.95 Caliber Rifle

Geico266

Geico266

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Put aside your girly-man .458 Win Mag or your wimpy .50 cal and watch guys shoot a real gun, the largest center fire rifle ever made, the .950 JDJ by SSK Industries (Ohio).

Only three were ever made. This was the lightest, the carbine version , weighing
in at 50 lbs. It shoots a .95 caliber 2,400 grain bullet at 2,100 fps using 240 grains of powder, which generates 25,400 f/lbs of muzzle energy and 277 f/lbs of recoil energy.

Each round costs $40!


http://www.staged.com/video?v=q0eb
 
A bench fired cannon. I don't think they make a recoil pad thick enough for me to shoot that thing.
 
WOW! I had no idea such a huge gun was ever made. Wow is all I can say.

David
 
I want to see what kind of damage it could do, but all they wanted to do is show the damage it did to the shooters! :lol:
 
Real men only shoot offhand. :wink2:

But the good thing is - this is completely legal under Di Fi's AWB! Woo hoo! :goofy:
 
The russians made something that fired a 20mm machine gun round at one time. Known as the 'anti material rifle' as shooting individuals with a 20mm is against some convention.
 
Carbine. 50lbs.
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
 
Geico266 said:
Put aside your girly-man .458 Win Mag or your wimpy .50 cal and watch guys shoot a real gun, the largest center fire rifle ever made, the .950 JDJ by SSK Industries (Ohio).

Only three were ever made. This was the lightest, the carbine version , weighing
in at 50 lbs. It shoots a .95 caliber 2,400 grain bullet at 2,100 fps using 240 grains of powder, which generates 25,400 f/lbs of muzzle energy and 277 f/lbs of recoil energy.

Each round costs $40!


http://www.staged.com/video?v=q0eb
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Not really. The largest shoulder-fired perhaps. But a rifle is merely a weapon with a rifled barrel. The 5"/38s on some of the cutters I operated off of were centerfire rifles with 53lb projectiles at 2600fps. (Yeah nitpicking) :D
 
We need this in a Thompson style machine gun.

Or a BAR type.
 
They use it for hunting buffalo, up close.
It's only legal in two states, and this isn't one of them.
 
That would gut and quarter a buffalo. I used to shoot a buffalo gun Government 45-70. That think makes the 45-70 look like a 22
 
I think I could shoot it once. But then I'd require a trip to the hospital.

Why not just get a portable Russian 20 mm cannon....? It weighs about the same....
 
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Threefingeredjack said:
Not really. The largest shoulder-fired perhaps. But a rifle is merely a weapon with a rifled barrel. The 5"/38s on some of the cutters I operated off of were centerfire rifles with 53lb projectiles at 2600fps. (Yeah nitpicking) :D
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Hold on there sailor, those were fired electrically, not with a firing pin. (I think :lol:, it's been awhile) :nono:

4.5 years as a destroyer sailor. USS Decatur, DDG31 Combat decorated. Not sure how, but we wore the "E".
 
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Geico266 said:
Hold on there sailor, those were fired electrically, not with a firing pin. (I think :lol:, it's been awhile) :nono:

4.5 years are a destroyer sailor. USS Decatur, DDG31 Combat decorated. Not sure how, but we wore the "E".
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They were either or. Primarily by electric signal, but they could be fired percussion by a foot pedal at the pointer's station.
 
Threefingeredjack said:
They were either or. Primarily by electric signal, but they could be fired percussion by a foot pedal at the pointer's station.
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I did not know that. I thought they were all electronically fired.

Do they make it in a single shot bolt action? :hairraise: :rofl:

My ship was fitted with a remote gunner. Fired a shot every 2 seconds. That was one mean gun. Range was around 5 miles?
 
That rifle may be larger in bore diameter but its not the most powerful shoulder fired rifle out there. There were a large number of 20mm anti-tank rifles imported way way back from Finland and europe. The Lahti and Solothurn rifles fire a 2600 gr projectile at 2600fps which is a substantially greater energy. The rifles weigh 108lb empty for the Lahti and 118lb empty for the Solothurn. My wife shoots the Solothurn with no hesitation and can actually hit things 1000yds or more away. The Lahti is a bit tougher to handle but only because its bipod is higher making it tough to get behind it properly. Recoil is not bad and the guns can actually be used. Jones gun is a really just one of those mine is bigger than yours toys. Never really meant to be used for anything but bragging.

Here are a couple links.

Article on the 2 most common Solothurn AT rifles
http://world.guns.ru/atr/switch/solothurn-s1-100-1000-e.html

youtube of Lahti firing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8DehAUimRA


Frank
 
The key here is that is is not an NFA weapon despite having a bore greater than 1/2 inch
 
Geico266 said:
I did not know that. I thought they were all electronically fired.

Do they make it in a single shot bolt action? :hairraise: :rofl:

My ship was fitted with a remote gunner. Fired a shot every 2 seconds. That was one mean gun. Range was around 5 miles?
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Like most military weapons systems everything has a back up. The mount could be fired from the Fire control room, the gun director above the bridge or from the mount itself. If I remember right the range was around 18,000 yards and depending on the gun crew it could fire about 15-18 rounds a minute. (semi-fixed ammo and hand loaded into a trough and hydraulically rammed.)

It did come in a shoulder fired single shot bolt action.......but only Coasties were man enough to handle it. :rofl:
 
weilke said:
The russians made something that fired a 20mm machine gun round at one time. Known as the 'anti material rifle' as shooting individuals with a 20mm is against some convention.
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Yeah the Geneva Conventions ban the use of .50 caliber or larger weapons against troops. Although technically the U.S. isn't bound by them as we are not a full signatory, the DOD adopted compliance as a policy.

In our GC training, we were advised that when operating the .50 caliber machine gun or larger weapons, that they could only be used against equipment - however, soldiers almost always wear equipment, such as helmets, LCE straps, rucksacks, weapons, etc..., so....
 
Threefingeredjack said:
Like most military weapons systems everything has a back up. The mount could be fired from the Fire control room, the gun director above the bridge or from the mount itself. If I remember right the range was around 18,000 yards and depending on the gun crew it could fire about 15-18 rounds a minute. (semi-fixed ammo and hand loaded into a trough and hydraulically rammed.)

It did come in a shoulder fired single shot bolt action.......but only Coasties were man enough to handle it. :rofl:
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:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

:rofl:

For those of you that want to see this gun in action.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9da_1344941276

Notice there is no coastie dudes holding it ? :rofl:
 
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