More sick art from a sick mind

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Originally Posted by Brian Ski

Kids now a days don't know what fun is... I learned at a young age (single digits)that a garden hose will put out a gasoline fire, but it sure as heck ain't easy. Gasoline floats on water. Nothing like hearing Dad yelling "Why the h### is the garden hose melted???" Don't ever tell me at a young age that gasoline explodes... Cuz I want to see it.

Come on Winky... Look at my Avatar!!!!

Reminds me of a good friend telling me... We were in our 20s.... Of all the things we did and the trouble we could have gotten into, we never got hurt. (at least not too bad) His younger brother was a really good kid and never got into trouble, and he passes away from cancer in his mid teens.

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Yeah. I learned pretty quickly after joining this forum that Brian was a pretty wild child .... ! LOL

My Dad is from Indiana. When we went that way for vacation each year as a kid, back then it was all about steam engines and canons (a long time ago). Probably not so much now. Was cool as a kid. Wonder how many are hidden in barns up that way.

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Originally Posted by Brian Ski

Kids now a days don't know what fun is... I learned at a young age (single digits)that a garden hose will put out a gasoline fire, but it sure as heck ain't easy. Gasoline floats on water. Nothing like hearing Dad yelling "Why the h### is the garden hose melted???" Don't ever tell me at a young age that gasoline explodes... Cuz I want to see it.

Come on Winky... Look at my Avatar!!!!

Reminds me of a good friend telling me... We were in our 20s.... Of all the things we did and the trouble we could have gotten into, we never got hurt. (at least not too bad) His younger brother was a really good kid and never got into trouble, and he passes away from cancer in his mid teens.

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I have always liked your avatar ... Gasoline? Oh I have stories about that too not as scary as discovering that lead azide and sodium nitrate are things you don't mess with EVER ... at 10 I learned the phrase "never again".:O

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Originally Posted by redbeard

I think most cannons fall into the muzzle loaded/black powder catagory. I had a friend who built one with about a 2.5" bore and sort of remember his research turned up "as long as it isn't rifled, it's legal". But that was also a good many years ago.

It always surprised me that he didn't get pulled over more often when he was hauling it to our campouts.

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I've made many of these little canons from old worn out rifle and pistol barrels seldom do I ever pack a wad with black powder and touch them off. Like I said before they are really just to sit on a shelf and be looked at ... I've been thinking about making a large smooth barrel replica to anchor into concrete in my front yard as yard art but I don't think I'll drill the fuse hole all the way through just so the police wont take issue ... on the otherhand it would be fun to take a working version out to the desert and throwing a few 6 pounders around ... uh ... maybe not.