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  • spurgemastur
    ok, that's pretty badass.....but what do you do with it?

    Don't get me wrong: when I'm a rich man I will have a rifle like that just because, but is there a legitimate application for that gun?
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  • 11b6r
    "is there a legitimate application for that gun?"

    Yeah- VERY large animals, and small armored vehicles.[:p]
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  • spurgemastur
    quote:Originally posted by 11b6r
    "is there a legitimate application for that gun?"

    Yeah- VERY large animals, and small armored vehicles.[:p]


    hmmm.....probably just dumb of me to ask. Of course there's a legitimate use for it. I'm just trying to thing about how I'll use it once I own it (aside from making me feel like my balls are very large).
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  • slipgate
    ok - so who can name the group/song that was playing?
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  • Bert H.
    You guys are wimps... if you think a .700 Nitro Express is a badazz cartridge, try shooting a .50 BMG in a custom built bolt-action rifle sometime.

    While the .700 Nitro Express is sometimes touted as the "most powerful commercial round in the world", especially by the manufacturer, this is not exactly true. The .700 Nitro Express double rifle is only available on a custom order basis, and has never seen regular production, while the .585 Nyati which is built under similar circumstances is significantly more powerful. Currently the most powerful rifle cartridge available on a commercial basis is the .50 BMG. Still, the .700 Nitro Express is a very powerful round, and is known worldwide by its reputation among serious big-game hunters.

    For comparison purposes, here are the published ballistics for each (note that the .50 BMG shoots faster, and has considerably more energy).

    Ballistic performance for the .700 Nitro Express

    POWDER......... VEL.. ENERGY... BULLET

    2 + 235 H 5010 1766.. 6930..... 1000 Woodleigh SP
    2 + 220 VVN 165 2082.. 9630...... "
    2 + 225........ 2099.. 9790........... "
    2 + 230........ 2129.. 10070......... "
    2 + 235........ 2150.. 10270......... "
    2 + 240........ 2170.. 10460......... "
    2 + 245........ 2260.. 11340......... "
    2 + 250........ 2334.. 12100......... "
    2 + 255........ 2241.. 11150..... 1000 DKT SP

    2 + 200 VVN 560 1975.. 8660... 1000 Woodleigh
    2 + 235........ 2086.. 9660.......... "
    2 + 245........ 2286.. 11610......... "

    2 + 170 RL 15.. 2011.. 8980..... 1000 DKT SP
    2 + 180........ 2052.. 9350........... "
    2 + 190........ 2227.. 11020......... "

    2 + 250 VVN 160 2442.. 13240..... "
    2 + 255............ 2547.. 14560..... " BLEW THE PRIMER


    Ballistic performance for the .50 BMG

    Bullet weight/type Velocity Energy

    647 gr Speer 3044 ft/s, 13144 ft?lbf
    655 gr ADI 3029 ft/s, 13350 ft?lbf
    700 gr Barnes 2978 ft/s, 13971 ft?lbf
    750 gr Lapua 2618 ft/s, 11419 ft?lbf
    800 gr Barnes 2895 ft/s, 14895 ft?lbf
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  • Odawgp
    [:0] damm, not for me
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  • Mk 19
    700 Nitro Express is a powerful cartridge, but it is not the most powerful as Burt has stated. Now if you want real power take a look at the 950 JDJ. It is a shortened, bottlednecked 20mm case that launches a 3600 grain projectile at approximately 2200 FPS. For some strange reason it is no longer in production:
    http://www.sskindustries.com/cartridges.htm
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  • Tailgunner1954
    Hey Burt
    Ed Hubels/Rob Garetts "12ga From Hell" is exceeding 700NE balistics, and they can "plink" with standard 12ga shotgun ammo to boot [:D]
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  • Cubslover
    What about a 4 bore?
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  • Bert H.
    quote:Originally posted by cubslover
    What about a 4 bore?


    Low pressure and velocity... does not compare to something like the .50 BMG
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  • William81
    The Allen Parsons Project....Can't remember the name of the song.
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  • Cubslover
    quote:Originally posted by Bert H.
    quote:Originally posted by cubslover
    What about a 4 bore?


    Low pressure and velocity... does not compare to something like the .50 BMG


    Yeah, that's a given.

    But what about recoil?
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  • jonk
    I'm not impressed. Did he hit anything? Any idiot can pull the trigger on such a gun, but controling it is another matter.
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  • Bert H.
    quote:Originally posted by cubslover

    Yeah, that's a given.

    But what about recoil?


    I have never seen a muzzle brake on a 4-bore, but every custom built .50 BMG rifle I have seen has one... what do you think the answer is[?] My bet is that the .50 BMG (without the muzzle brake) has a LOT more recoil energy than a 4-bore does[:0][:D]
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  • The Tinman
    quote:Originally posted by jonk
    I'm not impressed. Did he hit anything? Any idiot can pull the trigger on such a gun, but controling it is another matter.

    I'm very impressed by anyone who can shoot a .700 Nitro three shots in 10 seconds!!

    Oh, and by-the-by, why would ANYONE want to own a .700 Nitro Express?

    Because they don't make an .800 nitro Express
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  • guntech59
    quote:Originally posted by William81
    The Allen Parsons Project....Can't remember the name of the song.


    Blinded by the Light.
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  • Cubslover
    quote:Originally posted by guntech59
    quote:Originally posted by William81
    The Allen Parsons Project....Can't remember the name of the song.


    Blinded by the Light.


    Day After Day

    Or part of the "Fall of the House of Usher"
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