Custom Made
1.5 Gauge Breech Loading Black Powder Signal Salute Cannon

See it Fire HERE
 What is being fired is a 12 Gauge Black Powder Shell
with an adapter to fit the 1.5 Gauge Chamber.
The sound isn't very good.
The Cannon is a lot louder in person
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Barrel

The Barrel was sent to my company from a person in PA.
 It measured around 36 inches long and tapered from 3 inch to 3 3/4 inches in diameter.
The Bore was about 1 1/2 inches in diameter.
 This Barrel was heavy but machined out really nice.

Its now being turned down to its final size.
This Barrel was part of a WW2 Borfor Cannon.

Its now being threaded 10 threads per inch, about 3 inches of thread.
To turn and thread this end, I had to use a Steady Rest to hold the piece since it was so long.
 This steadrest has come in handy more times that I can remember.

I got it finally mounted on a Bullnose live center.

Blueing really helps see how your threading is coming along.

Really nice and smooth thread.

I love the finish on this barrel.


Breech

Here you will see the Breech being turned down, drilled, bored and threaded to receive its barrel.
 Taking a picture with a Digital Camera really stops everything.

The Breech has now been drilled and bored out to custom fit its required shell casing.
The shell casing is approximately 1.5 gage.
 Yes, thats a 38 calibre shell being used as a primer.

This is now the Barrel side of the Breech.
Its been bored out and ready to be custom threaded to accept its Barrel.






Receiver Assembly

Here you will see the Receiver Assembly being turned, bored, milled and drilled.



The Receiver now has a bore that will not only fit its firing pin but also its firing pin retainer plate.
The marker lines are where I need to put in the Receiver rotating pin and its milled clearance radius for the Receiver Lock-Down Stud.

The completed Reciever.



Fitting the Receiver to the Breech

   


Fitting the Firing Pin and Firing Pin Retainer Plate







This shows how the firing pin is stationed into the Receiver before firing.


Here you see the complete assembly including
Barrel, Breech, Receiver, Firing Pin and Receiver Lock Down Handle.


Barrel Clamp Assembly

   


Axel Clamp Assembly

   




Completed 1.5 Gage Breech Loading Black Powder Signal Cannon

This Cannon measures around 48 inches long, 6 inches in diameter and weights in at 180 pounds.
Its total shipping weight was around 220 pounds.
    

 


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