Worlds Largest Caliber Rifle In Action - .905
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Re: Worlds Largest Caliber Rifle In Action - .905
Ideal for home defence!
When someone says "it's not about the money" you know what? it probably is all about money!
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Re: Worlds Largest Caliber Rifle In Action - .905
Sandgroper wrote:IJNS Yamato and Musahi had a 18.1" main armament!meles meles wrote:The largest calibre rifles, oomans, were the 18" BL Mk 1s mounted on HM battlecruisers and monitors...
Depends how you measure it, ooman: across the grooves, across the lands or from groove to land. The RN rifles fired a bigger, heavier shell further but the calibre was measured across the lands and so appears smaller...
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Re: Worlds Largest Caliber Rifle In Action - .905
Measure it anyway you like , we won !meles meles wrote:Sandgroper wrote:IJNS Yamato and Musahi had a 18.1" main armament!meles meles wrote:The largest calibre rifles, oomans, were the 18" BL Mk 1s mounted on HM battlecruisers and monitors...
Depends how you measure it, ooman: across the grooves, across the lands or from groove to land. The RN rifles fired a bigger, heavier shell further but the calibre was measured across the lands and so appears smaller...
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Re: Worlds Largest Caliber Rifle In Action - .905
0.1" smaller! :55:meles meles wrote:Sandgroper wrote:IJNS Yamato and Musahi had a 18.1" main armament!meles meles wrote:The largest calibre rifles, oomans, were the 18" BL Mk 1s mounted on HM battlecruisers and monitors...
Depends how you measure it, ooman: across the grooves, across the lands or from groove to land. The RN rifles fired a bigger, heavier shell further but the calibre was measured across the lands and so appears smaller...
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But the shells were wider !
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Prove it! :lol:meles meles wrote:But the shells were wider !
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We're not the narrow minded one...
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I'm broad minded enough to be arguing with a badger...meles meles wrote:We're not the narrow minded one...
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Re: Worlds Largest Caliber Rifle In Action - .905
get orf our lands !
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Re: Worlds Largest Caliber Rifle In Action - .905
If you stay away from the grooves!meles meles wrote:get orf our lands !
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