Cool Weapons

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

She can P.T. me til I fucking die.

Talk about a ball buster, I wouldn't let a rabid dog near me either. No matter how good it looks.

[GunMaster357]

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

I wonder what it cost per round.

40 USD per round
8000+ USD for the "rifle" depending on options.
Weight between 80 and 110 pounds depending on options.

[TheMercenary]

Who would have the guts to shoot the damm thing?

[footfootfoot]

Thus, they are largely "range queens"—rifles that are brought to the range for a fun time, but not usually used for hunting or other "more practical" uses. Additionally, the cost of owning and operating such a firearm is beyond most shooters; the rifles cost ~US$8,000, loaded cartridges are $40 each, and the individual lathe-turned bronze bullets are $10 apiece.[4]

The cartridge propels its 3,600 gr (230 g) bullet at approximately 2,200 ft/s (670 m/s). This yields a muzzle energy of 38,685 ft·lbf (52,450 J)[1] and a momentum of 154.1 Newton-seconds. This kinetic energy would allow the .950 JDJ to pass through several body-armored humans. It is comparable to the original tank rounds of World War One in terms of ballistic energy.
By comparison, the 5.56x45 cartridge, used in the M16 rifle, produces between 1,200–1,300 ft·lbf (1,600–1,800 J), while the .308 Winchester, a favorite for hunters and medium-range police/military sniping, produces between 2,000–3,000 ft·lbf (2,700–4,100 J) depending on the load used. The ballistics of the .950 JDJ is more similar to that of the 20mm autocannon round, which delivers approximately 39,500 ft·lbf (53,600 J). The muzzle energy of the .950 JDJ is comparable to the kinetic energy of a 2,800 lb (1,300 kg) automobile traveling at 20 mph (32 km/h).
In a 110 lb (50 kg) rifle, this will develop well over 200 ft·lbf (270 J) of free recoil energy if an efficient muzzle brake is not used. This is far beyond the shoulder-firing capacity of nearly all humans, even without considering the difficulty of shouldering such a heavy rifle. Shooting is usually heavy "lead sled" or similar shooting rest, and the rifle is not held to the shoulder because of the severe recoil and possible injury. The rifle scope has significant eye relief to avoid injuring the ocular orbit.

[zippyt]

Who would have the guts to shoot the damm thing?

Why would you shoot the damn thing ???

[footfootfoot]

Because it's there?

Zippy, check pm

[BigV]

This is a cool show of weapons.

[ZenGum]

Originally Posted by infinite monkey

N'yeah n'yeah. I forgot to tell y'all. I shot a big old gun when I was down at my brother's place in HH. My dad and brothers were shooting. Let me try!

It was a .22?????? Does that make sense or is more description needed.

Anyway, I'd shot my dad's rifle when I was a kid, at the Fish and Game, but this was totally new.

I shot at a can. I missed, many times.

Sorry, infi, we were distracted by the monster-gun.

.22 is ... well .. small. smallish.

Maybe you need a bigger can.

[HungLikeJesus]

First the box, now the can.

[TheMercenary]

Thanks F3 for that post. Makes more sense. No one can actually shoulder fire the weapon.

[footfootfoot]

I can imagine the whole equal and opposite reaction thing when half the reaction is travelling through several body armored bodies, but what I am not sure of is how to think of 200 ft pounds of energy. Is that the same a someone dropping 200 pounds from a height of one foot onto my shoulder? And is that the same as dropping one pound from 200 feet onto my shoulder?

In either case, no thanks.

[TheMercenary]

This is pretty cool...

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/a...nce--SLIDESHOW

[Gravdigr]

Damn, that's a lot of aluminum.

[GunMaster357]

How many beer cans ?

[Gravdigr]

A regular (relatively dry) aluminum beverage can weighs ~20 grams on my old, cheap recipe scale. Call it ¾-ounce, know what, just call it an ounce.

1 can = 1 oz.
16 cans = 1 pound
2000 lbs = 1 (short) ton
USS Independence LCS displacement = 2480 tons (average of 'light' & fully loaded displacement)
2480 tons = 4,960,000 lbs.
4,960,000 lbs x 16 cans to the pound = 79,360,000 regular aluminum beverage cans

79,360,000 aluminum beverage cans = 1 USS Independence

Did I do that right? It doesn't sound like enough cans...