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I think I just found my new dangerous game weapon. Pretty cool find.
http://www.history.com/news/2011/10...p/?cmpid=Social_Facebook_Hith_10262011_2

Here is my rifle



It shoots 13.2mm TuF which looks like this {the small one is a 303)

Dayum. Looking at that rifle I am guessing the weight at about 10-12 lbs. Bet that leaves a mark every time it is fired.

The site said the users of the rifle ended up with a broken collarbone if it was fired to much.

And try taking the weight you guess and times it by four.

Wow. Guess it is hard to guess weights of a rifle from one picture that has nothing else in it for scale. Pretty impressive there Winnie.

BTW What make of rifle is that?

A German Mauser that was used to take out tanks.




Why they gave the smallest guy the biggest rifle?

The recoil would move him down the trenches with every shot. Try keeping up with his location

That is what I was thinking...Less Mass more movement and less likely to be broken up by the recoil, just moved from place to place.

And some people don't think muzzle brakes are a good idea, I guess they must think like a military procurrment agency 100 years ago.

This is my mouse gun:
http://www.histomil.com/viewtopic.php?p=25331


We got big mice.

I've had the debatable and unique "Pleasure" of getting some weight downrange with a BOYS, Maarty,....original .55 chambering.

Definitely a bruiser, and one to get your attention, prone.

The rebarelled ones in .50 BMG were WORSE,....WAY worse, but than "Brakes" hadn't been sorted out.

In the late 70's a good BOYS brought but $2K-2.5K Canadian, at the Gun shows,.....

We THOUGHT that was a lot of $$.

Good rig, the BOYS,.....built for the ages.

GTC

They're certainly a big rifle.
The first time I saw one I was ten years old. The army had a recruiting drive and combined that with a display of weapons, my parents knew the Sergeant who was in charge of the display. He let me in the barriers and I was able to handle some of them, the Boys was one. Imagine a ten year old boy laying behind one pretending to shoot it.
Then, years later, a gun shop in the town I lived in had one. I think he had about $8000NZ on the ticket. I tried to get him to take it to the range for me to test fire but he wouldn't.

If it don't 'splode on the other end it's too small. Otherwise the whole deal is a drab affair.

Friend of mine in Korea � infantry or ordnance officer � put a .50 Browning barrel and a Lyman target scope on one of those actions and with disturbing consistency popped Commie troops who thought that they were out of range.

Hmmmm,,, Two Boche on the left are packing "Chauchats"!

BN

Now that I look at the pic, actually they are not Germans! They are sporting Captured equipment with the M1917 stahlhelms, Mausers and curraisses. They are wearing American uniforms! Those are M1917 breeches and US issue puttees! Soldier second from left is wearing M1910 leggings! And the Chauchats are prolly issue weapons!!!!

BN

Would that fella (yer Pard) happen to be Bill Brophy???

No other!

IIRC he also made up a 50 cal sniper rifle based on the Panzerbusche 39 action that kicked ass but recoiled like a pissed off cape buffalo kick.


added: also IIRC, the original effort by John Browning to make a heavy caliber MG round ran into severe problems with performance. SO the Army provided him with the 13mm T Gewehr rounds and he worked and brought the ballistic performance into the range of the Heinie round and so wuz born the 50 BMG cartridge. JB was one SMART cookie.