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Brad Linaweaver presents Robert A Heinlein's Brass Cannon

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Uploaded on Jul 1, 2007

Robert A. Heinlein's "The Brass Cannon." Grandmaster science-fiction author, Robert A. Heinlein, originally titled his Hugo-winning novel, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, "The Brass Cannon," after a Revolutionary-War-style cannon that he fired off each July 4th. In this video you can see this cannon fired at the Angeles Shooting Range and learn its history from science-fiction writers Brad Linaweaver, J. Kent Hastings, and J. Neil Schulman, and its restorer, Randy Herrst. Narrated by Brad Linaweaver, who received the cannon as a bequest from Virginia Heinlein.

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  • Davidkevin

    Davidkevin 4 years ago

    So was the cannon firing anything other than a blank charge?

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  • J. Neil Schulman

    J. Neil Schulman 4 years ago

    Yes. There was wadding to hold the charge in.

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  • flounder31

    flounder31 4 years ago

    Free Luna!

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  • Kent Hastings

    Kent Hastings 5 years ago

    Very timely during the Heinlein centennial year. Great info about The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress.

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  • lonelymarker

    lonelymarker 6 months ago

    I read about this restoration on Wikipedia, and I immediate searched out this video. TMIAHM is incredible...one of a few books that actually made me cry at the end.

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  • Steven Pomeroy

    Steven Pomeroy 2 years ago

    Simon Jester was here!

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  • FriarTuck1961

    FriarTuck1961 2 years ago

    He will be sorely missed. He was a gift to us all.

    The Moon is a Harsh Mistress is one of my all time favorite novels, along with Glory Road.

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  • ComradeLibertarian

    ComradeLibertarian 3 years ago

    TANSTAAFL!

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  • rachaelaa99

    rachaelaa99 3 years ago

    TANSTAAFL! This brought on such nostalgia. TMIAHM is one of my all time favourite books.  I love the fact that the cannon is real! :D

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  • John Jessome

    John Jessome 3 years ago

    i just learned this happened!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • Phoenixstudios11

    Phoenixstudios11 3 years ago

    There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch!

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    JuniorHRP 3 years ago

    TANSTAAFL

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  • kevinthewid

    kevinthewid 3 years ago

    wow they let you have those in california? must be an oversight

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  • history70

    history70 4 years ago

    Hi jt

    I was the one who rebuilt the cannon and set it up for firing. Powder = black powder FFg grade. The only projectile was a ball of paper wadding, because this is a "salute cannon" and the 1" bore is not final-finished. Such roughness when combined with a solid projectile would cause high risk of pressure spikes that could blow up the cannon.

    A blown up cannon would not have pleased either the history fans, nor the people who were using the cannon on the range! :-D

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