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Golf ball cannon, almost as much fun as my handgonne

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75 grains of FFg, no wad or patch, barrel at a 70° angle dropped the balls between the 50 and 100 yard frames, an average of 65 yard downrange. I counted about six to eight seconds of air time from launch to plop, so those 700 grain balls are really cruising. The vertical streak in the blue sky is the ball. This still was captured by playing back my camera video at 1/4 speed. Now if a person could hand-hold 😱👹❌ that mortar it would be as much fun as the handgonne.
 

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Good news! I was hoping you would get one. I am having fun with my baby one also. I shoot a 1200 grain steel ball and it makes a good thud also. If you were to patch I believe it would increase a lot with that amount of powder. Here are some numbers that you maybe achieving. And a height of 150 feet, wow! Good luck with your new mortar. By the way, nice shooting spot and great picture taking.

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I bought a mortar off this board that I fire Red Bull sized cement rounds from. I use 140 grains of 2f and pack it with sandwich bread before I load the round. Pretty impressive. I fire the rounds on Boy Scout campout then have the scouts retrieve the round so I can do it again. Good exercise…
 
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