Mortars
GOLF BALL AND SODA CAN
MORTARS
Some inventory photos
3/4" bore Thunder Mugs & Golf Ball coehorn Sled
Mortars.
L to R; Coehorn Sled Mortar, Old style 50 caliber
cannon, Flat Base Golf Ball Mortar, 3/4" bore Thunder
Mug.
Golf Ball Mortar Barrel mounted to Confederate #1 style mortar
bed. Free plans for both style mortar beds are included with purchase of
barrel
This is a Confederate #2 style mortar bed with golf ball bore size
barrel. This mount was made from a 4x4 cedar post.
GOLF BALL STOKES MORTARS
Confederate style mortar with #2 block style bed made from
pressure treated 4x4. Total cost of mortar bed materials was under
$15. This one will be painted gloss brown. Free plans for this
mortar bed included with purchase of barrel.
Size comparison: Soda Can mortar along side of the Golf Ball
mortar.
Replica of a Model 1840, 10" Seacoast Mortar. This one has
a 2.75" bore.
This is an 8-3/4" bore Bowling ball mortar barrel I built in
2008.
Replicas of a Model 1861, 13" Seacoast mortar. Also known
as a "Dictator", this was the name given to only one of these mortars. The
original full scale weighed 17,500 lbs.Top two photos are soda can bore and
bottom two are golf ball bore.
4.1" bore, coffee can mortar, Coehorn Sled design.
This is a smaller scale version of a British wheeled siege mortar
used during the Sikh war, 1845-46. This one has a 4.62" bore and fires
candle pin bowling balls.
A
close up photo of the size of a 4.62" bore barrel next to a soda
can.
A
pair of 2.75" bore wheeled mortars. . The diameter of the wheels on
these are 16".