My new smoothie is muzzle heavy … any ideas?

[Jay Templin]

No, but the actual tennis players might,,,

Fifteen love, my serve again…

 

[nhmoose]

Thinking reloadable firework mortar launcher! MHMMM!

 

[JackP]

Muzzle heavy are we … ?

Got 250 tennis balls from eBay shipped for $60 too, not too bad … 24-cents per shot, less powdah.

Oh, to the naysayers of arms produced and imported from India, zero issues with the quality of the build or fit and finish (for an import, that is). Besides, try buying one for less than $2,500 from a TRS kit. For this at 1/4th the price? Yeah, I’ll take my chances whereas I’m just using ‘lifting’ charges …

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Massive 2-1/2” bore baby!

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[hanshi]

Wonder if it came with a bayonet

Maybe a sorta chunky short one.

 

[rickystl]

Hi Flint

Very Cool !!! About as practical as a blunderbuss - but less so. LOL On the other hand, it may be one of those "must have" toys - like a blunderbuss. LOL Wonder how much powder the "chamber" portion of the barrel holds ? As mentioned above, you can always add corn meal if necessary. LOL But instead of tennis balls, here is what you need to shoot on top of a thick wad/card on top of the powder (with an extended fuse). LOL

Rick

 

[Grenadier1758]

One thing to note: When firing a fused projectile, such as a mortar round or a grenade, the fuse is loaded up and unlit. There is more than enough windage for sufficient hot gas blow by to ignite the fuse. After all, one does not want to have a lit fuse and a failure to fire.

 

[Alexander Efremenko]

Barrel failure is least of your worries.

 

[2 shots]

n.f.a. destructive device???

 

[springfield art]

Muzzle heavy are we … ?

Got 250 tennis balls from eBay shipped for $60 too, not too bad … 24-cents per shot, less powdah.

Oh, to the naysayers of arms produced and imported from India, zero issues with the quality of the build or fit and finish (for an import, that is). Besides, try buying one for less than $2,500 from a TRS kit. For this at 1/4th the price? Yeah, I’ll take my chances whereas I’m just using ‘lifting’ charges …

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Massive 2-1/2” bore baby!

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Great post! I like the blunderbusses that Military History has, that look like shorter Besses. Nice photos, there.

 

[springfield art]

Going to try the Skychief load in it for turkey?

Could buy cocktail coasters for over-powder wads!

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

Oh boy, this was TONS of fun! We even recovered a few of the shot tennis balls and shot them again. But a few went into the swamp over 200-yards away, haha ... didn't play the wind right!

The range we were on only goes to 200Y at the backstop and fully wadded charges of ~80grains would send it clear sailing over the backstop. We stayed at 70 (3Fg) and played around with wadding, as the firing chamber is 75-caliber and almo> 3" long. I added wads, but a guy there today who has a Coehorn mortar, says he doesn't wad the firing chamber.

Loads with a simple over-powder like card wad would only go 100Y or a tad more, but if we stuffed the rest of the chamber full of wadding like grass/leaves or old used paper targets, the same charge would launch it a good 150 to 200Ys. All fired off the hip, not much recoil at all.

Enjoy the pictures!

 

[Billy-by-gosh]

AWESOME !!
I can't think of any other word to describe those pics. Thanks for posting!
BBG

 

[sheriff john]

Some guys have all the fun! How far do you reckon it shoots a tennis ball straight up? (I'd try it as a scientific test, of course.)

 

[Britsmoothy]

Lol. That looks like fun. Wooden balls might be interesting. I'd just have to go rabbit hunting with it lol.

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

Haha, used tennis balls are only 24-cents each! I can afford to lose some …

 

[S.Kenton]

Man that looks like a lot of fun!!! Makes me want one now!

 

[BCWILL]

Looks like a big barrel of fun to me

 

[Britsmoothy]

If ever I find scorched tennis balls I'll know who's been poaching!

 

[cyten]

Looks awesome!

 

[Brokennock]

Very cool, great pics. And an interesting experiment on the effects of wadding vs. no wadding,,,, even if unintentional.