“For Hunting Dinosaurs”
11th December 2011
Freeberg looks at a .700 caliber rifle. Watch the video.
The rifle, with just a 16.25? barrel, can push the 1132 grain of lead up to 2300 fps. Thats 13,000 ft/lbs of energy, right up there with the .50 BMG and far exceeding the .700 Nitro Express. The cast lead bullet has enough energy to pass clean through a 1/4? steel plate.
.700 caliber is about the diameter of a penny and just shy of the size of the bullets used in classic smoothbore muskets. Needless to say, having such a weapon in your possession, much less actually owning one, would be illegal in most European countries.
December 11th, 2011 at 13:07
Unasked, of course, is the obvious question: What possible use would such a weapon serve?
December 12th, 2011 at 20:49
What possible use is climbing Mt.Everest? The idea is that you don’t like it, don’t shoot or climb it.
December 14th, 2011 at 18:10
Dear Santa, ….
December 15th, 2011 at 10:59
You can’t put a hole through a police cruiser–or an armored car, for that matter–by climbing Mt. Everest. Therein lies the crucial difference.
Next time you want to compare apples to oranges, try to pick someone who doesn’t know fruit.
December 15th, 2011 at 14:50
Fruitcake anyone? With that line of reasoning you shouldn’t be able to own matches, ’cause you could set a fire. Furthermore, the ‘crucial difference’ is not a weapon, but the intent to use it. Say, I presented you with a brain; it’s not likely to do you any good, now is it? See it’s not the potential, but the deed that counts.
As to putting a “hole through a police cruiser–or an armored car”, well, you can put a hole through a police cruiser with a .22 or bow and arrow. I get the idea that you’re not familiar with firearms, Dennis.
December 15th, 2011 at 20:07
And I get the idea that you are in the habit of drawing comparisons which make no sense, along the lines of, “Walking across the street and using a chainsaw are equally pointless. So there you go.”
I am familiar with firearms. I just don’t see the need for something like this. Rather like buying a twelve-pound sledge when all you need is a tack hammer… Of course if all you want is to make a big noise and punch holes through 1/2 inch steel plates, by all means do whatever makes your testicles swell.
December 17th, 2011 at 08:19
No, you’re not familiar with firearms, and elementary reading appears to be beyond your grasp as well.
The figure mentioned in the article, and extracted top, is ‘1/4 inch’, NOT 1/2 inch. Now how can anyone expect a cogent, big picture argument from someone who can’t get the most elementary details correct. How does one abstract to a reasonable conclusion from erroneous facts? How is that possible?
As to the penetration issue, well, it’s no big deal. Thirty calibers weapons, such as a .308 will easily penetrate 1/4″ steel plate, and so will the old commie 7.62×39 round, underpowered though it may be.
And finally, the point of my argument was that it’s none of your business whether Jack climbs mountains, or Jill shoots big guns. It’s just none of your business. Get it? So don’t worry about it. And, I hope those comparisons make more sense to you now.