Is there anyway I can legally own this in the UK?
16 November 2010, 07:49 PM
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Is there anyway I can legally own this in the UK?
16 November 2010, 07:58 PM
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FFS old as the hills
16 November 2010, 08:04 PM
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AFAIK there are no laws on owning cannons
Back in the 80's they were making minature brass cannons in the dockyard at
portsmouth navy days, and giving them to members of the public
The only restriction will be what you use for propellant....
Gunpowder.... licence required
Blackpowder... not sure, but i would go with the above
That said there are several over the counter compounds that will react with the correct force should you so wish
Mart
Back in the 80's they were making minature brass cannons in the dockyard at
portsmouth navy days, and giving them to members of the public
The only restriction will be what you use for propellant....
Gunpowder.... licence required
Blackpowder... not sure, but i would go with the above
That said there are several over the counter compounds that will react with the correct force should you so wish
Mart
16 November 2010, 08:32 PM
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As a kid, we used to save like mad before bonfire night and spend about £1 each just on bangers, which gave us 240 each.
One of the things we did was bore a 1/2" hole down a length of table leg with a brace and bit, before joining it at right angles with a 1/8" hole.
The fuse part of one of the bangers was screwed tight into the small hole and around 20 bangers were emptied into the larger one, before a piece of card was pushed down and the remainder filled with nuts, bolts, screws etc.
The home made cannon was placed with it's rear against a wall and a terracotta plantpot placed about 6 feet from it's opening, then the fuse was lit
Result: plant pod powder
We learned VERY quickly that you don't do this INSIDE your dad's garage, after two of us suffered shrapnel wounds
One of the things we did was bore a 1/2" hole down a length of table leg with a brace and bit, before joining it at right angles with a 1/8" hole.
The fuse part of one of the bangers was screwed tight into the small hole and around 20 bangers were emptied into the larger one, before a piece of card was pushed down and the remainder filled with nuts, bolts, screws etc.
The home made cannon was placed with it's rear against a wall and a terracotta plantpot placed about 6 feet from it's opening, then the fuse was lit
Result: plant pod powder
We learned VERY quickly that you don't do this INSIDE your dad's garage, after two of us suffered shrapnel wounds
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16 November 2010, 08:34 PM
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I still recall screwing nuts and bolts together to make bangers
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16 November 2010, 08:35 PM
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Made one in Design/Technology when I was at school though it wasn't (originally 
) designed to work, rather an ornament. Bored to .177 to take airgun pellets, used gunpowder from starting-gun caps, bit of tissue wadding then the pellet, all compressed/rammed in. Used Swan Vesta chips as a fuse, lit and watched it fire Broke a window in another building 30 ft away 
) designed to work, rather an ornament. Bored to .177 to take airgun pellets, used gunpowder from starting-gun caps, bit of tissue wadding then the pellet, all compressed/rammed in. Used Swan Vesta chips as a fuse, lit and watched it fire Broke a window in another building 30 ft away
16 November 2010, 08:38 PM
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Interesting reading....
http://www.thefield.co.uk/features/4..._a_cannon.html
Apparantly under 2" bore and all I'd need was a shotgun certificate.
*investigates*
astraboy
http://www.thefield.co.uk/features/4..._a_cannon.html
Apparantly under 2" bore and all I'd need was a shotgun certificate.
*investigates*
astraboy
17 November 2010, 12:20 AM
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I've got two Brown Bess flintlock muskets infront of the fireplace. No license needed. (as confirmed by plod: http://www.west-midlands.police.uk/h...g/shotguns.asp )
Just add gunpowder and shot, and therin lies the issue..getting the gun powder.
Just add gunpowder and shot, and therin lies the issue..getting the gun powder.
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17 November 2010, 09:42 AM
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As a kid, we used to save like mad before bonfire night and spend about £1 each just on bangers, which gave us 240 each.
One of the things we did was bore a 1/2" hole down a length of table leg with a brace and bit, before joining it at right angles with a 1/8" hole.
The fuse part of one of the bangers was screwed tight into the small hole and around 20 bangers were emptied into the larger one, before a piece of card was pushed down and the remainder filled with nuts, bolts, screws etc.
The home made cannon was placed with it's rear against a wall and a terracotta plantpot placed about 6 feet from it's opening, then the fuse was lit
Result: plant pod powder
We learned VERY quickly that you don't do this INSIDE your dad's garage, after two of us suffered shrapnel wounds
One of the things we did was bore a 1/2" hole down a length of table leg with a brace and bit, before joining it at right angles with a 1/8" hole.
The fuse part of one of the bangers was screwed tight into the small hole and around 20 bangers were emptied into the larger one, before a piece of card was pushed down and the remainder filled with nuts, bolts, screws etc.
The home made cannon was placed with it's rear against a wall and a terracotta plantpot placed about 6 feet from it's opening, then the fuse was lit
Result: plant pod powder
We learned VERY quickly that you don't do this INSIDE your dad's garage, after two of us suffered shrapnel wounds
We'll thats brightened my day
17 November 2010, 01:39 PM
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and threw at a brick wall on an industrial estate one night. Hand grenade or what? We could never find another bedknob though.And in later life, when I learned that had we overtightened the bolt...........well, someone would have lost a hand.
Most of the bangers ended up wasted. Thirty-banger "genie" anyone? Instant night blindness for the next 15 minutes
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