Black powder golf ball cannon

[Alasgun]

Been away for a year, retired now and hoping to have more time. Garden and fishing took most of the summer but i did have time for a neat project this fall.
Starting with a junk wheeler, i added trailing arms and a gun mount. Then bored a barrel to shoot golf balls. Casting lead makes me sick these days.
Hope you enjoy the pictures and Merry Christmas.
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[hawkenhunter50]

Thats great awesome work. What is the barrel made from?

[Markopolo]

wow!!!!! I want one!!!! have you shot it yet??? load data??? and what the heck is the bore diam for a golf ball...

[Alasgun]

Barrels nothing special, 1018. Bore diameter is 1.750 and the balls are 1.690. I patch them with a patch cut from a surplus wool blanket, its a good fit.
Used the same combination in a 4 bore i built a while back and it proved quite accurate.
Think, pleasure to shoot. We aint fighting no wars with this thing. My goal is to get a 3 shot group on a piece of notebook paper at 100 yds.
2 to 400 grains of black will push them out there pretty good and ive got a couple inches of sight which becomes pretty useless after about 400 yards for me.
The big question is “has anyone ever killed a moose with a golf ball”?

[jdfoxinc]

Just don't shoot at any hard surfaces. Golf balls bounce back.

[Flailguy]

Does a golf ball qualify as "lead free" for CA?

[Alasgun]

Im sure they do! Glad i live in a somewhat free state!

Using bore designations this is a true “1” bore and round balls “lead” weigh one pound each. 1 pound halibut weights of this size weigh a pound also, so if i ever want to get real serious about hitting something real hard i have options.

[17nut]

Whitetail with a "shotgun": http://www.buckstix.com/howitzer.htm

[sharps4590]

THAT is beyond cool!!! Oh that I had such talents!!!!

[jonp]

That's amazing work

[GhostHawk]

have to admit i'm curios as to what a handfull of 45 cal round balls would do,

[Alasgun]

Thanks guys, that "Talent" come from the Lord as i have no formal training other than that gleaned over 4 1/2 decades of machine work in the oil fields of Texas, North Dakota and Alaska!

Once i have some credible load / accuracy info i'll be sure and pass it along.

[Plate plinker]

have to admit i'm curios as to what a handfull of 45 cal round balls would do,

A guy could probably fabricate canister shot out of a tomato paste can. That would be interesting to try at least once.

[jeepyj]

Impressive work, Thanks for sharing. Seeing projects gets the wheels turning.

[Beerd]

I live on the 18th fairway of a public course.
Don't know how many rounds will fit in a flat rate box, but if you run short on ammo drop me a PM.
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[Wheelguns 1961]

That is really cool!

[Boz330]

My best friend built this one some years ago. A golf ball from it was like a laser beam it was so flat.

Bob

[GregLaROCHE]

I’ve built a few just for noise makers. If you’re in Alaska, have you ever heard about the cannon at the Chicken Bar? That one blew a hole through a two inch solid core door with just toilet paper waddling and nothing else. Once took out a windshield too. I’ve been recently thinking about one that would shoot wine bottle corks.

[abunaitoo]

I once made a "Potato gun" that could fire golf balls.
Used propane as a fuel.
It was a little dangerous.
Golf ball would fly to far.
Also made one that would fire tennis balls.
Safer, but..............
The ball would burn.
Didn't want to start a fire.

[thegatman]

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Last winter’s project. Shoots Red Bull cans. Blackpowder. Bread wadding.