Jonny666 Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 yes you read right lol here the vids http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rODm7HF5lFU pt1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9lIO8AL3ds pt2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsifcQnSv94 pt3 the start is some what amusing lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markheliops Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Man - that is some recoil. Wouldn't want to fire many rounds out of that. Makes the Lee Enfield 303 look like an air pistol. Markheliops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Not that silly. there are some of Warner Brothers Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck cartoons with a definite propaganda content. So to sum up 80+ tons of Tiger is bearing down at high speed, you will sit there aiming carefully allowing lead etc till it 300 feet away. You then fire, at this point the Recoil Reducer means that only your teeth will be rattled and your shoulder dislocated, now pick up 36lb of rifle and 2lb 7 ozs of magazine and run like hell. Yeah OK, no wonder it went obsolete very quick. Mind you it was probably one of the fore runners of the Anti material rifles. Anti tank rifles were first devised in the Great War by the German's using an up charged Mauser 7.92 cartridge as an answer to British Tanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny666 Posted September 17, 2007 Author Share Posted September 17, 2007 i would love to fire a boys anti-tank rifle, who cares about recoil i have shot worse lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 You could probably get it in UK on a class one, as its bolt action. Maybe even without a ticket as its obsolete ammunition. But where would you find a range with the backstop to use it. Go to Jersey the rules are simple, is the barrel rifled or isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny666 Posted September 18, 2007 Author Share Posted September 18, 2007 beckingham ranges has a 1000 yard range that is suitable for 50cals which is a possible use, but theres a place in scotland that has a 3000yard range and i think you can get in on class one because the rounds would be classed as self loaders, but that is only a thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 No Jonathan, current legislation is no self loading rifle 'wrongly called automatic, correctly semi automatic, over .22LR. The Boys is a bolt action, it does not self load when the trigger is pulled. The fact it has a magazine is irrelevant. Shotguns are diffrent, if the brain serves no more than 3 shots including one in breech or it becomes Class 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morris c8 fat Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 :whistle: showing my age now but in late 76-77 they were selling them off in Excange and Mart for £50 on a shot gun licence wish i got one then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 What would you shoot, perodactyls? :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny666 Posted September 18, 2007 Author Share Posted September 18, 2007 no you dont get my drift self loaders as in load your own ammo not semi-auto or self loading weapons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chappers Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 I'd like to get my hands on one of those Anti tank rifles to go in the Morris LRC we're rebuilding as it was fitted in them as standard along with a Bren Gun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 no you dont get my drift self loaders as in load your own ammo not semi-auto or self loading weapons Where would you get the cases?rouble is with our current'guidelines', they'd give you the gun but not the ammo. after the pistol farce, I could hold 10,000 rounds of .357 but nothinf to fire them from. :dunno: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny666 Posted September 19, 2007 Author Share Posted September 19, 2007 cases can be got from ebay if you want to risk it :shake: but you wouldnt find new cases Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Didn't they get used as crude sniper rifles at some point? The weight is frightening. But I'm more concerned by the news from the thoroughly ancient Dave that you could buy them for £50 once upon a time. How much for one now??? MVB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny666 Posted September 20, 2007 Author Share Posted September 20, 2007 yeah they were used as sniper rifles for short period hence they gave rise to the monster sniper rifles we have today such as the .50 and i have heard rumors of a 15mm sniper, but i am dubious but you never know with the world as it is lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Technically the 15mm is an Anti -material rifle. The idea is a 'light' single shot weapon for use by EOD and specialist high value targets such as aircraft and helicopters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny666 Posted September 20, 2007 Author Share Posted September 20, 2007 yeah so is the .50 grizzly but it does get used as a long range sniping weapon even againest high value targets and any other target that displays its self Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Have you ever seen the effect of a 15mm sabot shell at 1,0000 meters on a soft skin? Never found the projectile that just carried on going. The entire concept behind these is 'man portable', 20kg empty, Steyr who make it call it a Flechette round. The thing is about 6 foot long and is smoothbore. muzzle velocity is about 1,500mps. The round is supposed to be able to penetrate 40mm of RHA at 800 m. Never did see on armour. The kick isn't to bad about the same as 12 bore magnum. Britain trailed them but went for the Barret as cheaper, and easier to keep resupply with the ammunition. 50 cal comes in a variety of load including green spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 In that vein - I watched a prog. on one of the Discovery channels today about ballistics - and the bullet. A firm in Australia has developed a weapon capable of firing upto 1 Million rounds per minute. Looks a bit like the old Katyushka launcher in that it comprises a hell of a lot of barrels - one they showed was a "little one" of 10 barrels across by 15 deep and the rounds are stacked about 10 deep in each barrel. Each round is fired electronically/electrically and the weapon can fire single shot, patterned bursts or simultaneous dicharge of all rounds. Right now it's primarliy a perimeter defense weapon but they are also developing a smart bullet that can be used to take out incoming bullets..... Sounds weird and really you had to see it to believe it!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny666 Posted September 20, 2007 Author Share Posted September 20, 2007 yeah metal storm i have known about it for a while now came out a few years ago metal storm mortar system metal storm ADWS(area deinal weapon system) and the original metal storm weapons system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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