Southron Sr.
05-08-2011, 11:02 AM
According to a reference I have found-during the Siege of Petersburg some enterprising Confederates would take a short section of a log and burn out the interior to the diameter so it would take a mortar ball, leaving the bottom intact to serve as a breech plug.
Then they would load it with a small powder charge and mortar ball and shoot at the Yankee lines.
Can I bring my "Log Mortar" to the Spring Nationals and use it in the mortar matches? Inquiring minds want to know.
Hey, if it don't shoot that good, I can always use it in the campfire that night!!
Then they would load it with a small powder charge and mortar ball and shoot at the Yankee lines.
Can I bring my "Log Mortar" to the Spring Nationals and use it in the mortar matches? Inquiring minds want to know.
Hey, if it don't shoot that good, I can always use it in the campfire that night!!