dmccarty
Super Star Member
Is Tyrannosaurus Rex standing in your backyard? :laughing::laughing::laughing:
Later,
Dan
.95 Caliber ..Largest rifle ever made..2,400 grain bullet...video of it...weighs 50 #
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Is Tyrannosaurus Rex standing in your backyard? :laughing::laughing::laughing:
Later,
Dan
k0ua
Epic Contributor
Well see here is the thing,, with that cannon, all you really have to do is hit near a varmint and the concussion and dirt and rocks thrown on the varmint will kill it! :thumbsup: Of course the thing kills on both ends... OUCH...:yell:
James K0UA
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Brad_Blazer
Veteran Member
Does anyone remember this story about a somewhat larger rifle? I was in the AF at the time. I remember visiting the A-10 squadron at Myrtle Beach where they had a GAU-8 barrel hanging on the wall.
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k0ua
Epic Contributor
An A-10 crashed near Brookline Mo, back about 1977 I think. He was doing acrobatics for his girlfriend on the ground, who lived nearby. The pilot was out of Richards Gabauer AFB. Anyway the 30MM shells spilled out on the ground, and several locals picked them up. There was advertisements put in the paper and on the radio anyone who brought in one of the shells would receive a dummy round in exchange no questions asked. They are somewhat dangerous on a couple of levels.. Depleted Uranium, and explosive.
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Brad_Blazer
Veteran Member
I have a dummy round myself from that exercise in Myrtle. It makes an impressive desk ornament. Makes a 20mm round look small. I couldn't find my 20mm so here it is in my size large hand with a calculator and a .22LR for reference.dmccarty
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I had a cousin who was in the A-10 unit at Myrtle Beach. She shipped out with the unit for Desert Storm. Hard to believe that was so many years ago now. She is retired now and she never gave me a dummy round! :laughing:
One day I was driving up the FLA Turnpike on the way to Orlando when a flight of A-10's were "attacking" a cypress head. They would make a pass, execute a very tight turn and climb, and then repeat. I would hate to be at wrong end an A-10 nose.
I think the A-10 is one of the most unique and great planes ever made. There was something on TV the other day showing the digital cockpit upgrades the plane finally received. The A-10 is going to be flying for a few more decades at least.
Later,
Dan
One day I was driving up the FLA Turnpike on the way to Orlando when a flight of A-10's were "attacking" a cypress head. They would make a pass, execute a very tight turn and climb, and then repeat. I would hate to be at wrong end an A-10 nose.
I think the A-10 is one of the most unique and great planes ever made. There was something on TV the other day showing the digital cockpit upgrades the plane finally received. The A-10 is going to be flying for a few more decades at least. Later,
Dan
2LaneCruzer
Super Member
I had a cousin who was in the A-10 unit at Myrtle Beach. She shipped out with the unit for Desert Storm. Hard to believe that was so many years ago now. She is retired now and she never gave me a dummy round! :laughing:
One day I was driving up the FLA Turnpike on the way to Orlando when a flight of A-10's were "attacking" a cypress head. They would make a pass, execute a very tight turn and climb, and then repeat. I would hate to be at wrong end an A-10 nose.
Later,
Dan
And to think they were phasing it out when Desert Storm came along. The old ugly duckling turned out to be a ferocious eagle!