[TheForge] Cannon barrel liner

Andrew Vida osan at netlabs.net
Sun Jan 16 10:50:35 EST 2005


Shame you didn't rifle the barrel... then build a mold for 1+ Minie 
balls. :)

Calamity Jane wrote:
> For them what remember, I was pressing a 2" liner into
> a 4" bronze tube 22" deep. I got it half way in with a
> 6 ton press, all but 6" with my friend's 50 ton
> (before we bent the ram!).
> 
> I took it to a machine shop in Winnipeg and they
> pushed it in on their 100 ton press - it took 60 tons.
> 
> For some reason, I am not worried about that liner
> moving . . . :-)
> 
> 
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