Minature Cannon

[owejia]

Went to an auction yesterday and bought a small rotrary table to use on my Bridgeport mill.Have always wanted to make minature brass cannon, that will shoot black powder.Needed the rotrary table to mill the wheel spokes. Does the ATF require any info from me before I can manufacture a cannon. Probably will be in the 10 to 12 inch size.As this is a black powder cannon [gun] are there any requirements for license or permits?Thanks

[1gewehr]

There are no Federal regulations governing any kind of muzzle-loader regardless of size. As far as I know, TN does not have any either. I would be very surprised to learn of any.

A 10-12 inch bore is pretty large for a brass or bronze tube. I'd probably opt for a pretty thick seamless steel bore liner. ;-)

A replica swivel gun would be neat! These were small cannon used on ships and forts that mounted on the fort wall or ship rails to fire large loads of buckshot during close combat. Typically, they had 1"-2" bores and were 24-36" long.

Have fun!

[owejia]

Thanks for the information. The barrel length will be 10 to 12 inches long, not in diameter. This will be my small prototype before making anything bigger , to work any problems out. I can see making one approximately 36 inches long, but would use a steel for the barrel because of the price of brass.Maybe even make the wood spoke wheels also.