Some pics from Josh's

It can't be towed, right now, with the bent tounge. We were finding a trailer.

Rick Dunkerly begged and wheedled effectively, and the cannon is going to stay with him for a while. I have no idea what he had to trade, and would have liked to have made an offer myself. Rick said, when asked what he could trade, "well...I have a pretty good bird dog, and that's off the table... but pretty much everything else is possible. If Guy wants 4 horses and a trailer, I'll load them up. If he wants my wife, I'll miss her."

I am very proud to say that it was me in the video lighting that thing. I got to load the charge, fish the fuse down the barrel, load the ball, and fire it...twice. I don't think I will be able to get the smile off of my face for a while.

The coolness factor of seeing a bowling ball fly like that is way off the charts. The magnum charge was actually a pound and a half and our guesses were that it flew a mile and a half... or would have if the mountain in the distance hadn't gotten away. The cannon, all 3800 lbs or so, stood on the tounge of that trailer with both wheels off of the ground AFTER bending the tounge.
 
WyoNonSmith said:
It can't be towed, right now, with the bent tounge. We were finding a trailer.

Rick Dunkerly begged and wheedled effectively, and the cannon is going to stay with him for a while. I have no idea what he had to trade, and would have liked to have made an offer myself. Rick said, when asked what he could trade, "well...I have a pretty good bird dog, and that's off the table... but pretty much everything else is possible. If Guy wants 4 horses and a trailer, I'll load them up. If he wants my wife, I'll miss her."

I am very proud to say that it was me in the video lighting that thing. I got to load the charge, fish the fuse down the barrel, load the ball, and fire it...twice. I don't think I will be able to get the smile off of my face for a while.

The coolness factor of seeing a bowling ball fly like that is way off the charts. The magnum charge was actually a pound and a half and our guesses were that it flew a mile and a half... or would have if the mountain in the distance hadn't gotten away. The cannon, all 3800 lbs or so, stood on the tounge of that trailer with both wheels off of the ground AFTER bending the tounge.
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So that was you that lit the fuse and ran. :D Being a black powder buff it put a permanant smile on my face too.:D
 
Yes, that was me lighting the fuse. I looked like a dork doing it, but have not yet gotten the smile off of my face. The video has helped explain to my co-workers what I was doing. God, I love the west!!!
 
WyoNonSmith said:
Yes, that was me lighting the fuse. I looked like a dork doing it, but have not yet gotten the smile off of my face. The video has helped explain to my co-workers what I was doing. God, I love the west!!!
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There were about a dozen cameras going. Mine isnt even a movie camera, maybe we can get another video from somebody else? This footage is from the second shot. The third shot was the killer and I wasnt ready. Anybody have a better video? Lets see it.
 
Great stuff, guys! Going through this thread is like being there all over again.

Bruce - You mentioned the whistling of the bowling balls as they flew (because of the three finger holes). That was so cool - sort of an erie warbling sound. The first time it was audible I remember someone in the crowd exclaimed, "That thing has set off the burgler alarm in some house down the valley!" Indeed, that's what it sounded like and it took a while for everybody to tumble to the fact that it was actually the ball. What a hoot!
 
HTMD said:
Great stuff, guys! Going through this thread is like being there all over again.

Bruce - You mentioned the whistling of the bowling balls as they flew (because of the three finger holes). That was so cool - sort of an erie warbling sound. The first time it was audible I remember someone in the crowd exclaimed, "That thing has set off the burgler alarm in some house down the valley!" Indeed, that's what it sounded like and it took a while for everybody to tumble to the fact that it was actually the ball. What a hoot!
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I could hear the whistling even with my poor hearing but most everybody else heard it hit the rocky hillside. Maybe I should start wearing my hearing aids :(
 
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