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September 22, 1999, 01:14 PM | #1 |
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Got to thinking about "Johnny Dangerously" last night, and I started pondering on the .88 Magnum that Danny Vermin carried.
What would be the best way to develop this cartridge? Simply take a .44 and double its diameter, while leaving the bullet length the same? What case thickness could handle the charge necessary to move a bullet that big? Necked or straight? Anyone feel up to the challenge? ------------------ "America needs additional gun laws like a giraffe needs snow tires." --Rabbi Mermelstein, JPFO |
September 22, 1999, 03:56 PM | #2 |
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I'm thinkin' a case necked down ta take a .223 bullet would be purdy trick.
'Spose Hamilton Bowen could make up a 3 shot cylinder fer it, and stuff it in a Blackhawk. 'Bout 50 grains of 2400 should make fer a fun load. Given any thought ta whether there should be an .88 Special ta go along with it?!? ------------------ Go NRA |
September 24, 1999, 08:07 AM | #3 |
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Hey, Coinneach,
My mother tried that once. Once My favorite line: "I am handicapped. I'm psychotic." ------------------ Beginner barbarians probably had the idea that every house they broke into would be full of untouched loot and frightened, unarmed victims. It just doesn't work that way, my friend. I hope these evil men come to understand our peaceful ways soon - My trigger finger is blistering! |
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