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2015/01/19 14:51:42
Subject: This gentlemen, is how you blow a hole in something.
The World’s Largest Centerfire Rifle: SSK’s .950 JDJ
BY: Daniel Xu + POSTED: 8/1/13
The SSK .950 JDJ rifle in all its glory.
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The SSK .950 JDJ rifle in all its glory.
Firing custom 2,400- to 3,600-grain bullets and reportedly matching the power of a World War I tank round, the SSK .950 JDJ is considered by many to be the world’s largest (movable) centerfire rifle. The firearm boasts massive power and an equally large frame. A base model .950 JDJ weighs roughly 85 pounds and virtually requires being fired from a benchrest or similar support piece. Only three were ever made. A call to SSK Industries revealed that the firearm’s action is no longer in production and that a custom-built .950 JDJ today would be in the realm of $17,000. Because of its power the firearm would normally be classified as a Destructive Device, but SSK was able to obtain a “Sporting Use Exception” that would allow them to be purchased much like any other rifle.
If the Tyrannosaurus rex ever came back though some botched theme park experiment, this would be the gun to use.
Unfortunately, the recoil from the rifle is rather “significant.” If that’s not enough to keep you a spectator, each custom-made cartridge for the gun is worth about half a day’s pay on minimum wage, if not more. In the below video several guys from Knights Rifles try out the first .950 JDJ ever made, a lightweight prototype that set the mold for the rest. While it may be a good 30 pounds lighter than its bigger cousins, the gun can “kick like a mule.”
An optional muzzle break for the rifle weighs 13 pounds
Annnnd a video
Just thought this would be fun to share. To give you non firearm types an idea the famous .45 acp from the 1911 runs around 250ish grains (the weight of the bullet itself, excluding the shell and such) a 12 gauge shotgun slug is around 400 grains
2015/01/19 14:57:47
Subject: This gentlemen, is how you blow a hole in something.
Ah show piece weapons. It would have been nice to see the impacts and how accurate that thing is. A comparison with some anti-material rifles would be interesting too.
2015/01/19 17:50:10
Subject: This gentlemen, is how you blow a hole in something.
Paradigm wrote: I want one. Can never be too sure whn T-rexes are involved...
What if the price of the weapon and the price of a Jurassic Tour the same.....and you had to choose one.....
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2015/01/19 17:57:43
Subject: This gentlemen, is how you blow a hole in something.
Paradigm wrote: I want one. Can never be too sure whn T-rexes are involved...
What if the price of the weapon and the price of a Jurassic Tour the same.....and you had to choose one.....
I'd rather have a .50 Desert Eagle honestly.
Do .50cal pistol rounds come in Hollow Point?
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2015/01/20 04:02:08
Subject: This gentlemen, is how you blow a hole in something.
Wyrmalla wrote: Ah show piece weapons. It would have been nice to see the impacts and how accurate that thing is. A comparison with some anti-material rifles would be interesting too.
I THINK there's a ballistic gel test of that round on YouTube but I'm on my tablet and it's a real annoyance to put videos on Dakka from here. But totally agree, that's a rifle (read artillery piece) that the owner brings out to show off with, nothing more.
2015/01/20 12:43:50
Subject: This gentlemen, is how you blow a hole in something.
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2015/01/20 12:55:32
Subject: This gentlemen, is how you blow a hole in something.
2 Bore rifle. there are rare 4 bore weapons too, seriously what dinosaurs are you hunting?
are we talking crew served weapons or firearms still?
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2015/01/20 13:42:27
Subject: This gentlemen, is how you blow a hole in something.
jhe90 wrote: are we talking crew served weapons or firearms still?
Crew served weapons are a great way to involve the entire family
true but better to wait till they are older before you introduce larger ordinance artillery peices such as the 105 due to complexity and size its fun and games till someone gets a finger trapped in the breach!
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Sgt. Vanden - OOC Hey, that was your doing. I didn't choose to fly in the "Dongerprise'.
"May the odds be ever in your favour"
Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
I have no clue how Dakka's moderation work. I expect it involves throwing a lot of d100 and looking at many random tables.
FudgeDumper - It could be that you are just so uncomfortable with the idea of your chapters primarch having his way with a docile tyranid spore cyst, that you must deny they have any feelings at all.
2015/01/20 17:12:51
Subject: This gentlemen, is how you blow a hole in something.
Waiting for my shill money from Spiral Arm Studios
They could also be used like massive shotguns during navel boarding actions.
Self-proclaimed evil Cat-person. Dues Ex Felines
Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
Waiting for my shill money from Spiral Arm Studios
Is that for real? Thats hilarious.
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Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
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