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New Black Powder Toy, Not a Motorcycle
01/30/14 at 19:37:02

I've got to stay out of flea markets, just picked up this bronze cannon for a song.

The barrel is 9 1/2 inches overall in the Parrott design, bore is .50 caliber 8 inches long and the entire cannon is 15 1/2 overall with 6 inch wheels.
From what I've been able to research it was made back in the 1860's as a high end toy.
50 grains of FF black powder pushing a patched .490 round ball goes right through a 4x4. It's fun, chuckle, chuckle

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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28660 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: New Black Powder Toy, Not a Motorcycle Reply #1 - 01/30/14 at 19:47:50 Biggabaddaboom!... ...
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anebv8 Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 280 Rangiora,New Zealand Gender:	Re: New Black Powder Toy, Not a Motorcycle Reply #2 - 01/30/14 at 20:19:39 mmmm,could mount that onto the bars of a bike,then BOOM,look out tin tops who cut you off
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: New Black Powder Toy, Not a Motorcycle Reply #3 - 01/31/14 at 00:06:50 If you got it for less than $200.00 you stole it.,
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ToesNose Serious Thumper Offline Pardon me, do you have Hot Sauce? Posts: 1993 Mooresville, NC Gender:	Re: New Black Powder Toy, Not a Motorcycle Reply #4 - 01/31/14 at 00:33:12 SWEET!!!
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Pine Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1694 Mississippi, USA Gender:	Re: New Black Powder Toy, Not a Motorcycle Reply #5 - 01/31/14 at 06:38:16 justin_o_guy2 wrote on 01/31/14 at 00:06:50: If you got it for less than $200.00 you stole it., I wouldn't know dollars... but I really can't see how it would be cheap. Just age and condition would seem to command s pretty penny.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: New Black Powder Toy, Not a Motorcycle Reply #6 - 01/31/14 at 07:12:02 Does it fit in that box its on?
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Reply #7 - 01/31/14 at 07:34:35

Guys I stole it for $40.00 which is what the owner was asking. I didn't even haggle, just whipped the money out and ran. I don't think he knew what he had.
From what I can find on the internet the cannon was made by Strong Firearms company out of Connecticut which closed the early 1900's because of a fire. They reopened in the 70's and make bigger signal cannons like the one in the Magnum PI TV series.
I'm going to clean it up a little bit, make and install a elevation screw adjustment and mount it on a big chunk of black walnut for display when I'm not shooting it.
It's my third and biggest cannon in .50 caliber Wink

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12Bravo Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 628 Mid-Missouri Gender:	Re: New Black Powder Toy, Not a Motorcycle Reply #8 - 01/31/14 at 08:02:15 You definitely stole it for $40, it's worth way more in scrap alone. It looks like it would be fun to play around with. It's probably a good thing that I don't own or have access to a metal lathe. I have plans for a golf ball cannon and a bowling ball mortar
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Reply #9 - 01/31/14 at 11:46:36

Before I touched it Id try to contact a collector & see what its worth. I watch Pawn Stars & have seen people ruin the value of things just by a simple cleaning, You may be sitting on some serious cash. & for Forty Dawlurz??? DUDE!! Do not stay away from flea markets..

info@cannoncollector.com

You mite get a fair market value appraisal from this guy. & you could ask about the cleanup you want to do & see if that would hurt the value of help. I live wishing to find such a great deal! Good for you, man,, Im happy for ya,, AND, while we are at it, Ill send you all the necessary info for you to include me in your will,,

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Ed L. Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline "We All go a Little Crazy Sometimes" Norman Bates Posts: 2808 Sunny Florida Gender:	Re: New Black Powder Toy, Not a Motorcycle Reply #10 - 02/01/14 at 07:43:15 I'll need to get it appraised just to see what it is worth. I'm not polishing it, need to keep the patina to show it's age. I just want to see if I can get some of that green corrosion off the wheels and find somewhere I can shoot it. It would make one he!! of a brake light on my Savage
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Reply #11 - 02/01/14 at 08:20:33

Found this:

http://www.gunsamerica.com/964672341/Strong_Cannon.htm

and this

http://www.csmcspecials.com/product_p/cannon2.htm

Collector wanting to buy signal cannons

http://cannoncollector.com/

Interesting black powder cannon forum:

http://www.go2gbo.com/forums/blackpowder-mortar-and-cannon-sponsored-by-seaco...

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: New Black Powder Toy, Not a Motorcycle Reply #12 - 02/01/14 at 17:58:39 info@cannoncollector.com I gave ya that one,, I hope its worth ThowZunds!
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Reply #13 - 02/01/14 at 20:40:25

About 30 yrs ago north Ms had Vo-Tech training for free or reduced cost at night. My carpenter friend made a beautiful cannon about about 12-14" I believe in .45 bore. I'm sure there are more out there gracng mantels and hearths.

I never cared about black powder but gave my brother a CVA Bass Pro .50 cal rifle for Christmas long ago. He hunted with it for years and offered it to me when he bought an in-line. It shoots very tight holes with 325 gr Ball-ets from Buffaloe Bullets and opensights. FUN! Looks like you got a deal. BTW WalMart is at the end of their fiscal year with most hunting stuff at half off. I bought a lb of RS couple of years ago for $4+. Have fun keep booming.

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Reply #14 - 02/02/14 at 03:06:09

Just be careful! I am the reason cap companies had to lower the amount of powder put in caps. Took the powder out of one roll of caps and put them in a empty card board cylinder. My dad was a cop and saw me with it and told me to get rid of it. I stepped on it to break the cardboard and it went off and took two of my fingers and I almost lost my thumb. It was hangin by a thread. It blew a hole in my dads pant legs and gave him 6 stitches in his leg. Some debris hit my friend in the face who was standing next to me and his face is still scarred 40 years later. it made the papers and the device was determined to be a bomb. All with just one roll of crushed caps! When I was in high school, a classmate made a cannon and fired it many times before the last blast killed him. Apparently it had developed cracks that were naked to the invisible eye because the barrel began to crack from the inside and turned it into a hand grenade. Like I said, be very careful!

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