Firing the Spanish 10-Inch Mortar
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This is a bronze mortar, not iron, it appears to be in excellent condition with only a light surface patina, there is no chance at all of it bursting with these extremely light loads. Firing a muzzle loading gun with patched balls is fine, there is no issue with "wrong ammunition." Worst scenario: ball flies only a few feet.
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thumbs up if you thought this was going to be fireworks mortars.
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Excellent! I bet it makes an awesome boom! Its great to see something that old still kicking it. Thanks for all your great videos.
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1784? And they let it wet on the rain?
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See the car drive past at 8:27 just after 12oz. would be funny if you had a little more compression that time.
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at the last shot, after he fires it, you can see a car driving on road, the road is in the direction that the connon is pointing, imagine it had hit the car.
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I love those things. You do not know by chance, where tolook for a specific gun?
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This piece is really neat! THere are pieces like this in St. Augustine, Fla. I have always wanted to see one of these shot live fire! Very COOL!
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I don't think it's proper to shoot museum pieces just for kicks. If it were part of a serious scientific or historical investigation it would, maybe, be justified. This pieces could burst into several pieces and be lost forever.
rpgtutubo 2 years ago
You are correct, if the shooter doesn't know what he's doing. We've fired thousands of rounds from many dozens of original bronze and steel cannons with no problem whatsoever. We don't shoot antique cast iron pieces for exactly the reason you mentioned.
cannonmn 2 years ago
Please excuse my ignorance but what is the thing that comes out of the barrel with the bullet but falls near the gun? A sort of wad like on muzzleloading muskets?
lavolvo 2 years ago
We used a patch made of moving blankets due to undersize shell we had to use.
cannonmn 2 years ago
mix a load of fireworks powder in with the normal powder and you'll have an awsome firework
jubbles2343 3 years ago
Rule no. 1 in shooting any firearm is to use only ammunition intended for that particular firearm. Doing otherwise invites disaster, I've had it happen to me when I was young and stupid. Now I'm old and stupid but at least I know enough not to put any pyrotechnic powder into a cannon.
cannonmn 3 years ago