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For @Terrier and anyone else who might be interested, I highly recommend the following book. It's the bible for the church of the goetta. Cincinnati Goetta, A Delectable History, by Dann Woellert. It's 170 pages of everything goetta; history, recipes, variants, old b&w photos, etc. About $20...

@Terrier, Hooray! Another convert to the church of the goetta! Glad you like it. Crispy IS the only way IMHO, but some would disagree. Only one question remains for you. Are you a ketchup guy or a syrup guy? Please don't tell me syrup!!! 😲 Your explanation is funny, but right on!

If a person practiced enough, IMHO, accuracy wouldn't be a problem out to about 20 yards. But the ethical thing would be to not hunt with it unless there was someone else with you who was ready to quickly finish what you would most likely wound. One thing is certain, if it's a .75 caliber...

@Rich44 in another post you said you are 80 yrs old. Starting with a piece of steel and some oak then seeing your final mortar you must have been machining and woodworking for 79 of those years. To quote the late Gunny, Outstanding!

@Rich44 made an earlier interesting post about his pinball mortar. In that post he offered the link to the calculator he used to compute my shot. I figured out how to use it as he described, and it works very well.

Thanks @Rich44, that's a pretty neat and interesting calculator. Thanks for the calculation. Two questions, how was the velocity of 105 fps determined, and do you have a link to input numbers in the calculator?

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...

@Salty has posted nearly 400 times since 2022 and there has been nearly twice as many positive reactions to his posts. Why would anyone question if what he is relating is not the plain unvarnished truth? What he posted is what he experienced. Get a grip, he was attempting to help others, not to...

Great job, Patrick. I gotta try that.

Everyone will have their own opinion as to what is best, so here's mine. I have always had great results, on raw steel/iron parts including sights, by using Van's Instant Gun Blue. Degrease well, heat with either a heat gun or hair dryer (not required, but helpful), apply with cotton swabs, oil...

The more I dig into this the less I know. I'm considering buying one BUT my hope is to be able to lob and then drop the balls about 100-150 yards downrange. I'm NOT looking to launch them out of sight. I know that in ML rifles and pistols you don't want a gap between powder and ball. I don't...

@CyrusP, I don't know if Blunder Beast is the name that you've given your gun, but if not, I would suggest Big Mouth.

Thanks, @Rich44, that 20gr load that I saw on their site puzzled me too and that's why I posted. I did email them but no reply yet. I see lots of 100+ loads on this site, but they seem excessive/unnecessary/borderline sketchy. BP is too costly and hard to come by to blast it away unnecessarily...

I have been shooting my .75 handgonne and really love it, but it's time to move from the 1500s to the ACW. I'm yearning for a steel golf ball mortar and have been considering the Trail Rock Arsenal one, looks really robust and well made, and the Cannon Fuse model that is adjustable for angle. I...

The first pictures caption could be "get off my lawn!" That's a nice beast, for sure.

@Flint62Smoothie, great post with a video bonus, thanks. Please post pics and a video clip, if you have one, of your golf ball swivelgonne. I don't know what this is, just saw the pic online, but it looks like fun, too.

I don't know about wiggles or waggles, but I learned, back in the 1960s at the SAFS at Camp Perry, that in shooting any gun there is a wobble factor. No one other than Superman can hold any gun perfectly still. There is a wobble area that your front sight scribes over the face of the target...

@wiscoaster I use your method in reverse. I let gravity work with me by coming down from 12 o'clock and into the bull. I use a set trigger so when the front sight is about centered I pull while still continuing the downward path. All the while I'm doing this I keep thinking "front sight, front...

@Fly103, you get my two thumbs up :thumb::thumb: for having the guts to post your target. You also get my personal thanks, for once I won't own the "well at least I didn't shoot myself in the foot" award! ;) All things considered, about an 8" group at 15 yards, handheld, from a smoothie is...