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[Harold_V]

This one's the ultimate cool, George. I trust the "cannon ball" with the three holes is the projecile?

Harold

[Harold_V]

Yep, I agree, Gene. My friend, Don Atkinson, Medford, is so secure he owns a couple of them. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif"%20alt="[/img]

Have you wondered what they would be like without the muzzle brake?

Harold

[GeorgeGaskill]

real shot. The "thumb" hole is for a fuse; the "finger" holes are grabbing places for a device much like ice tongs used to lift the shot into the barrel.

[Harold_V]

I thought I was looking at a bowling ball. What might the ball me made of?

H

[Tel]

my guess would be cast iron Harold.

[John]

Looks like a bowling ball to me. They make some nice sounds with the three holes that wistel on the way up and down.

[GeneT]

I don't think it would be too bad, Harold. I'm guessing the real recoil reducer is the weight (30+lbs) of most of the guns. My thought is it might move you back farther, but I don't think it would hit noticeably harder.
GsT

[GeorgeGaskill]

still think it is a real cast iron shell. A bowling ball is about 8.5" in diameter which is too large for an unmodified 8" barrel.

[John]

Your probably right, I'm just used to shooting them plastic bullets. I heard a couple of fellows in California got arrested for having a mortor with a few bowling balls. The cops called it a distructive device. Never did hear what the outcome was.

[GeorgeGaskill]

the arresting agents were Forest Service as I recall (who likely aren't particularly schooled in what is or isn't a destructive device.) I, too, haven't heard any disposition on the case but the law here in the Party's Republic prohibits private transport of more than one pound of black powder in a vehicle so I think they will go after that angle. The gun itself is legal according to my understanding of the law.

[John]

I moved away from there many years ago, glad I did. I understand that if you die your guns have to go through a dealer befor they can go to you next of kin. One pound of powder will only get 4 shots. I could take 2 pounds last time I went to a shoot in Canada.

[Al_Messer]

Any scale plans available?