And, unlike cannon balls, it was not designed to detonate on impact. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Grapeshot was initially used by ships at sea but was not very effective if ...

Sitting down in the home’s library, the author reports that Arthur Denny had a “big grape-shot and a cannon-ball, reminiscent of the early Indian wars” on display.

There's something about mad scientist types making sci-fi style weapons in their backyards. It's the stuff anyone with a passing interest in science and tech dreams of doing at the weekend. The ...

‘On Mother’s Day, our team found 165 cannon balls and we decided to return to the location to see if there was more to be found. ‘On Easter Sunday we found another 158, which was just as ...

A Spring Valley, Wis., gun enthusiast allegedly shot bowling balls from a cannon during a Fourth of July party, piercing a barn roof and possibly killed a horse.

On April 24, Denton resident Jason Peacock shared a photo of a person pushing a cannon down a sidewalk. Naturally, Peacock took to Reddit to give his two cents about the strange sighting.

Ed Balls has revealed he refused to be shot out of a cannon on Strictly Come Dancing. According to the Daily Star Sunday, bosses wanted him to repeat Russell Grant's hilarious big moment from the ...

On one island archaeologists found "grape shot" — iron balls less than an inch (2 centimeters) in diameter meant to be shot from a cannon — buried in two postholes under a sugar plantation house.

Bob Griesbach, a volunteer portraying a member of the Confederate Army's 14th Tennessee Regiment, holds a solid shot cannon ball during a cannon firing demonstration at Antietam National ...

A 65-year-old Wisconsin man is facing charges after firing bowling balls and bowling pins from a cannon. One of the balls went through a neighbor’s barn, and the owner found her 10-month-old ...