A few years back I went along to the Big Bore Rifle Club’s annual Woodliegh shoot to watch a mate compete with his 500 nitro.
after the comp I got to put a few shots through the 500 which was pretty cool and while I was doing my little happy dance one of the blokes said he had a real big gun if I wanted a go, these things had been set up at the end of the range but I didn’t really recognise what they were until we went down there. They turned out to be a pair of massive tripod mounted 8Ga Martini actioned industrial shotguns, Whinchester RingBlaster’s to be exact.
I got to fire a few rounds through one and got to keep a loaded round for the collection.
A .75 inch brass cannon on the end of a stick, which was supposedly a late 17th century replica. Speak to Nick Smith of Ballarat Arms & Militaria collectors club, he is the Cannon man.