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Join Date: June 27, 2012
Location: New Hampshire
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Whats your biggest/loudest/most powerful rifle?
Just thought it would be interesting to know what everyones most powerful rifle is, since I'm a fan of guns that go boom with authority
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I don't always go to the range, but when I do, I prefer dosAKs. They say 5 out of 4 people are bad at math. |
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Join Date: December 20, 2012
Location: Sweet Home
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I see your 52,000 PSI and raise you to 60,000 PSI with my .30-06.
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Join Date: December 24, 2010
Location: Central Louisiana
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Powerful? As defined by what?
My Sharps makes a nice, satisfying boom, especially when it's stoked with black powder. It's not the most powerful rifle I own, but it makes plenty of noise. |
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I don't always go to the range, but when I do, I prefer dosAKs. They say 5 out of 4 people are bad at math. Last edited by SC4006; December 28, 2012 at 03:11 PM. Reason: To make the post more specific |
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Join Date: March 11, 2006
Location: Upper US
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My Rifles, in ascending order..
.22 Hornet, .222 Rem, .223 Rem, .22-250, .243 Win, 6mm Rem, .25-06, 6.5x55 Swede, .30-30, .30-40, .308 Win, 7.62x54R, .303 British, 7.7x58 Jap, 8mm Mauser, .350 Rem Mag, .375 H&H Mag, .45-70, and .458 Win Mag. Most powerful? by fl/lbs? easy, look it up. Loudest? without hearing protection they are ALL bad. with protection the 7.62and .308 carbines have a real bark. And the .350 carbine is in a class of its own The .458 is odd, to me, I don't notice the noise, as much as the recoil... ![]()
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Join Date: September 22, 2012
Location: Marriottsville, Maryland
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My Boys 20mm anti-tank rifle.
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Join Date: October 5, 2012
Location: Colorado Springs CO.
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My Ruger#1 in 375 H&H Mag. A sweet shooter and I just love the looks of the Number 1
Dave |
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.300 RUM; no break, no pad
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Join Date: December 13, 2009
Location: central Wisconsin
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.300 Win Mag. Love it.
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Join Date: April 12, 2006
Location: NKY
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My Ruger No. 1 in 45-70 Gov't can go from pretty mild to very hot. It's a sweet shooter too.
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Join Date: November 4, 2012
Location: Georgia
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.30-06 and 7mm Mag
I think both are a little bit overkill for the deer around here. |
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Location: Atlanta, GA
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My .376 Steyr JC Scout rifle.
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Join Date: October 18, 2006
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Custom Mauser 98 in 9.3x62. The 25" barrel helps with both recoil and velocity.
Jimro
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Location: The retarded place below Idaho
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Loudest....... .257 Weatherby with a muzzle break
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Join Date: March 12, 2011
Location: Washington state
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Most powerful is my 338 win mag. Loudest is my 30-06 with a muzzle brake.
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Location: Yellowstone Co, MT
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The loudest that I own and shoot are a 340WBY and a 300WBY. The loudest that I have ever heard was a braked 338-378WBY. It literally set of multiple car alarms over 50yds away. I believe at that range now, braked rifles are not allowed on the line at the same time as normal, unbraked rifles.
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Join Date: April 3, 2011
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If you measure by the amount of flame coming out the muzzle, I nominate my M38 Mosin. Sumbitch looks like a flame thrower at night....
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Join Date: July 25, 2012
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Bushmaster BA50 50 BMG.....
I just parted with it just before Christmas... I loved it but it was just too heavy for a man with back problems to load and unload..lol ![]()
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Location: Florida
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Just my Marlin 336 30-30.
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Location: Lynden, Washington
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I have this rifle chambered in .405 Winchester and an original '95 Winchester lever-action in same chambering. Either of them are marginally sufficient to handle any varmints that may sneak out of Hanford-
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Join Date: August 20, 2009
Location: Dallas / Fort Worth Area
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My Weatherby 7MM Mag
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Join Date: March 14, 2010
Location: Border of Idaho & Montana
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Bush master 50bmg bolt gun on every thing but kick.
most kicking gun I have is my fathers 458 lott.
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