And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
It takes the touch of several masters, one to make the barrels, one to make the action, one to make the stock and a master engraver. You also need a cast iron shoulder for 577 Nitro Express loads. They generate 7,000ft/lbs at the muzzle, almost twice the energy of a 300WinMag.
.510 well express. olin custom ammo. tiger hunting in India. 14000lb/ft of energy at the muzzle. comparable to .50BMG. saw one made in a custom smiths shop in Phoenix AZ back in 1969. had hydraulic shock absorbers in the stock. double rifle. it was painful to simply look at. ordered by wealthy foreign customer from asia.
I don't know how you'd even begin to create that sort of beauty. It takes the master's touch.
ReplyDeleteIt takes the touch of several masters, one to make the barrels, one to make the action, one to make the stock and a master engraver.
DeleteYou also need a cast iron shoulder for 577 Nitro Express loads. They generate 7,000ft/lbs at the muzzle, almost twice the energy of a 300WinMag.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUXoNUzAyvk
Al_in_Ottawa
When asked:
ReplyDeleteAnd why, exactly would you *ever* need that much fire power?
The answer is:
What if there are TWO elephants?
;-)
Yes, whilst at the trap range I am surrounded by Perazzis, Sakabas and Brownings. Alas, I have an 1100 Remington. But the clay doesn't seem to care.
ReplyDelete.510 well express. olin custom ammo. tiger hunting in India. 14000lb/ft of energy at the muzzle. comparable to .50BMG. saw one made in a custom smiths shop in Phoenix AZ back in 1969. had hydraulic shock absorbers in the stock. double rifle. it was painful to simply look at. ordered by wealthy foreign customer from asia.
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