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August 19, 2010
Bourjaily: Playing Around the House with a Mini-Cannon
By Philip Bourjaily
I love this video, despite the dubious mini-cannon safety practices you see displayed here. The clip also reminds me that as a kid, I had a toy brass cannon that was a replica of a 15th century siege gun. It had a hole in the back for a nylon loop that connected to the spring plunger inside. Sometime during my junior high years I cut the loop and removed the plunger. I found that a Ladyfinger firecracker slid down the barrel perfectly, and the fuse poked out the hole in the end. The bore was just over .177 diameter so I could drop a BB down the muzzle. It shot the BB hard enough to embed it in basement sheetrock at a range of 10 feet.
That one shot convinced me that it wasn’t an inside gun, unlike this guy who shoots up the basement, the computer monitor and the vodka supply. Enjoy the video, but don’t try this at home.
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Comments (31)
COOL!
I WANT ONE!
That thing is awesome the sad thing is i could see myself shooting similar things with that. lol Maybe outside though...
Some very disturbing images of alcohol abuse there.
Agreed buckhunter ,.personally
more of a scotch guy ,.
occasionally some Aquavit,..or beer
but why in the "H " shoot a bottle of vodka ?
Oh the humanity, please shoot no more booze its blasphemy! The cat would be much more entertaining.LOL Wonder if you could put rubber pellets in it and shoot at the kid. That would be very entertaining!LMAO
I WANT ONE TOO!!
PB ~ Did you lose any fingers about the same time you lost your sanity? Or, is that just being a kid...
Aint we all kids deep down. I love blowin sh*& up. Its a wonder I have 9 workin fingers!
This person forgot the old wisdom about hunting computer monitors...use enough gun.
If you were to send one to DEP, I bet that within a day he could fabricate a special handload and have it turning in sub-MOA scores. And to think that our generation was happy with a metal coat hanger (weapon), some rubberbands(propellant, and scrap paper(ammunition).
The "Songs from Beuern" may have been a tad dramatic for the piece but still fun. Hope the guy has a very good vacuum! Thanks Phil, all work and no play...
This is really cool and all, but shoot a bottle of water and save the vodka!!
That looks like fun. If you get one don't carry it around in your pocked without your CC permit--it probably fits the definition of a firearm in most states. LOL
Relax boys that was a wine cooler and I can't think of a better thing to do with one of them. No Vodka was harmed...
Bee we call them whine coolers....
When I was a kid my brothers and I picked up a miniature iron cannon from one of the many historical sites our parents took us to. when we got home we bored out the barrel and then made our own gunpowder, the hardest thing was the explanation for the little "holes" discovered throughout our house over the years.
You could put your eye out with that!
I can see that little thing as an accident waiting to happen. It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye.
THIS MADE MY DAY!!! I am just about to start a long long day and over a cup of coffee I usually check the blog to start my day. Today was the best. A little Carmina Burana and a mini cannon is the perfect way to start the day! This reminds me of an old friend who had a fetish with doing things like this in his house, which had everything from bullet holes to burns in his walls. All was fun and games until he broke out his oven glass window while shooting a slingshot at something. They actually bulldozed the house when he moved out. Anyways, if this cannon had a different ignition source I would buy one today.
You know that pesky fly that somehow gets in the house, and always seems to see you coming with the fly swatter?
I'm thinking small cannon loaded with coarse salt.
Just the thought puts a smile on my face.
What part of "Dun blowed my fangers clean off" does this fellow not understand?
Great. Now I have to email the guy to find out how to get one.........
Tom Tom --
If you notice, he puts three shots through practically the same hole when he shoots the computer monitor. That's pretty good accuracy, even at desktop range.
I like that little canon...... I bought one from Cheaper than dirt but it is bigger... who cleaned up all that mess??? and where can I get one???????
It's brains ,like this, that made AMERICA the greatest
nation in the world.
I love it.
thats not vodka its smirnioff my mom drinks it!!
My Dad has Phil beat. When I was a kid, he'd take a 1 1/2" plumber's pipe, stick it into the ground on an angle, drop a lit cherry bomb down it, and put a corn cob on top of that. Instant mortar!
I prefer my golf ball mortar, I think.
Shooting the minicannon indoors is outacontrol!
I could see perhaps firing my cannon out a window
(into the swamp) but never targeting stuff in the house! Perhaps I'm old fashioned...but that guy must not be married, his wife would give him hell!
i would never be able to stop playing with that thing!
FOCUSFRONT;
what kept the cherry bomb's fuse from going out, for lack of h2o ?
what was the morter round, the corn cobb ?
Here's a video about 14th century blackpowder deer hunting. (minicannon)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNXkUA0KFNY&feature=player_embedded
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Some very disturbing images of alcohol abuse there.
This person forgot the old wisdom about hunting computer monitors...use enough gun.
This is really cool and all, but shoot a bottle of water and save the vodka!!
Relax boys that was a wine cooler and I can't think of a better thing to do with one of them. No Vodka was harmed...
That thing is awesome the sad thing is i could see myself shooting similar things with that. lol Maybe outside though...
The "Songs from Beuern" may have been a tad dramatic for the piece but still fun. Hope the guy has a very good vacuum! Thanks Phil, all work and no play...
Bee we call them whine coolers....
COOL!
I WANT ONE!
Agreed buckhunter ,.personally
more of a scotch guy ,.
occasionally some Aquavit,..or beer
but why in the "H " shoot a bottle of vodka ?
Oh the humanity, please shoot no more booze its blasphemy! The cat would be much more entertaining.LOL Wonder if you could put rubber pellets in it and shoot at the kid. That would be very entertaining!LMAO
I WANT ONE TOO!!
PB ~ Did you lose any fingers about the same time you lost your sanity? Or, is that just being a kid...
Aint we all kids deep down. I love blowin sh*& up. Its a wonder I have 9 workin fingers!
If you were to send one to DEP, I bet that within a day he could fabricate a special handload and have it turning in sub-MOA scores. And to think that our generation was happy with a metal coat hanger (weapon), some rubberbands(propellant, and scrap paper(ammunition).
That looks like fun. If you get one don't carry it around in your pocked without your CC permit--it probably fits the definition of a firearm in most states. LOL
When I was a kid my brothers and I picked up a miniature iron cannon from one of the many historical sites our parents took us to. when we got home we bored out the barrel and then made our own gunpowder, the hardest thing was the explanation for the little "holes" discovered throughout our house over the years.
You could put your eye out with that!
I can see that little thing as an accident waiting to happen. It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye.
THIS MADE MY DAY!!! I am just about to start a long long day and over a cup of coffee I usually check the blog to start my day. Today was the best. A little Carmina Burana and a mini cannon is the perfect way to start the day! This reminds me of an old friend who had a fetish with doing things like this in his house, which had everything from bullet holes to burns in his walls. All was fun and games until he broke out his oven glass window while shooting a slingshot at something. They actually bulldozed the house when he moved out. Anyways, if this cannon had a different ignition source I would buy one today.
You know that pesky fly that somehow gets in the house, and always seems to see you coming with the fly swatter?
I'm thinking small cannon loaded with coarse salt.
Just the thought puts a smile on my face.
What part of "Dun blowed my fangers clean off" does this fellow not understand?
Great. Now I have to email the guy to find out how to get one.........
Tom Tom --
If you notice, he puts three shots through practically the same hole when he shoots the computer monitor. That's pretty good accuracy, even at desktop range.
I like that little canon...... I bought one from Cheaper than dirt but it is bigger... who cleaned up all that mess??? and where can I get one???????
It's brains ,like this, that made AMERICA the greatest
nation in the world.
I love it.
thats not vodka its smirnioff my mom drinks it!!
My Dad has Phil beat. When I was a kid, he'd take a 1 1/2" plumber's pipe, stick it into the ground on an angle, drop a lit cherry bomb down it, and put a corn cob on top of that. Instant mortar!
I prefer my golf ball mortar, I think.
Shooting the minicannon indoors is outacontrol!
I could see perhaps firing my cannon out a window
(into the swamp) but never targeting stuff in the house! Perhaps I'm old fashioned...but that guy must not be married, his wife would give him hell!
i would never be able to stop playing with that thing!
FOCUSFRONT;
what kept the cherry bomb's fuse from going out, for lack of h2o ?
what was the morter round, the corn cobb ?
Here's a video about 14th century blackpowder deer hunting. (minicannon)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNXkUA0KFNY&feature=player_embedded
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