For comparison purposes the middle one is .50 cal bmg the one to the right of it is a KPV 14.5x114 and the other two big ones are 23mm. The extreme right is a 23x152mm ZSU round.
Posted on 02/04/2008 10:38:28 AM PST by Mac1
My first posting - think I've done everything right but if not, feel free to delete, move, whatever's appropriate.
Came across this site of a firm making 20mm rifles amongst others and found that here in the UK, they're still legal. OK,OK, it would entail me moving house because the ranges at which I could shoot one are 100miles+ away and I would have to spend a lot of my savings and I'm currently in between jobs, so not currently feasible. But the prospect of owning one did cross my mind...and they are tempting...
Anyone own one of these/similar? What are they like to own/shoot?
Or, at the very least, simply detatch your retinas with the recoil. Looks fun!
Mac1, why don’t ya just move to this side of the pond. Of course, you might be needed there to defend the fort in the not-too-distant future, if you know what I mean! - with all those (ahem) “peace-loving” immigrants moving in!
Actually, I’d try to find a way to move the 100 miles up near that shooting range and buy that gun! :-)
I’ll play Devil’s Advocate.
For what reason would anybody possibly need one of these.
(For the Liberal mindset and my own amusement)
For comparison purposes the middle one is .50 cal bmg the one to the right of it is a KPV 14.5x114 and the other two big ones are 23mm. The extreme right is a 23x152mm ZSU round.
Good reason
Rhetorical question: why the heck would SWAT need an APC?
I have a .775 Double Gun.
More commonly known as a 10 ga SXS.
To protect and serve To intimidate and extort.
Plinking. Just out back shooting a few beer cans...
Powder..Patch..Ball FIRE!
My largest is a .664 (roundball)
1902 African trade musket made in the Netherlands (flintlock)
Man, that pic brings back memories, I was there when that pic was taken... LOL... man that gun is impressive.
Mike
.30-06 is the largest caliber rifle I own.
Largest rifle available in the USA. That's an empty shell in the foreground.
I remember back in my teens years the catalog: Ye Old Hunter offered the original Lahti 20mm on skis for $99.95. Ammo was $2.50 a round which was expensive back them. My folks blocked the idea as I was already making enough noise.
I purchased one of these a couple of months ago, I guess that you wouldn't be able to own one of these in the U.K.?
Bushmaster M4 A3
Try a .460 Weatherby Magnum on for size. I have heard of shooters receiving permanent injury from the recoil. I shot one once, that was enough.
Not me, I like my eyes in my head.
I Love it. In the immortal words of the late Jeff Cooper, “bring enough gun.”
Should add when I was about 15 I was bird hunting with a double twelve, I flush a set and when I fired both barrels went off, I landed in a ceder tree.
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