Surrealone Posted December 8, 2016 Report Share Posted December 8, 2016 when a Monster (or Supervillian) really NEEDS to be shot... http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2016/12/06/truvelo-cms-20x42mm-anti-materiel-rifle/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheFirearmBlog+%28The+Firearm+Blog%29 great weapon for the low level brick... That's sexah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 11, 2016 Report Share Posted December 11, 2016 I Should Buy A Boat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 I Should Buy A BoatI have never understood the rationale for restricting US missiles more than Soviet. We eliminated the more modern MX missiles , kept the older Minuteman missiles, and iirc limited them to only one warhead. I am not sure how many are on the Trident 2 missiles, but I don't believe they were ever fully loaded, and believe e they were cut down to 3 or fewer. I wish I trusted our military leadership enough to assume they were loaded with 7+ warheads worth of countermeasures, decoys, and penetratioin aids, but ... Now the Russians are boasting about a 16 warhead missile? Did they abrogate a treaty? Putin seems to long for the days of MAD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 I'm not sure Russia acknowledges the SALT and START treaties, which were signed, after all, with the Soviet Union. The US is still bound by them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surrealone Posted December 16, 2016 Report Share Posted December 16, 2016 Sick of your rounds not having enough 'oomph' to go the distance? Tired of material targets being used for effective cover by your opposition during overwatch?? Do you occasionally need to provide artillery-like capabilities when you can't realistically use artillery??? If so, contact JG Weapons and ask about their 14.9mm SOP rounds and rifle -- which should fit your bill. The awesome 14.9mm SOP round is a wildcat bred from a 4-inch long, 1,690-grain, .58 caliber bullet with a 1.85 BC married to a shortened and necked-down 20mm autocannon case. At the muzzle, the round generates over 42,000 foot-pounds of force. The estimated supersonic range of the round is ~5 kilometers (i.e. more than 3 miles) with the potential for 0.5 MOA accuracy despite the lackluster BC. This round is fired from a purpose-built, magazine-fed, bolt-action rifle with a 48-inch barrel and custom muzzle brake that can withstand ~20,000 pounds of pressure once the bullet leaves the barrel. Only a prototype exists, today, but the developers of the round and rifle have received the ATF’s blessing to build these with a “Sporting Purposes” exemption. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted December 16, 2016 Report Share Posted December 16, 2016 "Sporting Purposes." What are they going to be hunting, Konigstigers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 16, 2016 Report Share Posted December 16, 2016 At what point does it stop being a small arm and start being a fieldpiece? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper-Man Posted December 16, 2016 Report Share Posted December 16, 2016 At what point does it stop being a small arm and start being a fieldpiece? Indirect vs. Direct fire maybe? HM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 16, 2016 Report Share Posted December 16, 2016 Now you're just trying to confuse me on purpose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surrealone Posted December 16, 2016 Report Share Posted December 16, 2016 "Sporting Purposes." What are they going to be hunting, Konigstigers? Isn't it obvious? It's for those all-too-common times when you need to drop big game from 3 miles away! At what point does it stop being a small arm and start being a fieldpiece? Answer: When you do not meet the minimum STR requirement to wield it OR when the weight/bulk of the weapon requires that it be crew-served. The Hulk, for example, would have no problem with this as a small arm ... assuming he could figure out how to gingerly operate the bolt without tearing it off. I, however, probably couldn't lift it, and it would take several people of my height (or rather: lack of it) to emplace this for prone shooting -- wherein I could probably operate it just fine ... assuming the optic mount could retain zero, something more than a 20moa base exists for use with the optic at 5km distances, and there was a reasonable means to sight in this rifle with this round. (Local ranges tend not to allow .50 BMG, let alone this monster ... and if they did, 100 yards won't cut it for sighting this in.) By the way, do they make a bore sighter big enough for this thing? Perhaps a full-size laser pointer would work??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 "Sporting Purposes." What are they going to be hunting, Konigstigers? Low flying asteroids. Think of it like an extreme version of Sporting Clays -- with the bonus of saving the human race from an extinction level event... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaplayboy Posted December 18, 2016 Report Share Posted December 18, 2016 "Sporting Purposes." What are they going to be hunting, Konigstigers? Cyborg T-Rexes, wearing full body armor and high on PCP. Duh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surrealone Posted December 18, 2016 Report Share Posted December 18, 2016 Build and arm one of your Villian's Litutenants with this thing and, suddenly, 'Sporting Purposes' has a whole new meaning... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 18, 2016 Report Share Posted December 18, 2016 Sporting Porpoises? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surrealone Posted December 18, 2016 Report Share Posted December 18, 2016 Sporting Porpoises? I believe that's how they say it in Boston... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakboy6117 Posted December 19, 2016 Report Share Posted December 19, 2016 There is the "sport" called car hunting where people go out to the desert and try to kill cars (rigged for remote control) with a lot of guns. So legit sporting use lol https://youtu.be/vURGKQinE0Q Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 19, 2016 Report Share Posted December 19, 2016 My bucket list just keeps getting longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted December 19, 2016 Report Share Posted December 19, 2016 Has anyone written up a Punt Gun here yet? That thing up there isn't a gun. HIS is a gun. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surrealone Posted December 19, 2016 Report Share Posted December 19, 2016 Probably not, since punt guns are rather dated in their application/use ... and are rarely found anywhere other than in museums or private firearm collections, these days. (When in use, they were most commonly found mounted on supports that were permanently attached to punts, of course.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted December 20, 2016 Report Share Posted December 20, 2016 Sure, but what if your character needs to take out a whole flock of ducks at the same time? Evil ducks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 20, 2016 Report Share Posted December 20, 2016 Is there any other kind of duck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surrealone Posted December 20, 2016 Report Share Posted December 20, 2016 Sure, but what if your character needs to take out a whole flock of ducks at the same time? Evil ducks. Well, if he's going to use a punt gun he'd better meet the (very high and ugly) minimum strength requirement ... or it needs to be mounted and crew-served. Is there any other kind of duck? Yes. In addition to evil ducks I seem to recall seeing a Daffy Duck, at one point in my travels... Christopher R Taylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 Donald never seemed all that evil, just really irritable and vengeful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakboy6117 Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 Old man it's an old burning man thing I'm wondering if they do it at wasteland weekend yet or could be organized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 Not sure I want to wait that long. Where else can I find cars driving fast in a straight line on a flat expanse? ...I know! The freeway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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