CALIBER- with BULLET DIAMETER, WEIGHT, & VELOCITY
.50 Browning Machinegun-.510"; 750 grains, 2769 ft/sec;
.50 McMillan FatMac-.510", 750 gr, 3425 f/s;
.577 Nitro-.584", 750 gr, 2050 f/s;
.577 Tyrannosaur-.585", 750 gr, 2400 f/s;
.600 Nitro-.620", 900 gr, 1950 f/s;
.700 Nitro-.700", 1000 gr, 2000f/s;
8 bore Paradox-.835", 1250 gr, 1450 f/s;
6 bore matchlock musket-.924", 1750 gr, 930 f/s;
5 bore Paradox-.983, 1880 gr, 1330 f/s;
4 bore paradox-.1.052", 2620 gr, 1250 f/s;
2 bore paradox-.1.065", 5250 gr, 1080 f/s!
Here are the top candidates I found for the most powerful guns one can fire from his shoulder. Each has various loads. Which ones have the most KO power by John Taylor's system, and which kick the hardest? This question has been asked, but most people are unaware of all of these calibers. Muzzle energy gives undue credit to velocity. Taylor uses momentum and diameter in his tables of KO Values. The .50 BMG load given has 12,775 ft-lbs of energy, for example.
2007-08-01
02:49:33
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