Posted on 04/17/2019 5:28:57 AM PDT by w1n1
Think you can handle the recoil from the largest-caliber rifle in the world?
Do you like shooting big cartridges that has a huge kick? Probably one of the biggest cartridge in the world is the .950 JDJ. It is .95 inches in diameter, and weighs a stout 3600 grains (8 ounces, half a pound) and uses 240 grains of powder to push this bullet at 2,100 fps. The bullet costs $40 a piece. (ouch!) The guys from "Knight Rifles" had a chance to take this out to the range to shoot one.
This bullet generates 38,685 lbs/ft of energy. It also generates a recoil impulse of 200 lbs/ft, or about 13 times the recoil energy of a .308 Winchester. The bolt-action rifle that shoots it was made from SSK Industries. This rifle that the guys from “Knight Rifles” are using weighs 50 pounds without the round. There are other versions that weighs a whopping 110 pounds. See the rest of 950 JDJ bullet.
I’m old. I break easy. So, no.
That sounds like a Hedge Fund.
Sounds like a Boyes anti-tank rifle, or that Swedish one from pre-WWII!
Is there a practical purpose for this rifle? Or, is it just a novelty? Just curious. Btw, I respect one’s right to have one. So, let’s not go down that path.
I wonder, what was the reason they didn’t go a full inch in diameter?
...the most powerful rifle in the world and would blow your head clean off...
I’m not an expert but I doubt it is very accurate at longer ranges.
The actual bullet looks short compared to diameter. I would think it gets unstable quickly.
Experts out there, please discuss!
Well, if you are hunting in Africa and come across 5 Cape buffalo lined up end to end and are only allowed one shot, you will wish you had one.
ehhhh, No.
As someone who hunts whitetail with a .375 H&H, 458 Win Mag and a .460 Weatherby, I would love to try this thing!
It might be fun to try it on groundhogs!
The line between “gun” and “cannon” is pretty blurred here :)
No I would not.
My shoulders, after several Operations, would not reward with me pleasure for the experience
A gun William Conrad should have had.
Assuming he could have lugged it.
I don’t think I’d like shooting this at all.
My 12 Gauge gives me bruises.
Besides I never took up hunting trucks.
Just some more silly s#it I won’t be doing.
Obviously designed to hunt blue whales.
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