These formidable weapons were used for commercial hunting, bringing down whole flocks of wildfowl with a single blast. In a 110 lb rifle, this will develop well over 200 foot-pounds force of free recoil energy. Shooting usually involves a heavy “lead sled” or similar shooting rest, and the rifle scope has significant eye relief to avoid injuring the ocular orbit.
Made by SSK Industries, each bullet is over four inches long, weighs over half a pound and costs about $40. There are only three rifles ever made that can fire the round. The weapons weigh between 85 and 120 pounds and produce a recoil capable of injuring its shooter.
Some are impractical showpieces built to satisfy the outsized egos of dictators such as Adolph Hitler and Saddam Hussein. Hmm, a concave rock wall that looks like it will reflect rounds back toward the firing line. After reviewing the NRA’s range building guidelines, I don’t think I remember seeing anything about a curved, hard surface being used as a backstop.
There is no escaping the fact that large-caliber rifle cartridges will be equally expensive. Simply put, larger can also equal more expensive, and since the.950 JDJ is about as large as civilian rounds come, the cost is rather high. My friend Marco Rigido of New System Arms in Italy builds a bigger rifle – a full 1.00″ bolt gun firing 2500 to 2800 gr bullets. From what I understand the SSK round is allowed for civilian use by the ATF. When originally sold, the rifles cost $4,000, with loaded cartridges costing $40.
A gofundme.com account is being setup to help support the now out of work painter who is the sole provider for his two year old son. Allegedly, the range/event organizer is refusing to pay for medical bills. Projectiles are custom-made and most commonly weigh 3,600 grains which is 8.2 ounces or over half a pound. The prize for packing the most punch onto a mobile platform goes to the celebrated Davy Crockett recoilless spigot gun, the smallest nuclear weapon ever deployed. The gun, developed in the 1950s for a potential war against the Soviet Union, had a small-caliber piston inserted into the barrel and attached to an 11-inch warhead. The .600 Nitro Express cartridge was originally developed for hunting elephants, but was generally considered to be excessively powerful.
Caliber is a key factor with shoulder-mounted anti-tank weapons, because a bigger diameter translates into greater penetration by the warhead. The largest currently around is the Eryx shoulder-launched missile by European company MBDA, with a 135-millimeter (5.3-inch) warhead. Japanese monster battleships Yamato and Musashi were fitted with nine 18.1-inch guns apiece, making them the most powerful artillery afloat. But though these guns had an effective range of some 26 miles, they were of little use in real combat. By the time they launched at the start of World War II, aircraft carriers had begun to eclipse battleships. The weapons in this list are some of the biggest guns in the world—with the biggest bullets.
Common calibers including 7.62x39mm and 9x19mm have reached record prices. RELATED The United States is dusting off Cold War-era weapons for use in Ukraine Some good ol’ American weapons technology designed to… “The JDJ is comparable to a World War I-era tank round or a 20mm cannon in terms of kinetic energy,” according to Weekly World News.
Simply put, bigger can mean more expensive – and as the .950 JDJ is as about as big as it can get for civilian rounds the price is impressively high. The cartridge propels its 3,600 grains bullet at approximately 2,200 feet per second . TypeRiflePlace of originUnited StatesProduction plastic self defense tool historyDesignerJ. D. Some large-caliber weapons are designed for practicality, such as the pocket pistols Henry Deringer pioneered from 1825 onward. Having two barrels rather than a revolver action meant a compact weapon could fire a full-size cartridge.
SSK Industries manufactured only three of these rifles, and as of 2014 SSK no long produced ammunition for it. Manufactured without sight, on the super heavyweight Krieger barrel, enormous eight chamber muzzle brake, and fitted with a Burris 7x scope. The barrel is marked “SSK 950 JDJ Gun Number One” in fancy script lettering on the left side. The action functions by removing the bolt from the receiver, placing the round directly into the bolt, and putting the whole assembly back into the receiver, similar to how anti-tank rifles are loaded. Mounted on a McMillan style extra large benchrest style stock with a solid recoil pad. Includes two reloading dies, approximately 23 loaded rounds, 63 empty casings, two wood loading blocks, and approximately 90 cast lead bullets.
Named Gustav and Dora, after Krupp and his wife, each 1,350-ton cannon required its own train to move it and took three days to assemble. They could fire concrete-piercing shells weighing seven tons—as much as a bus—over 25 miles. The huge cannons arrived too late for the war against France, but Gustav devastated Sevastopol in the then-USSR during the siege, firing up to 14 rounds a day. Shooters will spend around $240 for a box of $20 of 458 Lott 600 grain partition, or about $12 per shot.