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abelacres · October 13, 2010, 08:22 PM

I talked to some Civil War reenactors one day at my old job
I forget what size cannon they had but it was on a goose neck trailer. (it was very big)
They told me that one time they loaded it with a 25ft piece of 3/8 logging chain and fired it parallel with the ground.
Cleared out a lot of brush before it finally embeded itself in a oak tree.

They called it The Weedeater From Hell

They said they never did get the chain out of the tree.

October 13, 2010, 08:22 PM	#33
abelacres Senior Member Join Date: August 5, 2010 Location: Jackson County Florida Posts: 207	Don't know if this is true but it's a good story... I talked to some Civil War reenactors one day at my old job I forget what size cannon they had but it was on a goose neck trailer. (it was very big) They told me that one time they loaded it with a 25ft piece of 3/8 logging chain and fired it parallel with the ground. Cleared out a lot of brush before it finally embeded itself in a oak tree. They called it The Weedeater From Hell They said they never did get the chain out of the tree. __________________ If something seems too good to be true it's best to shoot at it just to be sure