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Re: Worlds Largest Caliber Rifle In Action - .905
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 7:31 pm
by the running man
Ideal for home defence!
Re: Worlds Largest Caliber Rifle In Action - .905
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 7:33 pm
by meles meles
Sandgroper wrote:meles meles wrote:The largest calibre rifles, oomans, were the 18" BL Mk 1s mounted on HM battlecruisers and monitors...
IJNS Yamato and Musahi had a 18.1" main armament!
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...
Re: Worlds Largest Caliber Rifle In Action - .905
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 7:41 pm
by tackb
meles meles wrote:Sandgroper wrote:meles meles wrote:The largest calibre rifles, oomans, were the 18" BL Mk 1s mounted on HM battlecruisers and monitors...
IJNS Yamato and Musahi had a 18.1" main armament!
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...
Measure it anyway you like , we won !
Re: Worlds Largest Caliber Rifle In Action - .905
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 7:44 pm
by Sandgroper
meles meles wrote:Sandgroper wrote:meles meles wrote:The largest calibre rifles, oomans, were the 18" BL Mk 1s mounted on HM battlecruisers and monitors...
IJNS Yamato and Musahi had a 18.1" main armament!
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...
0.1" smaller! :55:
Re: Worlds Largest Caliber Rifle In Action - .905
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 7:49 pm
by meles meles
But the shells were wider !
Re: Worlds Largest Caliber Rifle In Action - .905
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 7:57 pm
by Sandgroper
meles meles wrote:But the shells were wider !
Prove it! :lol:
Re: Worlds Largest Caliber Rifle In Action - .905
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 7:58 pm
by meles meles
We're not the narrow minded one...
Re: Worlds Largest Caliber Rifle In Action - .905
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:03 pm
by Sandgroper
meles meles wrote:We're not the narrow minded one...
I'm broad minded enough to be arguing with a badger...
Re: Worlds Largest Caliber Rifle In Action - .905
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:06 pm
by meles meles
get orf our lands !
Re: Worlds Largest Caliber Rifle In Action - .905
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:10 pm
by Sandgroper
meles meles wrote:get orf our lands !
If you stay away from the grooves!