Firing the largest centerfire rifle round ever made

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Firing the largest centerfire rifle round ever made

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the recoil is equivalent to firing ten 30.06s at the same time
2500 grain bullet traveling more than 2000 feet per second!

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My Dad sent this link to me over email this past week. I thought it was the firearm equivalent of a tractor pull. Overkill in every way and no known use.
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RECIT wrote:My Dad sent this link to me over email this past week. I thought it was the firearm equivalent of a tractor pull. Overkill in every way and no known use.
I beg to differ. Overkill, yes. No known use? Pish tosh. It has a LOT of use for pure silly entertainment. :smilelol5:
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I agree, its entertaining for OTHER people to shoot.
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The Annoyed Man wrote:
RECIT wrote:My Dad sent this link to me over email this past week. I thought it was the firearm equivalent of a tractor pull. Overkill in every way and no known use.
I beg to differ. Overkill, yes. No known use? Pish tosh. It has a LOT of use for pure silly entertainment. :smilelol5:
Should be No known practical use.
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WildBill wrote:
The Annoyed Man wrote:
RECIT wrote:My Dad sent this link to me over email this past week. I thought it was the firearm equivalent of a tractor pull. Overkill in every way and no known use.
I beg to differ. Overkill, yes. No known use? Pish tosh. It has a LOT of use for pure silly entertainment. :smilelol5:
Should be No known practical use.
If you want to put on your camo and tin foil hat it would make short work of any armored car or urban SWAT vehicle. I'm thinking along the lines of the Finnish Lahti anti tank rifle. Granted there are plenty of smaller and more common rifles that could also accomplish that feat.
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I want the Box of Truth to test that rifle. I was considering it for home defense, but am concerned it may go through about 539 layers of sheetrock.
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The Annoyed Man wrote:
RECIT wrote:My Dad sent this link to me over email this past week. I thought it was the firearm equivalent of a tractor pull. Overkill in every way and no known use.
I beg to differ. Overkill, yes. No known use? Pish tosh. It has a LOT of use for pure silly entertainment. :smilelol5:
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RECIT wrote:I agree, its entertaining for OTHER people to shoot.
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I am truly disappointed. We didn't get to see any pictures of the holes they must have made through the mountain they had to have fired into! :lol:
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Scott in Houston wrote:I want the Box of Truth to test that rifle. I was considering it for home defense, but am concerned it may go through about 539 layers of sheetrock.
If you shot it in Houston, it might stop by the time it gets to Austin. :mrgreen:
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Possible uses? Shooting the T-Rex in Jurassic Park. The huge monster in Return of the Jedi. Maybe a blue whale coming up to the surface. Oh wait, having fun shooting down large trees and buildings. Sure is fun to watch though!
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Heartland Patriot wrote:I am truly disappointed. We didn't get to see any pictures of the holes they must have made through the mountain they had to have fired into! :lol:
Yeah, that's what I was thinking.
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I want to see pics of their shoulders the next day! :cryin
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Cosmo 9 wrote:I want to see pics of their shoulders the next day! :cryin
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Too much for whitetail? :smilelol5:
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