We have done destructive internal examination of a number of modern made replica cannon and noted the results.

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While we have not published an article to this effect, it has come to out attention that many cast iron generic "cannons" are currently imported from China or elsewhere for lawn ornament use. We know of at least one case in which an owner attempted to drill a vent and fire the lawn ornament. Never be a party to this kind of thing-such "cannon" are not real and have extremely thin cast iron walls; they are "sculpture" cast hollow and will most certainly burst if fired, with potentially fatal results.