Hvy.Arty Siege mortar drill

[Jeremy stake]

Myself and my mortar crew drilled for first time today.after first few runs, we flowed smoothly through the process! One more practice weekend the live fire demo for the local public

 

[JOHN42768]

What is the weight of the projectile? thanks

 

[Waterloo50]

Myself and my mortar crew drilled for first time today.after first few runs, we flowed smoothly through the process! One more practice weekend the live fire demo for the local public

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What an excellent post, very interesting, I'd sure like to hear and see that mortar being fired.

 

[reading48]

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[Story]

Tagged for interest.

 

[bankerpapaw]

Hey, I wanted to see the results!!!

 

[Jeremy stake]

What is the weight of the projectile? thanks

44 pounds

 

[Jeremy stake]

What is the weight of the projectile? thanks

44 lbs

 

[3rd North Carolina]

Nice mortar, but I might see some safety issues. One the powder monkey stays behind the gun. Two I would not stand directly in front of the barrel for whatever reason always off the side. I dont know if it had a worm or not but if you use cannon powder packed in tin foil you would have to get it out safely. If you do live fire this some safety officer for the event may not let you if it's not safe for the crew and or others.

 

[Jeremy stake]

Hey, I wanted to see the results!!!

Just drill.we live fire in a few weeks and will share video

 

[Jeremy stake]

Nice mortar, but I might see some safety issues. One the powder monkey stays behind the gun. Two I would not stand directly in front of the barrel for whatever reason always off the side. I dont know if it had a worm or not but if you use cannon powder packed in tin foil you would have to get it out safely. If you do live fire this some safety officer for the event may not let you if it's not safe for the crew and or others.

Actually we are using nssa drill , we could be off to the side more but would still have a hand in the bore feeding loose powder in the barrell. No way to get around it with a mortar. Mortar crews don't use rammers. Historically mortar powder was in cotton bags or loose.if you watch any nssa mortar videos or Loomis battery mortar match videos, you will see loose powder almost exclusively used today...so I may not be going to Gettysburg, but at " mortar" matches or events .we are fine.exvept yes we probably need to be behind gun with powder, and no 2 back away from mortar

 

[Jeremy stake]

Actually we are using nssa drill , we could be off to the side more but would still have a hand in the bore feeding loose powder in the barrell. No way to get around it with a mortar. Mortar crews don't use rammers. Historically mortar powder was in cotton bags or loose.if you watch any nssa mortar videos or Loomis battery mortar match videos, you will see loose powder almost exclusively used today...so I may not be going to Gettysburg, but at " mortar" matches or events .we are fine.exvept yes we probably need to be behind gun with powder, and no 2 back away from mortar

 

[Jeremy stake]

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We do need our sleeves yet and will have them by the time we live fire