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Why does a cannon recoil / jump more the hotter the barrel gets?


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Secondary, possibly more importantly, the temperature has a big bearing on the powder ignition and will ignite faster as the barrel warms up which will increase pressure and therefore recoil.

 

 

This is what I thought must be partly responsible, not so much a factor with modern powders as they're manufactured to perform across a wide temperature band but easy to imagine crude black powder early types being highly affected.

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I wonder if "Snotty" could give a good answer on this subject, :lol: He was into Cannons from what i remember of him, Oh! and grass !!!

 

 

it could lead to me taking back some of the things i said about him after he got us kicked off Bisley Range.

 

 

 

Only some things mind :whistling:

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