Oh Dark Lords of the Soot, need help with load

[Micheal Fortune]

Came across this gun, just laying there, really!!

http://home.bresnan.net/~michealfortune/Courthouse.jpg

Now how do I load it???

[Lucky Irish Tom]

Gonna hafta buy your black in cannisters now, guess yah better contact big lube with the size so they can start werkin on ah boolit mold fer it!

[Delmonico]

Check to see if the primer hole is open, most a them the done plugged afore they put them out.

If it's open, measure the bore and get lots a blackpowder.  I'll call some a the artillary guys I know and I bet if'n you fly us up there they can show ya how.  Me, I'm comin' along to feed them.

Artillary guys like to eat.

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[Four-Eyed Buck]

Prick&prime! Looks like maybe a 12 lber. We need Drydock or Janey here........Buck

[Silver Creek Slim]

'Tain't very portable. 

Slim

[Bushwack Bill]

Pound and a half Cannon Grade Powder in silk or linnen bag.  Iron or zink ball slightly less than bore size.  Touch it off with flash hole full of 4Fg and a slow match on a six foot pole.  You might have trouble getting the tube back on that mount if you don't have an "A" frame, block and tackle rated for a ton and a good crew to handle it.

[The Arapaho Kid]

I do Civil War reenactments as a cannoneer.  We have 5 cannons in our battery, one of which is a replica of a Napoleon 12 pounder.  Generally speaking we use 4 ounces of Holy Black for our firing.  This is quite enough to make those suckers roar!  This powder is done up in a wraped and sealed paper package.  The loader slides it in the barrel, then rams it home with the ramrod.  This breaks open the package and exposes the powder.  Meanwhile the gunner is pouring Holy Black down the touch hole and setting the shotgun primer in the hammer.  When everything is ready the lanyard is pulled and the cannon roars.  Our 12 pounder gets everyone's attention!  She's really noisy!   

[gryffon2004]

That qualifies as a warthog load right.

[Micheal Fortune]

Just an update, and this was all for fun, the bore measures 6 inches, which should make her a 32 pounder.

125 + inches in length, hard to get an accurate measurement, honey hold this end,
 
the guy cutting the lawn comes by,

Him "hey what are you doing there",
Me "Oh just measuring it for a holster",,,,,,
Him "A holster?"  Confused look.......
Me  "Yep, the latest thing I hear, County Commissioners, go figure....."
Him "You got that right"  Drives away, shaking his head

The plaque on the other side reads.

Donated by Congress
To the
Soldiers Memorial
Committee
"We saved this Great Union for you"

[James Robert jr.]

Him "hey what are you doing there",
Me "Oh just measuring it for a holster",,,,,,


thats the best one ive heard today!!!!    ive got a friend that has a cavalry cannon w/a 2" bore about 3' long.   he uses it for memorial day cerimonies, he uses 1/4 lb 1f powder charge.