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Just wondered if there are miniature cannon shooters in the US muzzle loading community.
The Muzzle Loading Association of Great Britain organises meetings for these little replicas mainly just for fun rather than serious competition.
https://www.mlagb.com/cannons/
Brian
 
I turned a brass cannon barrel for a guy when I was in a high school metal shop. 18" long, 3/4" bore. Went from 2 3/4" at the breech end to 1 1/4" at the muzzle. He built everything else around the barrel. Pretty nifty and he shot it at events. Loud!
 
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Two of three my dad built in the '80s . Larger one is brass with steel liner and smaller is ordinance steel. Brother has the other large one, all ordinance steel. Great noisemakers :D
 
Range firing cannons here is not very common but there are some that do. Around my area its mostly ceremonial. No projectile is used.
 
I don't shoot projectiles, use damp newspaper for wad on top of charge. Mostly for the smoke and noise. I know that my brother has launched a few items.
 
Here is my smaller BP cannon. Shoots 10 gauge BP blanks! The kids & grandkids love it around the 4th & New Years! Have a much larger cannon, will have to find a pic to post here!
 

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Here is a pic of both my BP cannons! Both have about a 1” bore. Barrels are made from oil well tubing. Small one is blanks only. Large one shoots 1” balls with a wooden sabot.! Shoots right through an old frig or an old car!
 

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Here are a few pictures of our "big bore" guns...
 

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