breech loading?

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Hi I am kind of new to combustion cannons and I was wondering if breech loading was possible or if its not a very good idea
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Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:49 pm

breech loading is available (and in my book, recommended) to any sort of cannon, so if you're wondering whether to do it or not, i say DO IT!!! :D
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Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:54 pm

breach loading is commonly used in cannons. If I were to guess maybe 10% of the cannons here? For an example look at the one i designed. There's an animation along with an explanation of how it works.
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Sun Feb 24, 2008 11:04 pm

ok thanks :lol:
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Sun Feb 24, 2008 11:34 pm

a ball valve is another route that is pretty sweet and convenient to use. Simply drill a hole in the side of the ball valve big enough for the ammo. Here is a pic of the one I put on mine...

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Of course yours in the diagram would work fine.... but yeah, I would definately reccomend some sort of breech loading...
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Mon Feb 25, 2008 1:00 am

ooo ya I forgot about that I saw how to do on youtube one time and I totaly forgot thanks this is some thing I am really going to try to do
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Mon Feb 25, 2008 1:08 am

just make sure your ammo fits through it... my barrel was 1/2 inch but the ball valve was 3/4. when you buy the ball valve take the ammo you want to use with you and make sure.
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