Largest / Most Powerful gun you've fired
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84CJ
US Veteran
105mm M60A3
155mm M109
MK-19 40mm grenade launcher
M-2 & Armalite AR 50 50BMG (most fun)
500 S&W
155mm M109
MK-19 40mm grenade launcher
M-2 & Armalite AR 50 50BMG (most fun)
500 S&W
Roose Hurro
Member
8mm K98 Mauser...
Oh, also shot my uncle's 58 cal. Kentucky rifle, but compared to the Mauser, it was gentle.
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Oh, also shot my uncle's 58 cal. Kentucky rifle, but compared to the Mauser, it was gentle.
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Snapping Twig
Member
A 50-150-3/4 Sharps.
I have shot a 35 Rem in a TC.
I have shot a 35 Rem in a TC.
ParadiseRoad
Member
...made my third annual trek to the plains southwest of Fort Morgan Colorado (boyhood home of Glenn Miller) for the annual Machine Gun Shoot...
...this year I shot a couple of examples of the classic Browning Automatic Rifle
...an equally classic 1928 Thompson submachine gun...
...a Browning M-37 .30 caliber Machine Gun in the T-152 Tank Version...
...and an example of the wicked and infamous German MG-42 of WWII...
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...this year I shot a couple of examples of the classic Browning Automatic Rifle
...an equally classic 1928 Thompson submachine gun...
...a Browning M-37 .30 caliber Machine Gun in the T-152 Tank Version...
...and an example of the wicked and infamous German MG-42 of WWII...
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Rifle? Ferret .50. (.50BMG bolt upper on an AR lower.)
Handgun? .44Mag.
Shotgun? 12ga with a 2oz 3.5" high-velocity turkey load. You're talking 60+ ft-lb of recoil energy from an eight-pound gun. Kicks like a mule.
Handgun? .44Mag.
Shotgun? 12ga with a 2oz 3.5" high-velocity turkey load. You're talking 60+ ft-lb of recoil energy from an eight-pound gun. Kicks like a mule.
shortround451
Member
120mm smoothbore from a M1A2 Abrams tank.
Careby
Member
Poseidon C-3 SLBM.
Okay, it was inert, and I didn't personally pull the trigger, but it did leave a big impression on me.
Okay, it was inert, and I didn't personally pull the trigger, but it did leave a big impression on me.
In handguns a 45/70 TC by JD Jones loaded it up it really twisted your wrist.
In Rifles I used to hunt with a 500 A square caliber 700 grain 50 caliber bullet in an improved 460 Weatherby case. I also had a 577 Westley Richards double and a light 577 Farquensen but the 500 was not only a heavy recoil but it came back a lot faster. Of course non of this recoil was noticed when you were shooting at a large animal.
Len
In Rifles I used to hunt with a 500 A square caliber 700 grain 50 caliber bullet in an improved 460 Weatherby case. I also had a 577 Westley Richards double and a light 577 Farquensen but the 500 was not only a heavy recoil but it came back a lot faster. Of course non of this recoil was noticed when you were shooting at a large animal.
Len
29aholic
Member
4.2" Mortar
M-2 50 BMG
600 Nitro
500 Linebaugh
M-2 50 BMG
600 Nitro
500 Linebaugh
GONAVY
Member
The Marines let me play with some of their guns, 155 which was a real "blast", few rounds of 175, 50 cal, m-79 old style, they always made sure I was pointed in the right direction when pulling the trigger!!!!!
Navy 3" 54 which really isn't shooting since most are fired controlled. Few different machine guns. I liked the 155 best....
Navy 3" 54 which really isn't shooting since most are fired controlled. Few different machine guns. I liked the 155 best....
NCTexan
US Veteran
Not exactly a "gun"... but in TBS at Quantico, I got to strap on and fire one of these. It scared the crap out of me... even being on the right side of it's muzzle. (I was warned that it had a pretty good kick and was glad that I braced well.)
Frizzman
US Veteran
Handgun: S&W 500...Not really that bad
Rifle: .458 Winchester Magnum Ruger No.1...Wow!
Shotgun: Browning BPS 10 gauge magnum...Hard kicker
Present during the launch of an ASROC missle from the launcher on the USS Thomas C. Hart...I don't know if that counts. I should have stayed off the weather decks as instructed. Wound up with singed eyebrows and couldn't hear much for a few days after...I didn't fire it though.
Rifle: .458 Winchester Magnum Ruger No.1...Wow!
Shotgun: Browning BPS 10 gauge magnum...Hard kicker
Present during the launch of an ASROC missle from the launcher on the USS Thomas C. Hart...I don't know if that counts. I should have stayed off the weather decks as instructed. Wound up with singed eyebrows and couldn't hear much for a few days after...I didn't fire it though.
Pioneer461
US Veteran
I guess military counts, so I'd have to say it would be a 20mm MK-12 aircraft cannon. We had a bore-sighting range for A-4 Skyhawks, and like any other weapon system, they had to be zeroed on the range.
Biggest hand-held, would be the M-79 grenade launcher. Biggest rifle, M-1 Garand and the biggest handgun I've fired is the Ruger Super Blackhawk .44 mag, with 7" barrel.
Biggest hand-held, would be the M-79 grenade launcher. Biggest rifle, M-1 Garand and the biggest handgun I've fired is the Ruger Super Blackhawk .44 mag, with 7" barrel.
Largest and most powerful shoulder fired guns I've shot were the 20mm Lahti AT rifle and 20mm Gustav recoilless rifle.
Biggest bang that I've actually pulled the trigger on was a 57mm anti-tank gun out at the Big Sandy Machine gun shoot in AZ.
Some of the boys and their toys:
http://www.break.com/userconte...mage-llc-216765.html
My favorite part starts around 1:15... 90mm AT gun.
Biggest bang that I've actually pulled the trigger on was a 57mm anti-tank gun out at the Big Sandy Machine gun shoot in AZ.
Some of the boys and their toys:
http://www.break.com/userconte...mage-llc-216765.html
My favorite part starts around 1:15... 90mm AT gun.
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