[Squantos]

Ever go anvil tossin ? Lot more work but a lot more fun :o)

Stay Safe !

[SLB]

I have told a few of you of the mortar a friend and I build while in Jr High. We used a piece of steel pipe and a pipe plug. We launched a golf ball using a cherry bomb for powder. Stupid I know, but wow did it ever work. We had to use lots of wading to keep from destroying the golf ball, but when they did fly they really traveled. I won't say anything about a large plate glass window that was broken out of a certain building.

The same friend and I did lots of trap shooting when seniors in high school. I loaded a round with pink kleenex once and then slipped it into his gun. The expression on his face was grand. Again, I am surprised it did not ignite, but I used a couple of cardboard over powder wads and hoped for the best. I had to hand him a loaded gun as the weight of the shell would have tipped him off.

[in the Arena]

Every 4th of July our family has a reunion at my grand parents farm. Fireworks evolved into spud guns evolved into a small black powder cannon that my uncle built. One summer we spent a whole day trying to hit a telephone pole at 50 yards...It has a 1 inch bore and I believe we were loading 600 grains of Pyrodex...If they thought that rattled their teeth, wait until I show them this...

I ran across a web site that talked about anvil shooting and last time I was home I turned over my grand fathers anvil and sure enough there was that little spherical hollow...what an evil grin appeared on my face...

[Matthew James]

I can just see you out there with this guy havin' a ball!

[Tennessee_Bob]

We have anvil shoots up at the Museum of Appalachia at least once a year - awesome fun!!