Napolean Six Pounder

[TomG]

(06-18-2012, 09:44 PM)ETC57 Wrote: Tom,

That's great!

Way back in high school we had a rogue metal shop teacher, he set us up with plans for small black power canons turned out of 3" round stalk stainless

A group of us snuck 21 canons in to a homecoming foot ball game. A night game, we touched them off as our team came on the field. Talk about a ruckus! A real live 21 gun salute for the home team!!

Jerry.

Those were definitely the days when you could get away with building cannons in shop class. I had a rogue music teacher who allowed me to use a black powder cannon for a piece we were playing called the Civil War Fantasy. This was inside the gymnasium and when I touched it off (electrically of course) it was a LOT louder than anyone, including me suspected, and it filled the entire gym with smoke. I know he got in some trouble over that but I never found out just how much.

Tom