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March 12th, 2008, 02:42 AM #1
The World's Largest Shotgun Shell?
This is kool as hell
http://fieldandstream.blogs.com/gunn...rlds-larg.html
This video shows what must be the world’s largest shotgun shell: the 120mm canister round designed for the cannon of an M1 Abrams tank. The 50 pound shell contains 1150 .40 caliber tungsten pellets launched at 4500 fps, with an effective range of 500 yards.
What’s fascinating to me is that you can see clearly that the shot charge of the canister round behaves exactly like a load of shotgun pellets. As the round leaves the muzzle, the pellets at the front of the pattern encounter air resistance and begin to peel off and fall behind the main charge, opening the pattern and forming a shot string. The pellets to the rear of the shot column draft behind the leaders, retaining velocity and moving to the front. The canister flies with the pattern for quite a ways (our light plastic shotcups have petals that open open and slow the cup quickly). Eventually, though, the poor aerodymic shape of the canister causes it to slow down, and you can see the trailing pellets catching up and passing it in flight.
The last shot shows how much the pattern opens up at long range as the shell decapitates every one of a row of targets that must be 30 yards across. Given the price of tungsten, I can only imagine how much the three shells fired in this video must have cost. Best not to think about it; just click “play” and enjoy the sight of your tax dollars flying downrange.
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Re: The World's Largest Shotgun Shell?
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March 12th, 2008, 03:28 AM #3
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March 12th, 2008, 05:19 AM #4
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I'm kinda hard right now after seeing that...
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March 12th, 2008, 06:07 AM #5
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Very impressive. .........
troll Free. It's all in your mind.
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March 12th, 2008, 07:07 AM #6
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damn... Someone answered my prayers for a bigger shotgun to deal with invading air forces.
Too bad its beyond the 10ga migratory bird limit.RIP: SFN, 1861, twoeggsup, Lambo, jamesjo, JayBell, 32 Magnum, Pro2A, mrwildroot, dregan, Frenchy, Fragger, ungawa, Mtn Jack, Grapeshot, R.W.J., PennsyPlinker, Statkowski, Deanimator, roland, aubie515
Don't end up in my signature!
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March 12th, 2008, 02:46 PM #7
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Tom Knapp thought he had it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7Vt0mr2sjE
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March 12th, 2008, 02:54 PM #8
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Amazing. If not already, that shell will become THE anti-personnel round for armored divisions.
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March 12th, 2008, 02:59 PM #9
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Just astounding. I would not want to be on the receiving end of something like that.
Bill USAF 1976 - 1986, NRA Endowment, USCCA
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March 12th, 2008, 09:13 PM #10
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I say we tell gun grabbers that we want a group pic and line them up in front of that and to just wait for the flash.
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