Quote Originally Posted by Skip View Post
I love it!!!

Why over instead of under? It would have been safer, easier to aim if under, right?
Old lamps like that worked off of calcium carbide. Add water and it makes acetylene gas. At first thought, I figured any unburnt gas would drift down into the action. The idea of touching off 40 grains of BP behind a 69 caliber ball with a barrel full of C2H2 would be fun to watch. (From a distance) But after some thought, I figure having a heat source under a BP barrel would be an even worse, bad idea.