Put a piece of masking tape on the top end of the barrel with a line on it and one in front of the fuse. Use these to aim and adjust them until you are hitting your targets consistently.
I love how we are willing to put a rifle or musket up against our faces and let them go boom, but as soon as a fuse is involved we all feel the need to get away fast! :)
I have the Old Ironsides .69 caliber by Traditions. These pack quite a whallop, and I love shooting it. I'm actually having someone make a yoke for the gun and I am going to turn it into a small swivel gun.
@@DeadBaron The Traditions website has 7 cannon kits, only 2 are .69 caliber. The .69 caliber kits are $769 for nickle plated and $794 for gold plated. The 5 remaining kits are all .50 caliber and range in price from $249 to $319. www.traditionsfirearms.com/category/Cannons
Oh that is so AWESOME!!!! Now just imagine if it could be set up on the deck of a scale ship such as the USS Constitution.... Set that model out on a lake, and have a BLAST!
I looked up the Traditions, Old Ironsides .69 cannon. I would make a very rough estimate that the scale ship would have to be at least 30 feet in length.
i just purchased an unopened cva .50 cal general custer cannon kit from 1979, ive contacted cva and they sold the rights back in 1990 so i contacted the new company and they have no record of this kit.... model #ka808, im been unable to find anything......but i havent assembled it simply because i want to know if its more valuable from being old and unused
That's a pretty cool find! I don't blame you for not assembling it; it might be more valuable as it currently sits. Hard to say. Sadly I don't know much of anything about those.
How loud are these cannons? I watch many videos of them and some are quiet, some loud. I'm looking for the loudest cannon I can get if I'm going to pay nearly a thousand for one. Does the sound depend on how much black powder is in it?
I don't have a decibel reading for you, but anything black powder is pretty loud. I can bring the meter with me next time we go out. If you were to use more powder though it would get louder. Bigger is better when it comes to volume level. We actually got this one at a pretty good discount. I think it was a display model. You might be able to find one cheaper than $1000. I want to say this one was around $500, but I don't remember for sure.
such a waste of fuse, yall can cut it shorter ya know, especially if you are only going to sprint as fast as you can to get 5-10 feet away and then wait 10 seconds.
I think we molded these using pure lead and a Lee mold, but don't remember for sure. Any store that carries black powder supplies should have balls though. 0.69 cal is the standard musket caliber so they're actually pretty common.
Awesome! You're welcome. We fire it infrequently, but yes. It's great for a laugh! We keep trying to contrive some laser bore sight to aim the thing. So far no luck, but I'll make another video if it ever actually works.
What we do is a bit weird, but very effective. You can remove the whole cannon from it's cart so we submerge the whole thing in a bucket of soapy water and scrub the bore with a 0.69 caliber bore brush on a pistol work rod. The brush with the water creates a good enough seal to really effectively clean out the touch hole and draw water into the barrel. We're using black powder though; I think ffg also. I've never used Pyrodex but I think this method would still work fine unless something about it's chemistry doesn't like water. It works great with cap type muzzle loaders as well you just also need a hose that fits well on the nipple. When it's clean, dry it up real good and add a light coat of oil to protect from corrosion.
Put a piece of masking tape on the top end of the barrel with a line on it and one in front of the fuse. Use these to aim and adjust them until you are hitting your targets consistently.
Great shot!! I love these little traditions cannons! Definitely want to get one of the kits at some point!!
I love how we are willing to put a rifle or musket up against our faces and let them go boom, but as soon as a fuse is involved we all feel the need to get away fast! :)
It just feels like the natural reaction, like it's going to explode. Haha
I have the Old Ironsides .69 caliber by Traditions. These pack quite a whallop, and I love shooting it. I'm actually having someone make a yoke for the gun and I am going to turn it into a small swivel gun.
It's funny watching you as you, when you light it , You run away like it's a King Cobra . I guess I would do the same thing
Something about lighting cannon fuse just screams "you should run away now, it's going to explode." Feels very firework. Haha
These really tempt me. There is one at a local gun shop, priced at around $700 but they will deal.
That's laughable since the Traditions kits are $264 for this specific model. Look up Traditions Firearms' site.
Cabelas has them fro 230.00 to 275.00
Dead Baron What are you talking about? They’re over 700 on the website
I work at a gun shop. We carry them for 260$
@@DeadBaron The Traditions website has 7 cannon kits, only 2 are .69 caliber. The .69 caliber kits are $769 for nickle plated and $794 for gold plated. The 5 remaining kits are all .50 caliber and range in price from $249 to $319.
www.traditionsfirearms.com/category/Cannons
Shorter fuse would be ok with this one but soooooo cool. I'm gonna own me a cannon
Haha that run dance thing in the Beginning wasnt necessary but funny
So awesome
Wow those fire like the real thing
they are the real thing, just because they are small doesn't make them not real!
Would have been good if you had shown going through at least one cycle of loading.
Hadn't thought to show that part. I think on this trip we were still figuring it out as well. Hopefully next time.
Oh that is so AWESOME!!!!
Now just imagine if it could be set up on the deck of a scale ship such as the USS Constitution....
Set that model out on a lake, and have a BLAST!
Well no because if you bullet misses you could hit someone and kill them this isn't a toy it's a real gun
I looked up the Traditions, Old Ironsides .69 cannon. I would make a very rough estimate that the scale ship would have to be at least 30 feet in length.
@@bigandlittlefirearms8395 Yes,bi know. I just assumed most people would keep gun safety rules in mind.
@Gerald 👍
@Gerald My point exactly! Just keep gun safety rules in mind and it should be okay
Nice
That's looks fun
You ran like something was gonna happen
i just purchased an unopened cva .50 cal general custer cannon kit from 1979, ive contacted cva and they sold the rights back in 1990 so i contacted the new company and they have no record of this kit.... model #ka808, im been unable to find anything......but i havent assembled it simply because i want to know if its more valuable from being old and unused
That's a pretty cool find! I don't blame you for not assembling it; it might be more valuable as it currently sits. Hard to say. Sadly I don't know much of anything about those.
That's cool but I'd shoot it till the wheels fall off. If you don't someone will eventually. B safe.
Neat! Please advise: powder used and load.
Sorry for the delay, had to check. We're using 45 grains of simple FF black powder. You can use up to 80 or 85 grains, but it's just not necessary.
How much is this type of cannon?
How loud are these cannons? I watch many videos of them and some are quiet, some loud. I'm looking for the loudest cannon I can get if I'm going to pay nearly a thousand for one. Does the sound depend on how much black powder is in it?
I don't have a decibel reading for you, but anything black powder is pretty loud. I can bring the meter with me next time we go out. If you were to use more powder though it would get louder. Bigger is better when it comes to volume level. We actually got this one at a pretty good discount. I think it was a display model. You might be able to find one cheaper than $1000. I want to say this one was around $500, but I don't remember for sure.
Oh okay thanks for the reply. Yours isn't one from traditions firearms?
You're welcome! It is a traditions, but we found this one on sale. Though it was still new and unfired when purchased.
I've seen the one in this video for sale for around $775. I bought the smaller .45 version for $285.
Oops, mine is by Traditions and it has .50 printed on the barrel.
How much do they cost?
Fuse seems way too long
such a waste of fuse, yall can cut it shorter ya know, especially if you are only going to sprint as fast as you can to get 5-10 feet away and then wait 10 seconds.
Where do you buy the .69 cal ammo?
I think we molded these using pure lead and a Lee mold, but don't remember for sure. Any store that carries black powder supplies should have balls though. 0.69 cal is the standard musket caliber so they're actually pretty common.
Grarder thanks, ordered. Are you still firing yours.
Awesome! You're welcome. We fire it infrequently, but yes. It's great for a laugh! We keep trying to contrive some laser bore sight to aim the thing. So far no luck, but I'll make another video if it ever actually works.
Grarder what do you use for cleaning the bore and also what ram rod? Ill be using pyrodex ffg, what powder are you using?
What we do is a bit weird, but very effective. You can remove the whole cannon from it's cart so we submerge the whole thing in a bucket of soapy water and scrub the bore with a 0.69 caliber bore brush on a pistol work rod. The brush with the water creates a good enough seal to really effectively clean out the touch hole and draw water into the barrel. We're using black powder though; I think ffg also. I've never used Pyrodex but I think this method would still work fine unless something about it's chemistry doesn't like water. It works great with cap type muzzle loaders as well you just also need a hose that fits well on the nipple. When it's clean, dry it up real good and add a light coat of oil to protect from corrosion.