Thank you kind sir, this guide was very useful! I have successfully fired my cannon, although, I have one problem. These strange men in blue are chasing me, they are saying something along the lines of "GET BACK HERE YOU MENACE, YOU KILLED 12 PEOPLE" in an angry voice, anyhow, kind regards: your favorite time traveler...
Thats mighty interesting, yall were able to get the gun to go off without placing a powder charge down the barrel and by using only a part of an original round. That must be how the yanks won the war, they had magical cannons, no way them Johnny rebs could of matched that.
What’s funny is all of this is not even close to the period manuals. The worm was rarely ever used, the sponge should be damp not wet, so much wrong in such little time
Only thing you left out was for the entire crew in direct proximity of the piece to open they mouths (pressure equalization) when the gun was fired. Don't know if that's a re-enactorism or common practice during the CW... Otherwise excellent drill.
Videos don't do it justice. The sound is one thing, but there's also a pressure wave and, if you're on a ship, you can feel the cannon rumbling through the deck. Best feeling in the world.
@@Alexesssp Incorrect. The 3" Schenkl round as displayed in this video is missing its paper sabot and the powder charge is also not shown. That thing which was loaded is simply the projectile which will travel to the target and has a solid 1/2 inch cast iron case. You aren't poking a hole through it with a little spike. Dont' gob off regarding things you have no clue about.
I believe 2 years before rona hit I went to an old revolutionary era fort in my state in the upper peninsula and actually did a fire drill with other people as a hands on demonstration obviously we didn't have the blank they were going to fire but we did do it I was chosen to be the guy with the worm tool and we actually were 2 seconds faster than the fastest time history has recorded in a speed test challenge by the dude that was giving the orders it was really fun and after that he shot a blank out of the cannon which was part of the event
