Biggest gun you ever fired

[kenimpzoom]

I figured with the military guys here we could get some big ones.<br /><br />Lets do two categories, first one for guns that only require a single operator (rifles, hand guns, etc). Second category for the guns that require a team (tanks and artillery).<br /><br />Only guns that fire a cartridge.<br /><br />Ken

 

[ehenry]

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300 win mag, 45/70 and I can tell you this....I got no desire to fire either one of them again. I'll stick with my 25.06.

 

[ob]

Re: Biggest gun you ever fired

50 caliber machine gun mounted on the 04 level aboard ship.It'll shake loose any dandruff you got.

 

[gaugeguy]

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<br /><br />155mm, reach out and touch them from 5 miles away.

 

[tylerin]

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My Red Ryder, she kicks like a mule

 

[PatPatterson]

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Was lucky enough to get to pull the trigger on a 16" .50 Caliber main gun when I served on USS New Jersey (BB-62), but that is a projectile and powder load, not a cartridge.<br /><br />

Originally posted by gaugeguy:<br /> 155mm, reach out and touch them from 5 miles away.

Try from 27 Miles. <br /><br />Largest personal weapon was a .50 Muzzle Loader. It about broke my shoulder.

 

[pjc]

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Absolutely worst recoil I ever felt was a 12 gauge 3" magnum punkin ball slug load I fired from a single shot break action Winchester Mod. 37A, hard plastic butt plate, me in light jacket shooting from kneeling offhand. That hurt derned bad.

 

[LadyFish]

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My grandfather's 12 gauge shot gun, but figured you'd all call me a sissy. I have no idea about the details, I was pretty young.<br /><br />All I can say is that my shoulder was bruised for a week along with me ego after getting knocked on my butt.

 

[gaugeguy]

Re: Biggest gun you ever fired

Originally posted by Capt. Kidd:<br />

Originally posted by gaugeguy:<br /> 155mm, reach out and touch them from 5 miles away.

Try from 27 Miles. <br />

OK<br /><br />Fire for effect

 

[JamesCoste]

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I used to own a Chinese assualt rifle called a SKS I believe. I forget the dimensions of the shells. Something like 3.62 x 19mm?<br /><br />My 12 gauge shotgun hurts more than anything I own. I'm kind of skinny though and feel it right to the bone. Not much flesh to buffer the kick. I've spit 8-shot out of the fried hind legs of many a squirrel due to that gun.

 

[jt57]

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i have shot a few rounds from a 50cal BMG before,off a bench using a bi-pod now that thing will rock your world.<br /><br />as for a handgun i have shot a 454 casull talk a bout a punch now that thing just hurt.

 

[jimchere]

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On my shoulder: 25mm chain gun. The ammonia from the charge burns your eyes after more than a few.<br />A 475 H&H rifle several years back that seemed like holding a 2X4 on my shoulder while someone smacked the other end with a 10lb sledge.<br /><br />Not a gun, but the funnest of all was firing "standard" SM-2 missiles from an Aegis cruiser. Bang-woosh....roar.. with a big tail heading out for a 60+ nautical mile cruise at mach something from marginally sub-space to nail a poor airborne object. More fun than T-hawks.

 

[Barlow]

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biggest pellet packer - Ithaca Mag 10 w/32" barrel.. weighs in at a metric ton and is justifiably collecting dust as I type this..<br /><br />rifle - Beretta Express O/U .458 Win Mag ... <br /><br />R.I.P.

 

[ndemge]

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8" hand fired Fireworks shell, does that count?

 

[bomar76]

Re: Biggest gun you ever fired

My Barrett 50 BMG bolt action.

 

[62_Kiwi]

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Originally posted by Capt. Kidd:<br /> Was lucky enough to get to pull the trigger on a 16" .50 Caliber main gun when I served on USS New Jersey (BB-62), but that is a projectile and powder load, not a cartridge.<br />

Capt. Kidd - the USS New Jersey had a very impressive history - and those guns are monsters!<br /> <br />Which years did you serve on her ?

 

[OBJ]

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20mike gattling gun from 2500ft. Gunships are soooooooooo cool.....

 

[f_inscreenname]

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45/70 The shells are so large you can hear the powder shake around inside them.I would also shot it again if given the chance. I now have medical insurance to have my shoulder put back in place.

 

[SoulWinner]

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In the army I fired an M-50, M-60, and I had a 203 Grenade launcher on my M-16 HBAR. The M-50 was the coolest, it shock my around so bad that I couldn't hit anything with it.<br /><br />Bomar, you have a Barret 50? Man, that is the rifle of my dreams. How does it fire????

 

[Fly Rod]

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most recent years!!<br /><br /> shoot 30-06!!! <br /><br />1187 remington slug gun!!! <br /><br />It's all the fire power that I need!!!