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Civil War Cannons: Canister Shot

| July 15, 2013

Let’s end this summer project with a bang. How about 18 rounds of canister shot fired from a Civil War bronze cannon? Canister rounds consist of several dozen iron balls packed into the barrel of a cannon and rammed home with a charge of black powder. When fired they turn the gun into a massive […]