1-1/4\" Bore Thunder Mug Steel Black Powder Mini Signal Cannon 125 caliber 1.25\" For Sale

Thunder Mugs are made for making Thunder (big time noise), notfiring projectiles

1-1/4\" Bore Black Powder Thunder Mug

Freshly machined in the US

Hand turned by an actual machinist, not made on a CNC by aprofessional button pusher

Meet the Industrial Series

It is severely overbuilt

It weighs 11 pounds 3 oz

The barrel is some sort of steel that my local steel yard had in stock

They told me it was 1018

If it\'s 1018, then I\'m Elvis

It\'s considerably harder than 1045

Whatever kind of steel it is, it eats High Speed Steel lathe bits for lunch

It requires caroffere bits, which 1018 most certainly does not

It was machined from a solid piece of 3-1/8\" steel

It is smooth bored to 1.25\", or 1.25 caliber

Height - ~6\"

Bore Depth – 3.75\" full inch bore + 1.25\" deep x 3/4\"diameter powder chamber for a total bore depth of 5\"

High speed ground finish, which is smooth to the touch

The high speed grinder left a bunch of odd swirl patterns in the steel, and it looks more interesting in person than it does in pictures

The wick or fuse hole is 1/8” so it fits standard cannon fuses

It will make one heck of a bang

Check out myother itemsfor more cannons

Keep it cleaned, keep it oiled when you are not using it, andkeep it forever

Rem oil works quite well in between uses to prevent rust

I have been asked just what the heck a Thunder Mug is

Well, it\'s fun, that\'s what it is

Thunder mugs make for a great introduction to black powder!

If you want to make a giant boom, follow these simpleinstructions

First, you will need 1/8\" cannon fuse (check local hobbyshops and sportsman\'s clubs, or just google 1/8\" cannon fuse), some formof paper wadding (newspaper,phone bookpaper, any kind of paper willdo), and black powder (or black powder substitute, such as pyrodex, which you canfind atWalmart in the sporting goods section)

You will also need some form of powder scoop (if you make yourown, make sure it is non sparking, i.e., not made of aferrous materiallike steel, because spark + powder = boom), a ram rod (1\" wooden dowelworks great)

After you have assembled your materials, it\'s time to fire yourThunder Mug

Step 1 - Cut off some cannon fuse (make sure it\'s long enough togive you time to get away from the Thunder mug. It typically will burn around30 seconds per foot, so keep that in mind) and stick it in the fuse hole

Step 2 - Dump some black powder in the thunder mug. Thisparticular thunder mug has a powder chamber, so just fill it

Step 3 - Pack that powder down as tight as you can get it withyour ram rod.

Step 4 - Pack some paper wadding over top of the black powder.The tighter, the louder! Completely unpacked black powder with no wad will makea rather disappointing pa-too sound instead of a bang, whereas properly packedblack powder with proper wadding will wake the neighbors in the next town over

Step 5 - Light the fuse!

Step 6 - RUN AWAY FROM THE MUG!!!!

Step 7 - Enjoy the boom

In short, class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\">You can put more or less powder than what fits in the powderchamber if you want

As long as the fuse meets the powder, it will fire, and you arenot going to hurt this mug with too much black powder

Thunder mugs are easy to use, and an absolute blast!

They are great for celebrating holidays or any day that ends inY because why not?

This is a Thunder Mug, and is not sold to fire projectiles, justlike every single cannon on

The buyer assumes all responsibility for the safe operation ofthis cannon

The seller will not be held liable for any injuries, propertydamage or any other loss related to the misuse or mishandling of this cannon

That being said, this Thunder Mug has no welds to break and isbuilt to a considerably higher standard than what you will usually find on theinternet