Golf ball mortar

[eugene13]

I've always wanted to build one, and i guess the stars aligned; I started out with some 2 7/8 conveyor head shaft, the 1 1/2 drill at 60 rpm makes the lathe howl, I have another inch deeper to go, the bore will finish at 1.68. Black powder or Pyrodex, that is the question.

 

[owl]

I use black powder in mine. with the wide bore, it is pretty easy to wash out

 

[38super]

Would pyrodex pellets work?
My bad, been done before

 

[Dhal22]

Most construction workers have made a potato launcher. Mine would send a potato further than the eye could follow. What fun.

 

[Nutfarmer]

When finished please post a picture

 

[Aukai]

Golf clubs don't launch straight enough?

 

[DavidR8]

I'm not sure what kind of range a ball launched from one of these might have but I recall being hit by a golf ball hit from the tee box on a golf course and receiving some serious injury.
Food for thought on usage.

 

[mmcmdl]

I used to launch golf balls out of a pipe propelled by blockbusters (1/4 sticks ) . I never found a one of them !

 

[eugene13]

I'm not sure what kind of range a ball launched from one of these might have but I recall being hit by a golf ball hit from the tee box on a golf course and receiving some serious injury.
Food for thought on usage.

Lots of open area around where I live, I'll be careful, like any gun, don't point it at anything you don't want to kill.

 

[brasssmanget]

Lots of fun. Shot many a golf ball off the AR launchers [w/blanks], and used to launch beer cans from seamless tubes w/35mm film cans full of BP. Both would launch to "out-of-sight" distances......better to know what's beyond the hill if you let one fly.