[Namron] Protectorate

Mon Oct 11 21:26:35 PDT 2004

no charge, but I'm not the one to show you how to build them, nor is it a thing that could really be demonstrated at an event... Firing, on the other hand, I am in the process of getting the proper permission, and making it very clear, so thatI can do the firing demo at samhain. To do it mundanely, away from an event, I'd need someone outside city limits, with preferably a large yard, that doesn't mind smoke and noise.

Duncan
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: R. Welch 
  To: Barony of Namron 
  Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 11:18 PM
  Subject: Re: [Namron] Protectorate

  So how much would you charge to demonstrate the cannons and give some info on how to build them? Cannons are just cool...

  Duncan MacNamara <duncan_macnamara at charter.net> wrote: 
    reply to all and reply to sender are two seperate things... hehe

    I hit the wrong one.. I was trying to send someone a copy of what I had sent
    to their excellencies Eldern concerning Samhain.

    As far as the protectorate "incident"... No alcohol had entered my system
    until AFTER that happened... and then I said (insert 4 letter word of choice
    here) it and got plastered.

    I just didn't see him cut though camp until it was too late is all... Since
    we're on the subject now though:

    My cannons do not shoot projectiles. They fire a blank charge only, with or
    without wadding, which itself only travels on average 3-6 feet from the
    barrel. For this incident there was no wadding, just a tightly-packed
    charge.

    I apologized to Tadgh. I honestly didn't see him. I was in the wrong, for my
    choice of venue... I was supposed to do a p! ublic displayed firing at the
    archery range before feast, not in camp. However, HRM decided that was the
    best time for court, and so the public display was off. This left me with 2
    loaded signal cannons, (3 inches long x 1/4 bore, really small cannons,
    sounds about like a black cat) Both were loaded with just powder... not even
    wadding. The powder was just packed tightly. Since there wasn't any wadding,
    there was no need for the backstop setup, since everything leaving the
    barrel would have been burnt upon firing. We were ready to start our
    meeting, and I cleared the firing lane and surrounding area of people. (the
    3 inch cannons, when loaded with wadding, shoot the wadding out about 4
    feet. There was an approximately 15 foot clearing) I yelled "FIRE IN THE
    HOLE!" and touched the match to the powder... and _then_ saw Tadgh walking
    briskly through camp... Oh (insert 4 letter word of choice here)! Well, it
    was too late to do anything about it,! and he had walked across the far end
    of the area I had cleared out, so he wasn't in any danger, especially since
    there was no wadding. So I continued the meeting I had just started. Lo and
    behold, along comes a senschal and the autocrat, understandably upset... I
    took my warning in stride, because I *was* wrong for my choice of where to
    discharge said miniature cannon. (Did I mention that I didn't see Tadgh?) I
    mean... I understand why they were flustered... if it's happened to me, I'd
    probably thought someone was trying to kill me too... but it simply got
    blown a tad out of proportion. Signal cannons are not illegal to fire, as
    long as you're not in city limits because of noise laws. I apologize for
    firing it in the wrong place, but not for firing it in the first place.

    ____________________________________________________________________________
    ___

    >From the ATF:

    The BATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms) does not! consider signal
    cannon and muzzle loaders as weapons. The Gun Control Act of 1968 exempts
    all muzzleloading antiques and replicas from the Federal definition of
    "firearm".

    >From Oklahoma Fireworks Law:

    (a) The term "fireworks" shall mean and include any composition or device
    for the purpose of producing a visible or an audible effect by combustion,
    explosion, deflagration or detonation, and which is defined as common or
    special fireworks by the United States Department of Transportation (DOT).
    Fireworks are further classified in this law as Class C or Class B. The term
    "fireworks" shall not include toy cap pistols and caps, blank cartridges,
    railroad flares and model rockets.

    ____________________________________________________________________________
    ___

    Since a signal cannon is not classified as a firearm, or a firework (it
    fires a blank charge, and could be classified quite litterally as a blank
    cartridge), they a! re not illegal to fire, unless you're in city limits, and
    that's because of the noise laws. So... next time... I'll make sure and do
    exactly what I have permission for instead of bending the rules.

    In Service,

    Lord Duncan MacNamara

    Infamous Captain of the Iron Lotus

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Chass Brown" 
    To: "William Herron" ; "Barony of Namron"

    Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 4:20 PM
    Subject: Re: [Namron] Protectorate and booze

    > lol aye he replied to my original post I guess to have the email address
    > there at hand and forgot to change the topic heh heh
    >
    >
    > Chass of Rundel of Ansteorra aka of the SCA aka
    > Charinthalis Del Sans of the portable Chariot
    > Honorable Recruiter of the House of the Red Shark (Have you seen my
    Belaying
    > Pin??)
    > Maison Du Corsaire Rouge
    > Mu! ddeler of Mead, Ailment of Ale, Whiner of wine.
    >
    >
    > _______________________________________________
    > Namron mailing list
    > Namron at ansteorra.org
    > http://www.ansteorra.org/mailman/listinfo/namron

    _______________________________________________
    Namron mailing list
    Namron at ansteorra.org
    http://www.ansteorra.org/mailman/listinfo/namron

  WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL*

  *Not available to all residents. Offer may vary in some areas. Other
  restrictions may apply. See Congressional Records, Florida voter
  registration procedures, and Office of Homeland Security for details...

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Do you Yahoo!?
  Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  _______________________________________________
  Namron mailing list
  Namron at ansteorra.org
  http://www.ansteorra.org/mailman/listinfo/namron

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.ansteorra.org/pipermail/namron-ansteorra.org/attachments/20041011/de7cfeef/attachment-0004.htm>