as of now im not planning to fire a projectile out of it that might change in the near future. alliance of the double cross checked it out and i got the impression that they were happy with the construction for firing blank loads out of it ... but like i said that might change in the near future we are looking at getting a ball mold and there are two local places that have cannon clubs that meet once a month a certain gun ranges set up for cannon fire... thanks for the tips those are some things we will really look into ahead of time.