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Re: Shooting cannons
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lugnet.pirates
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Wed, 11 Oct 2000 18:45:13 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Daniel Williams writes:
> Hello, and I apologize in advance if this is a really dumb thing to be asking,
> but... I recently got ahold of one of those firing cannons, with the black
> plunger thingie on the rear end and the long spike in the barrel and all..
> however, I can't seem to figure out how to make the blasted thing fire. The
> plunger moves a little bit, but doesn't seem to really pull out or twist, and
> it's the only moving part I can find. It's entirely possible that my cannon • is
> broken or something, but since this is the first one I've seen, I wouldn't
> know.. so if someone knows how I'd make the little thing fire and maim some
> poor unsuspecting pirate (they must get those peg legs somehow), I'd be very
> grateful if they could let me know.
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> Thanks,
> Dan
This is one of the disabled cannons - they can be modified to shoot with the
addition of a spring (some disassembly required). They were later replaced by
the one-piece non-firing cannon.
Bruce
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| What kind of spring is used? All this time, I thought just flicking the black piece of the cannon made it fire! Scott (...) (26 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| Hello, and I apologize in advance if this is a really dumb thing to be asking, but... I recently got ahold of one of those firing cannons, with the black plunger thingie on the rear end and the long spike in the barrel and all.. however, I can't (...) (26 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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