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The Junk yard dog was made in 1996 as part of a trade for some custom barrel work . . It consists of a 12 inch long by 6-1/4 inch diameter piece of 4140 annealed, that was originally built as a slip-fit popcan mortar. It was far to tight and was later bored out by Wes Pilley "Powder Keg to 6 Pounder, 3.672". Bore is 8 inches deep and flat bottom. Chamber is 1-3/4 diameter by 1-1/2 deep, flat bottom. The barrel is still cylinder and not radiused at the breech. It has a 1/8" vent. I have been thinking bout putting it up on the drill press and drilling out the vent .200 to accept friction primers,
In order to fire this at the First Cut Bank Cannon Convention, Ernie Taft, "Southpaw" helped me fabricate a band to attach the trunnion to barrel so we could shoot it. I made a quick and dirty carriage from some old scrap beams.
My plan was to turn a radius on the breech end and weld the trunnion on to make a Confederate style block carriage similar to their 24 Pounder Coehorn. I have the wood for this block carriage. The Confederates also used a ladder carriage and this would make a good carriage also.
This mortar is one of those unfinish projects cluttering up my garage. Because of its bulk I probably will never finish this gun.
So where am I going with this. We'll lets say you have a brother in law who is headed to Branson on vacation, or your BFF is going to Grand Canyon with the family and are passing through OKC, have them swing by my place and i will help them load it their trunk so they can bring it to you. I'll even toss in all the 6 PDR zinc round balls I can find in the shop.
Anyone interested?
In order to fire this at the First Cut Bank Cannon Convention, Ernie Taft, "Southpaw" helped me fabricate a band to attach the trunnion to barrel so we could shoot it. I made a quick and dirty carriage from some old scrap beams.
My plan was to turn a radius on the breech end and weld the trunnion on to make a Confederate style block carriage similar to their 24 Pounder Coehorn. I have the wood for this block carriage. The Confederates also used a ladder carriage and this would make a good carriage also.
This mortar is one of those unfinish projects cluttering up my garage. Because of its bulk I probably will never finish this gun.
So where am I going with this. We'll lets say you have a brother in law who is headed to Branson on vacation, or your BFF is going to Grand Canyon with the family and are passing through OKC, have them swing by my place and i will help them load it their trunk so they can bring it to you. I'll even toss in all the 6 PDR zinc round balls I can find in the shop.
Anyone interested?