Firecracker cannon

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OKgetdown

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We used to make a cruder version of these when I was a kid. Some length of pipe. Drill a hole in the end cap for the fuse. Fashion a little wooden stand or braze a couple legs on it.

They would shoot a marble hard enough to dent old metal lawn chairs.

But these look way better than anything we could put together lol.
 

aarondhgraham

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I WANT one!

Way back in time when people weren't such wimps,,,
My father found some steel tubing that he made rifles out of.

The tubing was just perfect for a glass marble,,,
Patched with some toilet tissue paper.

He drilled a fuse hole in the side of the threaded breech end,,,
And made a match lock action out of plywood.

Unscrew the cap, insert a Black cat fiery-cracker,,,
Stuff a patched marble down the muzzle,,,
Put a lit cigarette into the "hammer".

When you pulled the trigger-hammer cigarette holder,,,
It lit the fuse coming out the side of the gun.

Then you had to hold on target for a second or two,,,
But when it went off that marble came out with some authority.

Getting smacked in the butt with one,,,
Even at 20-25 yards distance,,,
Hurt like the dickens.

He would probably have gone to jail now.

Aarond

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