One HUGE Round,
 

Lot's of recoil here. http://smallestminority.blogspot.com...is-recoil.html

I read about this monstrosity in cartridges of the world but had never seen one. That is pretty crazy it gives new meaning to the fact that you can sell anything.

This is also a way to break the collarbone;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ft2j6J4NcY

Kyle, Steinar, I agree, it appears to be completely useless for just about any purpose I can think off unless it would be to try impress your buddies, and I imagine it could easily break a collar bone as you say Steiner. I remember reading somewhere that only a small percentage of .44 Magnum Revolvers have ever been fired more than a few times because of the recoil. I tried a friends .44 and decided that wasen't for me.

I dont know I have several friends with .44 mags. And they seem to shoot the hell out of them. I personally have fired only one and didnt think it was too bad. The most uncomfortable gun i've ever shot is probably a lee enfield. The way you position your hand on the stock just about forces one to involuntarily pop themselves in the nose

I dont know I have several friends with .44 mags. And they seem to shoot the hell out of them. I personally have fired only one and didnt think it was too bad. The most uncomfortable gun i've ever shot is probably a lee enfield. The way you position your hand on the stock just about forces one to involuntarily pop themselves in the nose

Your comment about the Lee Enfield is right on, the first couple of times I shot mine I received a "pop" on the nose too.

Big?
 

Speaking of huge rounds... These are 16 inch...

The USS North Carolina battleship is a great visit... It's docked in Wilmington, North Carolina.

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Speaking of huge rounds... These are 16 inch...

The USS North Carolina battleship is a great visit... It's docked in Wilmington, North Carolina.


Hey Marc,
now THAT is huge. I have never served in the Navy but I understand that when those big guns go off everyone is supposed to be below deck and for good reason.

Worst ever for me was a revolver in .454 Casull. Ouch, no fun, no thank you.....ever again.

Thats a ruger super redhawk alaskan in .454 casull, the recoil is rather stout.

but you can fire .45lc in it, less stout.

The decommissioned USS Wisconsin (BB-64) is on display in Norfolk VA. Part of the display is a single 16" projectile suspended from one side of a balance scale. On the opposite side of the scale is a volkswagen beetle... I guarantee you that nobody carries six of those bullets in a speedloader...

Thanks john that is interesting, i have spoke with several u.s.n gunners mates who were on battleshps with 16 inch guns, i forgot how many bags of powder they told me it took to fire a projectile. sometimes hard to comuinate with them , they seem to all have hearing problems. great to sit with them and hear their stories.

If I'm not mistaken, the number of bags of powder varied with the intended range. I think that the displays showed 3 or 4 of them.

When you tour the battleship, you can go right into the guns, and into the power and shell magazines below decks. The metal surrounding the magazines was steel about 3 feet thick...

Marc

Isn't it just amazing that those ships even float with all that goes into them?

Me, too. I shot a long barrel Taurus Raging Bull .454 Casull, once. I could handle the recoil and hit what I was aiming at, but my hand hurt for a week.:(

-ML

Try one of these with slugs or buckshot some time....

A friend of mine is buying a .454 raging bull as soon as he gets his tax return. Im gonna shoot it and w'ell see how it goes.

Had always thought the powder charge for the 16" guns was six one hundred pound bags per shot, but looks like they were actually 110 pound bags. The link below has some very interesting information on the 16" guns. Awesome power!!!
Best regards, Don

http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_16-50_mk7.htm

Chalk my estimate up to bad memory... Six bags makes sense. That's a great overview on the link you provided, Don!

Aiming was done through a very complex analog mechanical computer system that compensated for everything. The museum people on the USS NC say that occasionally the Navy has stopped by to get replacement parts for active warships.

Marc