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What is your recoil threshold poll?
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<blockquote data-quote="Hand Skills" data-source="post: 2803623" data-attributes="member: 103303"><p>Haha, yup, and contrary to the claim in the video, 4 bore is not the biggest shoulder fired rifle in the world.</p><p></p><p>I did a little research, and apparently there is at least one chap in England making 2 bores, which are even bigger.</p><p></p><p>"True cannons begin with 4 bores, as this is the size of most swivel cannons. Anything larger tended to break out of the mounting on a ship's rail. Giles Whittome's 2 bore rifle is twice that size. The cartridges are all hand-made and cost $100 apiece. They can also be made loaded with smokeless powder, and that does reduce the recoil. "</p><p></p><p>"As of this time, no Americans have fired the 2 bore rifle, only Englishmen, Scotsmen, and Russians. It's a shame that no American with deep pockets has bought and fired one, leaving the glory of handling this brute to the aforementioned nations. It galls me to think of the Russian owner of a 2 bore saying "Amerikantsy slishkom slaby, chtoby vladet' I strelyat' iz etoy vintovki." (Translation: "Americans are too weak to own and fire a rifle like this.")"</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.firearmsnews.com/editorial/tyrannosaurus-2-bore-rifle/365185[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hand Skills, post: 2803623, member: 103303"] Haha, yup, and contrary to the claim in the video, 4 bore is not the biggest shoulder fired rifle in the world. I did a little research, and apparently there is at least one chap in England making 2 bores, which are even bigger. "True cannons begin with 4 bores, as this is the size of most swivel cannons. Anything larger tended to break out of the mounting on a ship’s rail. Giles Whittome’s 2 bore rifle is twice that size. The cartridges are all hand-made and cost $100 apiece. They can also be made loaded with smokeless powder, and that does reduce the recoil. " "As of this time, no Americans have fired the 2 bore rifle, only Englishmen, Scotsmen, and Russians. It’s a shame that no American with deep pockets has bought and fired one, leaving the glory of handling this brute to the aforementioned nations. It galls me to think of the Russian owner of a 2 bore saying “Amerikantsy slishkom slaby, chtoby vladet’ I strelyat’ iz etoy vintovki.” (Translation: “Americans are too weak to own and fire a rifle like this.”)" [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.firearmsnews.com/editorial/tyrannosaurus-2-bore-rifle/365185[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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