Dig this mortar

[Buelligan]

The Monkey & I went to the range today, when one of my muzzle-loader buddies brings out a mortar, then lights it with a torch!He was shooting beer cans filled with cement. They went the whole 100 yards. Fairly accurate, actually.

[Patria Povo]

Those buggers are so cool! I'd love to shoot one ..... and help empty the projectile bodies, too! :icon_biggrin::cheers:

Here's a build tutorial of sorts: http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=253961

I also found a bunch of twats on Youtube shooting these things in their backyards!

[Norton]

Man.. I love projects like that. Did it make a big cloud ?

[Buelligan]

OH MAN ,they are in to it DEEP . I have an 8ft lethe I could turn one out if i can find the blank.

[WildBillCody]

I'm in the process of building a mountian howizter, in between other projects. I need to make the trunions and then start on the carriage, the hardest part is finding the wheels.

It will look kinda like this when finished

[Buelligan]

Yep NORTON , a big THUG ,lots of smoke , then a loud plop on the ground.

[WildBillCody]

Here's the second one I built years ago, it shot pringles cans full of concrete about 100 yards.

[A.D.A.]

I saw one of these posted somewhere else where the guy was using it to kill feral cats. Have you ever seen that?

http://www.buckstix.com/CoehornMortarHunt.htm

[Phirebug]

can you just build one of these, or does it have to be registered with the BATFE like firearms?

[okie shooter]

From what I understand, if you use black power, and they are muzzle loaders, they are like black powder rifles, thus non modern firearms. IMHO

[Norton]

Here's the second one I built years ago, it shot pringles cans full of concrete about 100 yards.

Wild Bill that is a perfect size, Nice job you did building it. Two questions.. Does it take ffg or fffg black powder? about how many grains does it take to launch a concrete filled Pringles can?

[brewskzilla]

I would think, since you're only lobbing it a hundred yards or so, that you would only need, what, 200-300 grains of powder? It can't take too much, I wouldn't think. And about the non-modern firearms thing, a howitzer or mortar is considered a dangerous weapon, therefore the guidelines are a little more stringent than with mere smallarms. If, however, you aren't launching dangerous projectiles, then your loophole is that you simply have an elaborate noisemaker. I'm still working on a saboted tennis ball gun.