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Posted: 6/15/2009 8:25:08 AM EDT
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I've been reading about this cartridge online and it seems to be pretty competitive to the 50bmg.
From what I can tell it seems to have a little more power than the BMG has with it , so I'm curious as to any firearms that are available in the US that are chambered for it. It could be pretty cool IF someone was able to import russian surplus as i'm sure there's a ton on the market. |
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As far as I am aware there are no weapons in this caliber available in the US and there is no ammo in this caliber available either.
Warsaw Pact countries used this round extensivley and the USSR used it back before WWII the dshk is the most famous firearm in this caliber it is a belt fed HMG like the M2 the v-94 and gerad sniper rifles are also in this caliber |
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If I remember correctly the reason we don't see it here is that ATF ruled the the .50 BMG case is the largest on a Class 1 form and that the Soviet 12.7x108 is classified as a DD. CD I thought it was bullet diameter that was the dealbreaker. We measure land-land, the Russians tend to measure groove-groove. Explaining why their 7.62mm is marginally larger in diameter than our 7.62mm. I thought the same applied for the 12.7mm - theirs is slightly larger diameter and thus falls outside the ATF's definition of sporting arm. |
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