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  1. Link to more details-page 2 has the later info, reply 43 is latest. Next two I think confuse things. http://www.go2gbo.com/forums/blackpowder-mortar-and-cannon-sponsored-by-seacoast-artillery/cannon-accident-310747/30/
  2. I've been in touch with fellow Cannon shooters who have what I believe to be accurate info about the tragic accident. I've been posting the latest reports and my interpretation on the Graybeard Blackpowder cannons and mortars forum, and I'd link to there but I'm not sure that's allowed here. Thread is "Cannon accident." I also thought it had something to do with a misfire, a week or so ago, then got better info. What I am sure of now is that the crew of the M18 in Bend were of course hand loading their ammo, but they took many shortcuts which made their ammo very dangerous and created much higher chamber pressures than the gun could withstand, thus on what we think was the third round fired that day, the gun's breechblock was shattered and the breech ring cracked at the instant of firing. The fragments and hot gas released into the occupied turret caused the fatal injuries.
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