The Patriot

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brian Casey
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Looking around in these archieves of cannons i have yet to see one type of cannon. One that is dedicated to the greatest country in the world the United states of america. I decided that i would build a cannon In the theme of our great nations flag. The painting is all done by airbrushing and the finished product took about 40 hours of work.

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The ignition is done with an ignition coil and a camera flash circut all put into a nice project box with a NOS Saftey switch inside the chamber there is a chamber short along with a spark strip for a gaurenteed ignition, it also includes a 12v fan with blue LED's and is set on a 555 timer. It is a direct propane injection into a chamber that is 4inchs by 24 inchs long it has an assortment of detachable barrels and is one of my favorite guns yet. Thanks and hope to see some input.
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Sat Dec 30, 2006 9:50 pm

Sweet. Nice and clean.

Great paint job.
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Sat Dec 30, 2006 10:42 pm

I must admit that's a lot nicer than the first cannon i built and dubbed "The Patriot" http://patriot.mypicgallery.com/

Hats off for a great cannon!

Oh... almost forgot to mention, rebuilt that one about a year ago...
http://patriotressurection.mypicgallery.com/ :twisted:
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Sat Dec 30, 2006 11:15 pm

very nice gun, it has the best paintjob ive ever seen on a cannon very nice job

how far can you shoot stuff with it and waht kind or damage does it do?
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Sat Dec 30, 2006 11:36 pm

thats a snazzy gun
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Sun Dec 31, 2006 3:45 am

Wow... That is friggen awsome very nice job.

God bless america!
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Sun Dec 31, 2006 3:50 am

Brian - "One that is dedicated to the greatest country in the world the United states of america."

I don't agree, but anyway the paintjob isn't the best ive seen, but it is classy.

Drac - "Oh... almost forgot to mention, rebuilt that one about a year ago...
http://patriotressurection.mypicgallery.com/ "

Umm thats ressurected? Looks like you burried the gun then dug it up again......and cleaned it. :lol:

EDIT:bloody mods editing my posts
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Sun Dec 31, 2006 7:23 am

to the greatest country in the world the United states of america
Haha :mrgreen: yes good paint job !
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Sun Dec 31, 2006 8:15 am

Ohhhh, you jerk :wink:
I was naming my cannon "The Patriot"! and painting it R,W & Blue!
I even posted it "hi everyone, new guy with cannon pics"

Oh well, I guess I'll have to think of another... :D

Nice cannon, very clean looking....
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Sun Dec 31, 2006 8:29 am

umm, what about Rmich's americannon?
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Sun Dec 31, 2006 12:24 pm

^^ yeah that r,w, & b. I owe rmich a ton. He's helped me so much with the omega.

And Brian, way to be patriotic!!! This is the greatest country in the world!
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Sun Dec 31, 2006 12:46 pm

thanks
i didnt mean that i was the only one who ever did a patriot theme but i hadnt seen any of them and i didnt think the paint job was to bad myself it was all airbrushed on. i stayed away from that krylon garbage that stuff is terrible. the stuff i used had no oder to it at all and after i finished all i had to do was clear coat it all.
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Sun Dec 31, 2006 12:53 pm

Thats pretty amazingly cool.
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