what shoul i expect when i fire my cannon for the first time

[drac]

Your neighbors should be checked for paranoia.
I remember the first time I shot a potato from my big gun. I was used to the recoil with wooden disks, but a potato is substantially heavier. I didn't expect it and it nearly knocked me over. My neighbor came out, no lie, and yelled "What the hell do you think you're doing boy?"

[b-nice]

my chamber is 4'' by 18'' and 3'' by 8'' and your talking loud. my ears ring for about 30 secs. after each shot. i use a 1.5'' by 48'' barrel. as for shooting it the first time i would expect the worst that could happen just to be on the safe side seeing as how it was built by someone you dont know. the first time i shoot my gun that i got pics of in the album it recoiled into my face cause i wasnt paying attention. my girlfriend was complaining about the bugs and boooooommmmmm right into my face.

[boilingleadbath]

b-nice, I'd like to bring <a href="http://forums.spudtech.com/topic.asp?TO ... 5">this</a> to your attention.
<strike>The goverment</strike> <i>Hearing protection</i> is you freind.

[saladtossser]

i almost pissed myself laughing. at b-nice and blb.
never shoulder fire or, in ur case, face.

[Devilsmed98]

so wait that is a pretty small gun compared to mine... i got a 2 inch by 5 feet barrell the gun itself is 6.5 feet long so wat would that sound like? since i never fired it. im currently finding how to fix it. check my other post. i put it on a upsidedown picnic bench would it break that?

[CpTn_lAw]

i'd like to ask soimething: well, i've built some home made guns you know, like fireworks powder gun (really powerfull===> 1400fps with 15grams) and really noisy, i'd add it makes a lot of recoil, the first time i almost left it. and i also have a pneumatic airgun, in PVC. i does make some noise, but not a a medium cracker, and it does a bit of recoil, marbles go 400m + at 35° so i guess it's not bad, but the one i'm constructing is a golf ball barrel. the thing i wanted to know is: if a combustion gun, does that noise, why isn't it at least as powerful as a gun?

[spudshot]

the noise has little to do with the power, something coming out of a larger barrel and a larger chamber is going to sound louder, your pneumatic will be more powerful than a combustion because of the pressure that builds up.