon but I have to see what the most common size
of
| ball bearings are available.
|
| Why ball bearings?

On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 19:06:40 +0000, Jeff Morris wrote:


My brother always wanted to mount the cannon on my boat so we could
"salute" the Constitution when she goes out. I always declined, and
nowadays it would be a serious faux pas.


Faux pas? Nowadays you could expect return fire.

On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 19:06:40 -0400, "Jeff Morris"
jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom wrote this crap:

Many years ago my brother had a model of an 1812 long gun (perhaps a chaser from the
Constitution?) milled out of carbon steel. IIRC, it had a bore of 3/4 inch which is the
same as the old Brown Bess musket. I assume he got the shot from the black powder folks -
he had a black powder license from the local police.

You need a black powder license?





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Is .44 caliber too small?


"Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
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Small, Round, available...... dense. uniform, equal weight.

CM


"Vito" wrote in message
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| "Capt. Mooron" wrote:
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| I'm planning a deck cannon but I have to see what the most common size
of
| ball bearings are available.
|
| Why ball bearings?

Scott Vernon wrote:

Is .44 caliber too small?

Most women would probably say yes.

DSK

The ones I know lied?

"DS King" wrote in message
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Scott Vernon wrote:

Is .44 caliber too small?

Most women would probably say yes.

DSK