Me and a friend playing with our miniature coehorn mortars.

WarlockFirearms · December 31, 2010, 05:15 PM

Here's some videos from the tests.

It was a lot of fun. Made the mortar barrels on my lathe from cold-rolled steel. They are .35 caliber and here we are firing them with pyrodex. Had a little trouble working up a blank load with a good report using the pyrodex, but wrapping a little flour in aluminum foil and using it as a projectile seemed to do the trick.

Here are some pics of the one I made. It is the shorter of the two.

As an aside, does anyone know where to get some real black powder in the Portland, OR area?

armoredman · December 31, 2010, 08:01 PM

That's neat, thanks!

Edit to add, all of those were blanks firing, yes? Is there a place you can actually try firing a real ball safely?

WarlockFirearms · December 31, 2010, 09:07 PM

Yep, all blanks. As for firing real balls, I can always go out to the boonies, I just have no idea how far it might go on an indirect trajectory so I am a little leery about it. In the meantime, it's a fun little noisemaker and will be a good way to ring in the new year.

December 31, 2010, 05:15 PM	#1
WarlockFirearms Junior Member Join Date: June 5, 2010 Location: Oregon Posts: 13	Me and a friend playing with our miniature coehorn mortars. Here's some videos from the tests. It was a lot of fun. Made the mortar barrels on my lathe from cold-rolled steel. They are .35 caliber and here we are firing them with pyrodex. Had a little trouble working up a blank load with a good report using the pyrodex, but wrapping a little flour in aluminum foil and using it as a projectile seemed to do the trick. Here are some pics of the one I made. It is the shorter of the two. As an aside, does anyone know where to get some real black powder in the Portland, OR area? __________________ Warlock Firearms

December 31, 2010, 09:07 PM	#3
WarlockFirearms Junior Member Join Date: June 5, 2010 Location: Oregon Posts: 13	Yep, all blanks. As for firing real balls, I can always go out to the boonies, I just have no idea how far it might go on an indirect trajectory so I am a little leery about it. In the meantime, it's a fun little noisemaker and will be a good way to ring in the new year. __________________ Warlock Firearms

December 31, 2010, 08:01 PM	#2
armoredman Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 5,299	That's neat, thanks! Edit to add, all of those were blanks firing, yes? Is there a place you can actually try firing a real ball safely?