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Posted: 5/19/2005 3:28:58 PM EDT

Mine, pistol Ruger SRH .454 Casull, rifle,US M1 garand in 30/06. Own both.

Posted: 5/19/2005 3:30:22 PM EDT

[#1]

I shot a .375 H&H

Posted: 5/19/2005 3:30:47 PM EDT

[#2]

Magnum Research Desert Eagle .50AE.

Posted: 5/19/2005 3:31:12 PM EDT

[#3]

.416 Rigby. and 50bmg

6 months after my back surgery

NEVER again.

Sgatr15

Posted: 5/19/2005 3:31:34 PM EDT

[#4]

biggest caliber i've fired? Probally a .44 Magnum Redhawk that my uncle has, and a 30-06.

:(

Posted: 5/19/2005 3:32:39 PM EDT

[#5]

S&W 629 44 Mag.

Posted: 5/19/2005 3:34:19 PM EDT

[#6]

shot plenty of .50 BMG.
largest i own is a .50 beowulf

Posted: 5/19/2005 3:36:04 PM EDT

[#7]

I bought a "Ferret 50" BMG upper for my AR15, shot it one afternoon and got rid of it. It knocked the shit out of me and my buddy who turned to me and asked "remind me why we're doing this." Good question for which I had no good real answer.

If I am called on to shoot anything bigger than that on a hand-held weapon I don't want to hear about it.

Posted: 5/19/2005 3:36:27 PM EDT

[#8]

Magnum Research Desert Eagle .50AE.

How do those shoot?

Posted: 5/19/2005 3:38:31 PM EDT

[#9]

largest caliber "weapon" ive ever shot is a M-47 Dragon , 140 mm

Posted: 5/19/2005 3:43:47 PM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
Magnum Research Desert Eagle .50AE.

How do those shoot?

I bought a five round baggy, shot 4 rounds and kept one as a souvinir. They kicked quite a bit. I had one of those paper hostage targets, man with his arm across a woman's throat and a gun pointed at her head. I aimed for the bad guy's chest, and ended blowing the paper hostage's head off (I would not make a very good police sharpshooter, ha ha). The remaining shots didn't even hit the man or woman but landed up high in the surrounding paper. I never rented it again. At the time, I had been shooting an EAA Witness Carry Comp in .45 ACP pretty regularly, and thought (obviously errorounesly) that since .50AE was only .05 bigger, the recoil wouldn't be that bad. Big mistake!

Posted: 5/19/2005 3:46:19 PM EDT

[#11]

m60a3 tank - 105mm main gun

Posted: 5/19/2005 3:53:55 PM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
Mine, pistol Ruger SRH .454 Casull, rifle,US M1 garand in 30/06. Own both.

I have a .454 casull redhawk too... that bitch kicks w/ hot corbon loads....I love the cost of plinking w/ 45LC.

rifle, just german mauser...the short barreled k98. 100 rounds thru it and the shoulder gets bruised (guess Im a 4 cylinder) and sore as hell for a few days.

-HS

Posted: 5/19/2005 3:57:57 PM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Mine, pistol Ruger SRH .454 Casull, rifle,US M1 garand in 30/06. Own both.

I have a .454 casull redhawk too... that bitch kicks w/ hot corbon loads....I love the cost of plinking w/ 45LC.

rifle, just german mauser...the short barreled k98. 100 rounds thru it and the shoulder gets bruised (guess Im a 4 cylinder) and sore as hell for a few days.

-HS

Hillbilly get some Buffelo Bore ammo. You want big and thumpin, these suckers rock. And yes I pop the ole .45LC in it also, but use a vanquero also.

Posted: 5/19/2005 3:58:18 PM EDT

[#14]

Handgun: Magnum Research .50AE

Rifle: Barrett M82 .50 BMG

Weapon: TOW 2 Missile

Forgot the MK19 grenade launcher. 40mm

yakrat101

Posted: 5/19/2005 3:58:29 PM EDT

[#15]

Handgun- 50AE
Rifle- 338
D.D.-40mm grenade launcher
crew served- both the MA-Duece and the MK19
Arty. 155mm (yes I pulled the lanyard) and A.T.A.C.M.S. (yes I flipped both switches)

Edit cause I couldnt remember how to spell ATACMS and I think I still have it wrong**scratches head** and to add photo. not the one I fired but close enough

Posted: 5/19/2005 4:01:00 PM EDT

[#16]

Shot and owned .50 BMG rifles.

Biggest shot? TOW missile.

Posted: 5/19/2005 4:01:58 PM EDT

[#17]

Own 50bmg

Posted: 5/19/2005 4:03:37 PM EDT

[#18]

Handgun: .357 Magnum

Rifle: .45-70 Government

Shotgun: 20-gauge

Posted: 5/19/2005 4:05:17 PM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:
Magnum Research Desert Eagle .50AE.

How do those shoot?

You pull the trigger and it goes Boom

SGatr15

Posted: 5/19/2005 4:05:27 PM EDT

[#20]

own :30-06 since 12 guage isnt a caliber.

shot: 40mm m79 buckshot round out of a friends rDD.

Posted: 5/19/2005 4:07:23 PM EDT

[#21]

155mm howitzer............it wasn't mine though.......

Biggest rifle?.......50BMG

Biggest Single shot: .416 Rigby

Biggest I own: 45-70

Posted: 5/19/2005 4:08:20 PM EDT

[#22]

Biggest was a .30-06.

Posted: 5/19/2005 4:17:21 PM EDT

[#23]

Shot = .308

Own = 9mm

Posted: 5/19/2005 4:22:54 PM EDT

[#24]

Biggest I own:

.416" 400gr TBBC, .416Rigby, .620" 900gr WW, .600 OverKill

900gr bullet at 2250FPS, over 10,000ft/lbs. of energy

I also got to shoot a friends 4-Bore muzzle loading flintlock rifle. 1/4lb. roundball over 400grs of FFg.

Posted: 5/19/2005 4:26:30 PM EDT

[#25]

How about .577 Tyranasuarex!

Haven't shot one but it sounds cool.

Posted: 5/19/2005 4:27:03 PM EDT

[#26]

50 AE pistol and 50 BMG rifle

Posted: 5/19/2005 4:28:44 PM EDT

[#27]

Quoted:
How about .577 Tyranasuarex!

Haven't shot one but it sounds cool.

*BOOM!* "Ach mich mar!* Ach mich mar!*"
* "Son of a bitch! Son of a bitch!"

Posted: 5/19/2005 4:31:36 PM EDT

[#28]

FA 454 Casull / 300 RUM

Posted: 5/19/2005 4:33:33 PM EDT

[#29]

Own an AR-50 and a DE .50AE.

Posted: 5/19/2005 4:37:22 PM EDT

[#30]

Biggest I've fired 50BMG out of a sweet AR50 & a .475 Lingbaugh on a modified SBH frame and 500S&W. The .475 was a monster compared to the 500S&W pussycat.

The largest I own, 45-70 Sharps or 50 cal bp & for handgun the venerable Colt 45acp

Posted: 5/19/2005 4:45:33 PM EDT

[#31]

50 BMG and .44 mag. Don't own either, but am getting a .44 mag.

Posted: 5/19/2005 5:10:56 PM EDT

[#32]

Caliber wise the biggest rifle I own is a .45-70. I've fired elephant rounds though .375 H&H, ,458 Win Mag. etc, and put a lot of rounds through the .50 M2HBs at work.
Most powerful pistol round I used though would probably be the .44 mag

Posted: 5/19/2005 5:21:11 PM EDT

[#33]

.44 Auto Mag

.50 BMG

Posted: 5/19/2005 6:34:37 PM EDT

[#34]

.73 caliber with 500 grain loads.

Also a couple of .50 BMG's and a nice CZ rifle in .416 Rigby.

Posted: 5/19/2005 6:36:54 PM EDT

[#35]

Got a .416 Rigby!

410 gr at 2400fps

Posted: 5/19/2005 6:41:17 PM EDT

[#36]

I was a .50 gunner in the Corps, but I own a .375 H&H mag.

Pistol would be a Contender in 30-30.

Posted: 5/19/2005 6:42:28 PM EDT

[#37]

Quoted:

Got a .416 Rigby!

410 gr at 2400fps

I'm in the process of buying/building a Rigby. I just have to decide on which one and how much work I want to put into it once I have it.

What kind have you got? and how do you like it?

Thanks!

---------------

On topic...

.50 cal

Posted: 5/19/2005 6:45:47 PM EDT

[#38]

500 S&W unless you can count the 7mm-06 pistol, own neither, both were much less punishing than some 357s I've shot

50BMG for a rifle.

Posted: 5/19/2005 6:45:50 PM EDT

[#39]

Model 70 in .458 Win Mag. Can't shoot it off a bench. Ten rounds offhand will give me a headache that lasts all day.

I shot an elephant with it, though, and never heard or felt it.

Posted: 5/19/2005 6:48:15 PM EDT

[#40]

pellet...

Posted: 5/19/2005 6:52:38 PM EDT

[#41]

Quoted:
.44 Auto Mag

.50 BMG

+1

Same here!

Posted: 5/19/2005 6:57:00 PM EDT

[#42]

Are we talking shoulder fired rifle? Cause I was priveleged enough to fire a 20mm cannon off the USS Harpers Ferry once.....25 rounds. But I'll tell ya, that thing will control your pulse!!!!

Posted: 5/19/2005 6:58:59 PM EDT

[#43]

Handgun: Crapshoot between .500S&W and a Magnum Research .45-70 revolver.

Rifle: Barrett M82A1

Shotgun: Pre-'67 Beretta Silver Hawk side-by-side 10ga. Double trigger, touched off both barrels at once...had a gnarly bruise that lasted for almost 2 weeks.

Posted: 5/19/2005 7:01:57 PM EDT

[#44]

Rifle-Shot Browning Full Auto .50BMG, Barret 82A1 semi-auto, a few custom McMillan and Robar bolt actions. Own Armalite AR10 .308 Winchester/ 7.62X51 Nato. Will be getting a .50BMG rifle next tax return.

Handgun- Shot Smith & Wesson 500 Magnum and Desert Eagle 50E. Own Ruger Super Redhawk .44 magnum. Looking to get a .454 Casual or 45-70 after I get my Benelli Super 90 M1 Tactical and .50 BMG.

Posted: 5/19/2005 7:05:18 PM EDT

[#45]

Quoted:
Handgun- 50AE
Rifle- 338
D.D.-40mm grenade launcher
crew served- both the MA-Duece and the MK19
Arty. 155mm (yes I pulled the lanyard) and A.T.A.C.M.S. (yes I flipped both switches)

Edit cause I couldnt remember how to spell ATACMS and I think I still have it wrong**scratches head** and to add photo. not the one I fired but close enough

www.army-technology.com/projects/mlrs/images/mlrs3.jpg

He wins.