Think I found my next powder burner - .557 T-Rex

[TCups]

Next air gun get together, I will bring it so we can sit next to Gene and shoot  

Just kidding, big guy!  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q40i5BlIt84

[dk1677]

Just a little recoil LOL

[Bogey]

Anybody drop my rifle like these clowns and they would have to leave town.  In a hurry.

[Magnum]

I hope its a demo model , after that rough treatment and the threat of recoil...I'm  sure its inaccurate!! Or maybe it doesn't matter LOL:)  
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.577_Tyrannosaur

[daved]

Here's a little more detail for those interested.  First, it's a .577 T-rex, not a .557.  If fires a 750 gr. bullet at almost 2500 fps for over 10,000 fpe!  It's a 13.6 lb. rifle, and the RECOIL is over 150 ft.lbs.!  To put that in perspective, a .50 BMG has around 70 ft. lbs. of recoil and a .460 Weatherby Mag has almost 100.  It's purpose built for stopping a charging rhino in it's tracks.  Makes my .308 at around 16 ft. lbs. of recoil energy seem puny :-).  You can be sure of one thing, I'LL never shoot one!  Later.

Dave

[bodiej]

Probably not too good for the flinch, eh?

[TCups]

. . . or for the charging rino.

BTW, if rino is republican in name only, I think they are on the right track with this rifle.

[PeakChick]

Rhino? I thought you were considering hunting dinosaurs Tommy........

[SDale]

Looks like the last guy is the only one who really knew what he was doin! Even cleared the chamber after he put it down! hehe

[airiscool]

A freind would call that, "A gun that kills at both ends !".

Which is worse ... the gun, or the Rhino ?

Paul.

[RedFeather]

Geez, I think a .50 BMG with the same weight bullet is shoving at least as much if not more.  One reason the bolt action .50's were sooooo popular.  I thought the .460 Weatherby Magnum clocked around 165 ft lbs free recoil, but might be a memory loss.  Thing is, that poor slob wasn't holding the gun properly.

My favorite set of pictures was of an English dandy-type gun collector who sold a .577 Nitro Express double with the condition that he get to fire it first.  Picture one - he shoulders the gun.  Picture two - He's recoiling waaaaay back.  Picture three - he has blood trickling out of his right ear.  Some fun, huh?

A friend had one of those Barret Light 50's.  When someone asked what the heck for, there weren't any elephants or rhinos around, he replied "There's Peterbuilts and Kennilworths!"  Used to take it up the Shenandoah Valley with his military type buddies and shoot fifty gallon drums of gas at night.  Not a regular thing, but just for a lark.  He made us some dandy pens with the old casings.  Still have one around somewhere.

Just checked and the 50 BMG is usually a 709 grain bullet with about 200 grains powder at about 2900 fps.  In a 13 pound gun, that's about 188 ft lbs.  Not fun with a bolt action.

[Bobber]

I'd like to try it. Can't watch the video because my dismal dial-up service out here in the sticks. It would take me like three hours to load a short video. Anyway , I have a #1Ruger in .458 and it is great fun to shoot. I wanted a .45-70 , but picked this up at a show years ago for cheap.  Mostly  I use what would be considered hot .45-70  level loads in it. I use both black and smokeless loads in it.  Big bores are a lot of fun. I also hunt deer with a Kodiak double rifle in .54. Recoil is about like a 12 ga double or less.