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That looks really nice, with what looks like a hefty barrel. Did you make any of the parts? I agree on the fun factor, Good Luck with your new mortar and tell us more about your firing like powder charge, loading and range.

Now that is a BLAST !!

There are a lot of mechanics that can put me in the back seat. On this forum the skill level is high; probably some saying you could do it easier this way or that. Or faster progress by doing things different. But I have accepted that fact, and am very grateful to the Lord for giving just enough...

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...

.155 will at best give him 9 inch correction, but he would like to raise peep sight slightly.

Looks like .180 added to what you have now would work.

There are a lot of ways. By hand, the slower the better.

Out to the range with my small Pin Ball Machine Mortar on a nice sunny day. This posting is probably only for the people interested in the physics of mortar shooting. The clearing for shooting is kind of short at this spot, so I reduced the charge to 23 gr of 3F and still using 55 degrees from...

I would think a .002 gap would be about perfect. Would fire perfect.

ADK Bigfoot is right on the money using a patched ball. Too much velocity is given up with blow by and velocity is what gives you greater range. And yes the bang is a lot better. Might not be exactly how the originals were loaded but they were bigger and probably more forgiving. I actually use a...

A 100 grain + load will make it jump around and look like a toy. May even flip over. And would also be hard on the wood bed.

I was out today shooting my mortar. Mine is smaller than a golf ball mortar, but can also be fun and all the procedures are mostly the same. I visited the Trail Rock Ordnance and found it very interesting. Their products look very nice and the price of a finished golf ball steel mortar is very...

Good for you, I'm glad

Lesson to be learned, EZ Outs by their action can make thin walled objects tighter by the expansion. Then not so easy.

This is a fun and interesting project you are doing, Thanks for the great pictures with your post.

Given a choice between the Napoleon and the 1841 6 pounder I really like the 1841 profile. That barrel looks just perfect in your carriage. Beautiful work!!

Looks to me like someone had a likening for cannons and used their skill and imagination in making this cannon. But the cannon displays a very rough life, it sure could use a good new home, Good Luck

Well this “Trajectory Calculator” Created by Hanna Pamuła, PhD seems to give a better picture rather than a wild guess. My 80 year old eyes just could not see the projectile in the sky. How accurate this calculator is not sure. But it does give a good relationship of a mortar trajectory. Put in...

I call it the Pin Ball Machine Mortar because the size is the same as those steel balls used in the pin ball machines. Having a full size Mortar would sure be a lot of fun, but let’s see. I would probably have trouble moving one by myself. Do not have a place to fire it or have the money to...

You started this posting Aug. 13 and I just found it. What an enjoyable read. The candid information and the great pictures to follow along with, this is so great. Thank you so much for your posting and I hope you get your deer so this project can continue.