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Originally Posted by trpt2345 I have a friend who's a drummer and also a member of the NRA. He once got a job with the Grant Park Symphony here in Chicago doing The 1812 Overture. Instead of cannons, they had rigged up a 55 gallon galvanized steel drum with a shotgun pointing into it. (The shotgun was loaded with blanks). They had the whole thing mic'ed, and so at every cannon cue he would fire the shotgun. He was hired because he was an NRA member and supposedly knew guns. Weirdest gig he said he ever had, and it would be hard for me to think of one more strange.
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The shotgun in a 55 gallon drum is getting to be well known. One addition is to put sand at the bottom of the drum. The sand catches any pellets should a live round get into the blanks. I think the sand gives a deeper boom, also. I sure want to try this. I'll talk to the president of the rifle range I belong to and see if he'll let me try some variables. If he does I'll get back with a post. One more thing. We'll try different calibers. A 410 shotgun may be enough? No need for a 12 gage if a 410 will do it.