Badger Busting Cannon

[punjab]

That is a great piece of work and your out of pocket costs really lives up to the name of the site.The man hours you have in it even at minimum wage must be a bundle though.

[Hanshi]

I'm pretty much back in the saddle again (side saddle, however) and have to say that you, hotfxr, have produced a fine, aesthetically pleasing piece of field artillery fit for a Confederate General.  Now for observations.

It appears, though my old eyes can't be totally trusted, that urine is more bigger than hizzin.  With rifling out of the mix, properly setting up the gun for an accurate strike is of utmost importance.  Don't rule out grapeshot; after all, you'll be shooting in a vineyard.  Both of you remember to wear your helmet.   

[hotfxr]

I'm pretty much back in the saddle again (side saddle, however) and have to say that you, hotfxr, have produced a fine, aesthetically pleasing piece of field artillery fit for a Confederate General.  Now for observations.

It appears, though my old eyes can't be totally trusted, that urine is more bigger than hizzin.  With rifling out of the mix, properly setting up the gun for an accurate strike is of utmost importance.  Don't rule out grapeshot; after all, you'll be shooting in a vineyard.  Both of you remember to wear your helmet. 

I would love nothing more than to make a trip out to the badlands of Oklahoma and compare cannons with R.B. Just so you know, mine is always bigger, it's just seems to always be that way. However, last time I was in OK was in 2004, riding through with a bunch of like minded biker type friends, we wound up being escorted to the Arkansas border and invited never to visit Oklahoma again. Of curse the statute of limitations has expired by now so I would probably be safe crossing into the state once again. As I am typing this they are continuing their night harvesting in the 500 plus acre vineyard that shares a driveway with me, with lot's of yelling in Spanish, loud machines and air raid lights so it looks brighter than most days out now. I think grapeshot might just do the trick in convincing the owners that they should practice some manners once in a while. Hmmm

[hotfxr]

In the attempt to remain ever save, armed and ready, being able to move artillery quickly is a must. Such as the re-positioning need in case of a Badger running for the hills or an attack by a zombie apocalypse. Neither one is very pretty. So using an ancient lifting device I have been trying to come up with a system that will allow me to safely load Bruce on and off of a truck by myself. Since Flame, my little red S-10 went off to annoy and strand it's new owners, I have to lift this up into my work truck whose bed is 14" higher than Flame's was. This is the third configuration that was used and this one works pretty good. It's a lot easier with two people (one to guide the tail) but I can load and unload it by myself fairly quickly and without having the HiJack tip over like it did in the first configuration and then spending the time rebuilding one of the wheels. I know, I know, it only weighs 300 pound or so and I could just muscle it up by myself, with one hand, while eating a sandwich with the other, but then women swoon and the guys get jealous, and it's just not as much fun. I have to wait around till the weekend when I can get three other macho and ruggedly handsome guys out here to see how hard it will be to load it by hand. Hence the reason it has the extra handles on it.





It does ride well and I do get some odd looks when I get passed. I am trying to see how much trouble I can get into with just covering the barrel with a blanket so it is obvious that it is a cannon, but you can't be 100% sure. 

Come on zombies!

[pilgrim]

      If  you want to find out how much trouble you can get into.  Park the truck, loaded with the cannon facing a Federal Courts building!!!

   OR    put signs on your truck,  BLACK LIVES MATTER  and park the truck/cannon facing the local police station.   

       if its trouble you want  these are two guaranteed ways to get it.

[beowulf]

      If  you want to find out how much trouble you can get into.  Park the truck, loaded with the cannon facing a Federal Courts building!!!

   OR    put signs on your truck,  BLACK LIVES MATTER  and park the truck/cannon facing the local police station.   

       if its trouble you want  these are two guaranteed ways to get it.

good lord , man ! dont give him any ideas ! 

[ErikPrice1@msn.com]

Nope Hotfxr, your in caly just tell them it's a fishing cannon and your using a 6 pound "LEAD" ball. "Can't have lead in the water". They will probably throw the book at you.

[hotfxr]

Found a place to safely (and legally) fire off this beast. It's been a while so I had forgotten about a small lake up north that has a box end dirt airstrip that is used as a long distance shooting range when there aren't any planes flying in. And there are almost never eny planes flying in. I landed there a several years back when I could still afford to fly and it was always a bit disconcerting landing with that hill staring you in the face at the end of the runway. The strip is about 1200 yards long so I will bring up some targets and do in old Red Badger from there. Mwah-ha-ha-ha! We did a practice shoot in the driveway yesterday. I wanted to see a golf ball lobbed out the barrel so instead of 2 ounces of cannon powder and a patched ball, we loaded it up with 1/4 ounce of powder and just rolled the ball loose down the barrel. When it went off I was hoping it would clear the fence but as it was, we never saw the ball come out and never saw where it landed. At least I know it was a safe area since it is at least 1000 yards to the top of the rise and there is nothing but more vines for more than 1000 yards on the other side. I am guessing it went about 100 yards or so, but I just don't know.

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Old Badger De La Rouge should be quaking in his size 16's about now.

Sorry about the quality of the video, it was taken with an Iphone and they are usually better than this.

[pilgrim]

     maybe  paint the golf balls florescent green or orange  for better visibility for locating them.   

     are you  going to use a patched ball or put  wadding over the powder,  then the ball?

    That ball may have flew a lot further than 100 yards.  Have you searched for the ball?

     Great job on that Cannon.