For The Gun Guys

[RGrew176]

Put aside your girly-man .458 Win Mag or your wimpy .50 cal and watch guys shoot a real gun, the largest center-fire rifle ever made, the .950 JDJ by SSK Industries. Only three were ever made. This was the lightest, the carbine version, weighing in at 50 lbs. It shoots a .95 caliber, 2,400-grain bullet at 2,100 fps using 2400 grains of powder, which generates 25,400 ft/lbs of muzzle energy and 277 ft/lbs of recoil energy. That's about the same as shooting 10 30-06s at the same time! Each round costs $40. She Kicks Like a Mule!

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[fhhuber]

Hold that one wrong when firing it and they'll need to put screws and plates in your shoulder.

 

[gm280]

OMG, I do shoot some large caliber rifles, but I also know my limit as well. I can't see me pulling the trigger of such a rifle.

 

[southkogs]

I'm surprised there's not more of a muzzle brake on it. What is the primary reason for a round like that? Big game?

 

[Limited-Time]

I'm surprised there's not more of a muzzle brake on it. What is the primary reason for a round like that? Big game?

Because they could!!!!

 

[WIMUSKY]

I would be using a big fat pillow in my shoulder........

 

[Pusher]

Imagine finding ammo!

 

[gm280]

I would be using a big fat pillow in my shoulder........

I have to agree with that, but not a "Memory Foam" type. I would not want to remember doing that ever again. :faint2:

 

[southkogs]

Because they could!!!!

LOL ... that's probably true. Ronnie Barrett lives just a couple of miles from me, and the factory where the .50 CAL is within 20 minutes. When I first moved to the area, his rifle was really getting going in the marketplace (I think the CIA had made their first purchase about 10 years earlier), and I got to see some of the why and how when he and his staff would run documents in the shop I worked in.

That rifle came to be after seeing some .50 CALs on a river patrol boat here in Middle Tennessee. It really developed as a sniper rifle, and then migrated to a game rifle. That's why I was asking: what was the development path for that .95 monster :laser:

 

[brian4321]

Might not wanna take that one squirrel hunting lol

 

[fhhuber]

I would be using a big fat pillow in my shoulder........

Exactly the wrong thing...
The cushion allows the rifle to move back, gaining velocity and then it hits like a sledgehammer fired from a canon

 

[RGrew176]

I would be using a big fat pillow in my shoulder........

Ditto on that.

 

[Baylinerchuck]

Wow....I think I'll stick with the kick of my one 30-06 rifle, lol.

 

[RGrew176]

Wow....I think I'll stick with the kick of my one 30-06 rifle, lol.

Yep. I have to put down my Mosin Nagant after about 20 rounds as my shoulder is feeling the effects. On the other hand my Chinese SKS Type 56 I can shoot all day without any aftereffects.

 

[gm280]

If you could find bullets, or have them made or even turned them out yourself on a metal lathe, the loading dies would have to be custom made as well. And if you did have the reloading dies and the empty cases (probably never ever find them either), the cost to reload such a round would be a little on the expensive side. 2400 grains of powder is a little over a third of a pound. There are 7000 grains of powder in a pound of powder. So you wouldn't even get three rounds out of a pound. And powder and primers are not cheap anymore thanks to...well...you know who cause those things to skyrocket. I won't mention any names.

As for reducing the felt recoil, I use a ~8 x ~14 inch piece of carpet folded up in half between my shoulder and the rifle. Amazing how well that works. Being a jute back carpet offers the ability to spread out the recoil to a much larger area reducing the felt kick a ton easier. Try it, you will be impressed. But I don't think even that would offer much reduction with that rifle. With my aging body, I don't want to smash my shoulder and live with it the rest of my live. So I would pass on such an experience.

 

[WIMUSKY]

Exactly the wrong thing...
The cushion allows the rifle to move back, gaining velocity and then it hits like a sledgehammer fired from a canon

Ditto on that.

Idk, I used a small pillow once years ago and it helped immensely....... Just keep the gun butt tight.......... I think I even doubled it over. It was approx. 12"x12" when I started....

 

[gm280]

Usually when you zero in a new gun, you shoot the rifle for a grouping and then adjust fro there. And I usually do that with at least three shots if it seems to be grouping tightly. But with that rifle, I don't think I would ever get it zeroed...ever. I don't think I could shoot it three times or more In fact I honestly don't want to shoot it even one time! I don't have to prove anything to anybody. I'll admit I am a wimp with that gun. Give me my 300 Win Mag and I can hold my own. :facepalm:

 

[avenger79]

I'm surprised there's not more of a muzzle brake on it. What is the primary reason for a round like that? Big game?

because they don't make a .960