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.


--
-jeff www.sv-loki.com
If you can't say something nice, say something surrealistic. -Zippy




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

CM


"Vito" wrote in message
...
| "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?