Who's got the biggest .... gun?
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bogie
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Yeah, the Hellboy gun looks kewl, but didn't those folks think about physics?
Or, who cares. It looks kewl.
Personally, if I was carrying something that big, I'd be think LeMat...
And I know a guy who has a Gatling in his living room, helped put together the .500 S&W, regularly shoots a Scandium .44 Magnum snubbie, and who also owns a 2-bore.
Or, who cares. It looks kewl.
Personally, if I was carrying something that big, I'd be think LeMat...
And I know a guy who has a Gatling in his living room, helped put together the .500 S&W, regularly shoots a Scandium .44 Magnum snubbie, and who also owns a 2-bore.
Outlaw Man
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I had a .58 cal Springfield back when I did reenactments. 
the naked prophet
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Hey bogie, I've been in that living room. Elephant tusks and a wheeled cannon too?
Taurus 66
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Well I'm terrible at photography, but that does look like the biggest barrels to hit the screen yet.
Medusa
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Not mine, but "around":
Bofors, 40 mm, with halftrack (Hanomag?)
Ole Classic - Acht Acht
OR (these fall into the category - they carry guns and if you get shot at/blown up by one, you won't notice the difference)
How about that?
Bofors, 40 mm, with halftrack (Hanomag?)
Ole Classic - Acht Acht
OR (these fall into the category - they carry guns and if you get shot at/blown up by one, you won't notice the difference)
How about that?
Largest bore size
My shooting buddies and I have a few cannon among us. A little of everything: black powder and modern, howitzers and field pieces, antitank and antiaircraft guns, recoilless rifles and grenade launchers, and lots of mortars.
But by *bore size*, I think Bowling Ball Mortars are the biggest.
Here's a pic of mine. The 81mm Finnish Smoke Mortar and the 75mm Pack Howitzer belong to my buddies.
And while it's not in "shooting" condition yet, here's a link to my 40mm Bofors AA gun project. It's a "good size", since the barrel assembly alone weighs 300 lbs :
http://members.aol.com/fiftyguy/featherduster.html
I ran into a guy who had an obsession with putting together one of the 155mm towed guns. He wasn't too picky about making it into a 155, 175, or 203mm (all used the same breech ring), but in the long run the supply of 175mm projos looked cheapest. Now *that* would be a really BIG privately-owned gun!
My shooting buddies and I have a few cannon among us. A little of everything: black powder and modern, howitzers and field pieces, antitank and antiaircraft guns, recoilless rifles and grenade launchers, and lots of mortars.
But by *bore size*, I think Bowling Ball Mortars are the biggest.
Here's a pic of mine. The 81mm Finnish Smoke Mortar and the 75mm Pack Howitzer belong to my buddies.
And while it's not in "shooting" condition yet, here's a link to my 40mm Bofors AA gun project. It's a "good size", since the barrel assembly alone weighs 300 lbs
:http://members.aol.com/fiftyguy/featherduster.html
I ran into a guy who had an obsession with putting together one of the 155mm towed guns. He wasn't too picky about making it into a 155, 175, or 203mm (all used the same breech ring), but in the long run the supply of 175mm projos looked cheapest. Now *that* would be a really BIG privately-owned gun!
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Nope, the Nazis had Krupp make an 800mm gun:
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/1167/edora.html
Besides which, 16 inch naval guns(some of which were put on railroad carriages), and the Yamoto's 18 inch guns beat the Frenchies.
I think the bowling ball mortar wins, though I'm sure we can find someone who has a punt gun.
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I won't win this size contest but oh well
Handgun:
Biggest bore - XD 45
Longest barrel and also heaviest - 686 6"
Rifle:
Biggest bore - 3 30 cal rifles, winchester 30-30, ak-47, and a Mosin-Nagant (I'm not going to sweat if one is .308 and one is .311, its close enough for me)
Heaviest rifle - probably my AK, though none of em are bad (the Mosin I have is a sporter model, not real heavy)
Longest Barrel - ironically my 17hmr wins this with a 21" barrel, everything else is 20" or 16"
Shotgun:
Both are 12 gauges, and both weigh about the same. The Extrema2 has a 28" barrel, so its my "biggest" 12 gauge.
Handgun:
Biggest bore - XD 45
Longest barrel and also heaviest - 686 6"
Rifle:
Biggest bore - 3 30 cal rifles, winchester 30-30, ak-47, and a Mosin-Nagant (I'm not going to sweat if one is .308 and one is .311, its close enough for me)
Heaviest rifle - probably my AK, though none of em are bad (the Mosin I have is a sporter model, not real heavy)
Longest Barrel - ironically my 17hmr wins this with a 21" barrel, everything else is 20" or 16"
Shotgun:
Both are 12 gauges, and both weigh about the same. The Extrema2 has a 28" barrel, so its my "biggest" 12 gauge.
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I've got one of Hubel's 12GAFH rounds in my collection. Brilliant, if not a tremendous labor of love! Must be a real treat to shoot - I hope I get the chance one day.
I really like this thread - fascinating to see all the neat stuff that comes out of the woodwork!
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That link doesn't work (at least for me).
Try:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh1pPpdN1sA&NR
Ian Hogg wrote in his "Artillery" book:
"Krupp's named it 'Gustav', in honour of Gustav von Bohlen und Krupp, but the German gunners were an irreligious lot and preferred to give it their own name - 'Dora" - and so the misunderstanding arose. The whole equipment, in firing order, weighed 1350 tons and moved piecemeal to its firing point. There a dual track was laid and the gun mount built up with the aid of an overhead crane, a process which took the better part of six weeks. 1420 men under a Major-General served to operate, assemble, maintain, and guard the weapon. Two projectiles were provided, a four-ton high-explosive shell and a seven-ton concrete-piercing shell, with maximum ranges of 29 miles and 13 miles respectively."
But the largest-bore gun ever was the US "Little David" 36-inch mortar. Built as a fixture to lob aerial bombs for testing, it later had a pit-type gun mount designed for it so it could be used in the invasion of Japan. It could launch a 3650-lb shell (containing 1550 lbs of high explosive) six miles with a 216 lb powder charge.
The old "Great Gun of Moscow" is perhaps a hair larger on the bore size at 36.1". It weighs around 40 tons. However, it's unknown if it was ever fired, and it was designed to launch grapeshot, not solid projectiles.
The US made a single 18" gun, for test purposes. 177 tons, but the Japanese 18.1" guns outweighed them slightly (~182 tons). The expected weight for the never-completed Japanese 20.1" guns was about 220 tons.
All this is nice to know, but the original poster wanted details on guns in current firing condition privately owned by THR members!
I've got a shell casing for a "punt gun". Made of thick-walled cardboard. 1-9/16" in diameter, 6-1/2" long. Nominal load of 12 oz of shot, launched by 2-1/2 oz of black powder!
That link doesn't work (at least for me).
Try:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh1pPpdN1sA&NR
Ian Hogg wrote in his "Artillery" book:
"Krupp's named it 'Gustav', in honour of Gustav von Bohlen und Krupp, but the German gunners were an irreligious lot and preferred to give it their own name - 'Dora" - and so the misunderstanding arose. The whole equipment, in firing order, weighed 1350 tons and moved piecemeal to its firing point. There a dual track was laid and the gun mount built up with the aid of an overhead crane, a process which took the better part of six weeks. 1420 men under a Major-General served to operate, assemble, maintain, and guard the weapon. Two projectiles were provided, a four-ton high-explosive shell and a seven-ton concrete-piercing shell, with maximum ranges of 29 miles and 13 miles respectively."
But the largest-bore gun ever was the US "Little David" 36-inch mortar. Built as a fixture to lob aerial bombs for testing, it later had a pit-type gun mount designed for it so it could be used in the invasion of Japan. It could launch a 3650-lb shell (containing 1550 lbs of high explosive) six miles with a 216 lb powder charge.
The old "Great Gun of Moscow" is perhaps a hair larger on the bore size at 36.1". It weighs around 40 tons. However, it's unknown if it was ever fired, and it was designed to launch grapeshot, not solid projectiles.
The US made a single 18" gun, for test purposes. 177 tons, but the Japanese 18.1" guns outweighed them slightly (~182 tons). The expected weight for the never-completed Japanese 20.1" guns was about 220 tons.
All this is nice to know, but the original poster wanted details on guns in current firing condition privately owned by THR members!
I've got a shell casing for a "punt gun". Made of thick-walled cardboard. 1-9/16" in diameter, 6-1/2" long. Nominal load of 12 oz of shot, launched by 2-1/2 oz of black powder!
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