Deadly Anvil in Orbit I

We are Springfield Arsenal LLC. Visit our webstore: http://www.springfieldarsenal.net/main.sc

Please visit: http://springfieldarsenal.net/aboutus.sc then...

http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/9688/index.html

Ed fires a 115 pound anvil skyward, using 2 pounds of black powder. It spins and climbs to nearly 500 feet, then returns to earth with a thump, burying itself two feet deep in hard ground, only a few yards from where it started!

Video produced in cooperation with SPRINGFIELDARSENAL.COM

Please see "Anvil in Orbit 2" for the whole series of 4 shots fired that day, with pictures of the launcher and retrieval equipment.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• bomb
• explosive
• cannon
• shooting
• gun
• blackpowder
• springfield
• boom
• howitzer
• arsenal
• armory
• tnt
• dynamite
• c4
• mortar
• anvil
• ship
• general
• army
• navy
• marines
• tank
• torpedo
• brittany
• spears
• elvis
• presley
• sex
• britney
• fireworks
• fire
• rocket
• military
• jumping
• motorcycle
• engine
• mod
• home video
• custom
• agility
• cars
• vehicle
• model vehicles
• offroad
• backflip
• showoff
• stunts
• car crash
• circus
• bottle
• nuclear
• lanka
• weapons
• destruction
• force
• atomic
• bike
• dirt
• power
• blast
• destroy
• explosions
• missile
• conflict

[36POINTBLANK]

How far into the ground does it go?

[cannonmn]

@36POINTBLANK Hole depth is usually two to three feet.

[FourSeasonsReady]

Did it make a small crater? If it did, post a picture of it please!

[cannonmn]

@FourSeasonsReady See volume 2 of this video, photos at end.

[cannonmn]

Our anvil is cast steel, was made in Russia, about 110 lbs. We welded a half-inch-thick steel plate on the bottom so that would take the explosive force of the gunpowder and only transfer the momentum to the anvil.

[cannonmn]

From producer: This is a very brief clip showing one shot only. Our new video, "Anvil in Orbit 2" shows four shots including this one, and also shows the equipment we use.

[TheBlacksmith58]

Well, from a blacksmith's point of view that's a hell of a thing to do to an anvil....but looks like fun anyways. Harbor Freight has some anvils that would be perfect for that type of thing.

[stevekulpa]

Excellent camera work.

[sal3060]

Hey y'all - watch THIS!

[12creations]

Cool, wander what 156lbs 4oz would do... not that I have that much or anything 0_0

[SouperNazi]

*Boom!*

*Thud*