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Last Blast Junior
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 7:47 pm
by mark.f
Last Blast Junior
Barrel: 48" x 1-1/4" SCH-40
Chamber: 15" x 3" SCH-40
Connection: breech-loading cam lock barrel
Mixing: Ozark Trails camping fan
Fuel: Thumb-operated MAPP meter
Ignition: single-gapped BBQ sparker handle
This is just a little gun I came up with this week to provide a more portable combustion cannon for me to use. Decided to build it after wanting another "small" gun. Here's a few pictures.
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Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 7:49 pm
by falcone
very nice cannon, what so you shoot out of it mostly and about how far?
i like your sig btw
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 7:50 pm
by Bluetooth
Thats a cool cannon but to my standards i wouldn't clasify it as small. How far does it shoot?
EDIT: to late for the how far does it shoot
. Any damage pics?
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 7:59 pm
by mark.f
All I've been shooting mostly are blanks and D-cells. It's dark so I can't tell the range/damage.
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 8:03 pm
by Bluetooth
You can't see where your shooting yet your shooting d-cells?
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 8:12 pm
by mark.f
Yup. I think you don't realize I live WAY the hell in the middle of nowhere. Mostly I've just been shooting into a stand of oak and underbrush right next to our house.
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 8:28 pm
by Bluetooth
How long does it take you to get to the closest store? ( i bet those pizza delivery guys hate you lol )
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 8:31 pm
by experament_u2
nice gun i would defently want to see some damage pics
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 10:50 pm
by SpudBlaster15
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Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 11:28 pm
by mark.f
Nope. It's just as easy for me to flip it on when I start and off when I'm done.
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 11:41 pm
by SpudBlaster15
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Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 11:46 pm
by Flying_Salt
Very nice, but you should build a sparkstrip for it. My bbq ignitor can easily handle 3 good-sized sparks, and the preformance went WAY up. It went from boom to BOOM
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 11:51 pm
by SpudBlaster15
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Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 12:08 am
by mark.f
I personally don't really bother with dual ignition anymore. I find that one gap at the back of the chamber works great for me. My first two serious cannons had dual ignition, and they're not anymore powerful than the LB and now the Junior. I still think that pressure rise is equal across the entire chamber, regardless of the position of the flame front(s).
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 12:19 am
by Flying_Salt
markfh11q wrote:All I've been shooting mostly are blanks and D-cells. It's dark so I can't tell the range/damage.
Wait, aren't blanks kind of dangerous? I thought the force of the explosion had to be transfered to the ammunition...