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Loaded Revolutionary War-Era Cannon Found In Central Park
CBS 2 via Drudge ^ | 1/11/2013

Posted on 01/11/2013 7:47:48 PM PST by CtBigPat

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To: CtBigPat

An unloaded cannon is absolutely useless!


21 posted on 01/12/2013 2:42:58 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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-- 1. What's a "live cannon ball"? --

One that has the explosive charge inside it.

The charge that is timed to go off when the ball lands; which is a separate charge from the one that launches it out of the cannon.

22 posted on 01/12/2013 3:11:31 AM PST by Cboldt
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