READY THE CANNONS! Celebrates Artisanal Artillery Through Modern Backyard Remakes

By Justin Stakes

Engineer and explosives expert William Gurstelle provides brand-new projects for fans of his Backyard Ballistics

Chicago -(AmmoLand.com)- William Gurstelle, beloved author of Backyard Ballistics, is back with a whole new assortment of homemade armaments in READY THE CANNONS!

Build Wiffle Ball Launchers, Beverage Bottle Bazookas, Hydro Swivel Guns, and Other Artisanal Artillery (October 1, 2016; Chicago Review Press) explores the world of cannons and other things that shoot.

Using basic household or hardware store materials, READY THE CANNONS! shows readers how to create a wide range of artillery items, from a simple slingshot to a potato cannon that can shoot a spud the distance of three football fields—with amazing accuracy.

Gurstelle delves into the science of what makes each of these projectiles project, as well as the history of big guns and the people behind them. Readers will learn how the bazooka got its name, hear the unlikely history behind latex rubber and discover what a “powder monkey” is, among other anecdotes.

READY THE CANNONS! brings out the big guns and is sure to prove indispensable for the legions of backyard watergunners, model-rocket launchers and fireworks fanatics who wish every day was the Fourth …Read the Rest

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