Who's got the biggest?

[Jimbob]

Got good medical cover (or a half decent NHS)?
Like using a landle to measure powder?
Consider 500gr bullets the norm?

I hear you all shouting "oh I do, I do" and I'm sure you do.....but who's biggest?

We'll go by caliber but pop the cartridge down aswell so we can get a clear 'winner'.

Testosterone fuelled bragging COMMENCE!

I'll go first. 45-120 running a little under 4400 ft-lbs. Small time for many I'm sure

 

[AkMike]

600 Nitro single shooter that tosses a 1040 grn cast slug. 2 450 Nitro DR's and a 500/450 Nitro DR as well as several smaller ones.

 

[Jimbob]

I think you've comfortably taken top spot so far with the 600 nitro!

I'm gonna say include muzzle energy as well from this point.

 

[gizmo]

I have a 69 cal dueling pistol, 58 and 54 cal rifles. 45-70,416 ruger, and 375 H&H for big bore guns.

 

[Jimbob]

Welcome to second place gizmo! 416 ruger may not be big but muzzle energy gets you there and the 69 cal pistol counts as your big bore contribution.

I feel phots are required of both your's and Mike's rifles

 

[gizmo]

Welcome to second place gizmo! 416 ruger may not be big but muzzle energy gets you there and the 69 cal pistol counts as your big bore contribution.

I feel phots are required of both your's and Mike's rifles

I can do that when I get home. Matt will be along shortly to put us all to shame with some super cannon he got.

 

[gizmo]

Welcome to second place gizmo! 416 ruger may not be big but muzzle energy gets you there and the 69 cal pistol counts as your big bore contribution.

I feel phots are required of both your's and Mike's rifles

I can do that when I get home. Matt will be along shortly to put us all to shame with some super cannon he got.

 

[Jimbob]

Yeah I'm getting that impression of Matt the more time I spend on here.
Lucky bar steward!

 

[Royal27]

Only here do I get an inferiority complex for just having a .458 Lott....

 

[AZDAVE]

8 bore muzzle loader, 12 bore muzzle loader, 500NE, 416 RIGBY, 450/400 Ruger#1"s. 500BPE Double, 450NE double, 50 Alaskan P13 enfield, 50/90 rolling block, 50/70 sharps 458WM.

 

[AkMike]

Pics are shown in my album. It's the side lever Daniel Fraser.

 

[Savage Hunter]

My son and I have a weapon that shoots 10 pound projectiles that can break through plywood.
It is a trebuchet I supervised him building for a high school project.

 

[Jimbob]

That's a hell of a project. Most I ever made was a box!

 

[Ado]

Only here do I get an inferiority complex for just having a .458 Lott....

Know how you feel...

Ado

 

[Uintaelkhunter]

50 BMG Tejas it like a ackley imp. I can push a 750gr bullet at 3k. But it not much of a pack gun at 54lbs. For that I got my chapuis 470 nitro.

 

[Uintaelkhunter]

Working on getting out to two miles on target. 4x5 steel plate. Just waiting on a moab 300 MOA rail

 

[Jimbob]

That's one hell of a long range rig that mate!
Not my cup of tea but you gotta appreciate the beauty in the engineering if not the rifle.

 

[Savage Hunter]

That's a hell of a project. Most I ever made was a box!

yeah, when I was in high school I made a bar of soap in the chemistry lab for a science fair project, and won, but big deal. you can't defend your home from hordes of vikings with a bar of soap.
We had a great time with that thing. We threw bricks and 2 liter bottles with with water over a hundred yards accurately. We had it adjustable for high arching shots and for more horizontal shots for shorter distances and a harder punch.
He's 25 now and we're looking down the road to building one that will sling a bigger projectile. Would like to throw cinderblocks and bowling balls. it will take a MUCH heavier trebuchet and weight though.

 

[matt85]

my rifles are a 416 RM, a 500/416 NE, and a 585 HE. the HE is still waiting for its stock to be completed but it otherwise done and the 500/416 NE is with Mr. Searcy for chamber issues.

the 585 Hubel Express fires a .585" 750gr bullet at up to 2800 fps. this isnt the largest diameeter rifle out there but sits at 13,000 ft/lb of muzzle energy when loaded to full tilt.

having said all that, i dont see myself ever loading it past 2100 fps for hunting. the recoil at 2800 fps from my 12 pound gun would be outright uncontrolable!

-matt

 

[CTDolan]

"the 585 Hubel Express fires a .585" 750gr bullet at up to 2800 fps. this isnt the largest diameeter rifle out there but sits at 13,000 ft/lb of muzzle energy when loaded to full tilt."

HOLY CRAP!!!!!