5,000 fps coyote rifle?

[Ingwe]

On a lighter note and while we are on the subject of Varmint guns, the pic in my avatar is a canon that Gerald Bull built the barrel is three feet in diameter and over 300 feet long. I use to go see it all the time and sit back and just and just admire it it was on the Vermont Canadian border. It had been abandoned for a long time I had this pipe dream of buying it but was meant to be. the day that they chopped it up and buried it was one of the saddest days of my life I am not embarrassed to say I actually had tears running down my face.

Dean
PS: I have some pics of me standing on it and beside it for a good prospective of just how larger than life that thing was. it was a marvel of engineering as far as I am concerned. The man was a ballistic genius.

Interesting post Dean! Yes I remember Bull and his Gun and if I remember correctly the Israelis assassinated him in Brussels because he was making a gun for Saddam Hussein.

Off topic and political but gun related I guess

 

[scope-eye]

I just posted more pics, I went to the place in Barbados where he tested some cannons every thing was still there rusted but there. I was on my Honeymoon to boot. LOL

Dean

 

[Ingwe]

I just posted more pics, I went to the place in Barbados where he tested some cannons every thing was still there rusted but there. I was on my Honeymoon to boot. LOL

Dean

On your Honeymoon...that's hardcore lol!!

 

[Ingwe]

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[scope-eye]

Sorry for hijacking the thread although it looks like it has run it's course. Here are some shots from Barbados, it is a restricted area and no trespassing, funny thing after presenting the native with a $100.00 bill, the restriction was magically lifted and he couldn't get us over there fast enough. this was they early 90's so a Benjamin was actually worth something. I figured if ever we were caught all we had to do is act like dumb lost tourists. LOL
Dean

 

[del2les]

30 grain Berger, 7.7 twist, 22-284, 5143 fps, just over half MOA accuracy. That bullet must have been made with a tough jacket.....

https://www.gunmart.net/ammunition/reloading/bullets/wildcatting-22-284

One of the things I discovered when pursuing the 5k barrier was short bullets tended to resist gyroscopic destruction better than the longer ones. My 224 bullets swaged with .705" jackets would begin to come apart sooner than the ones with jackets beginning at .500". I even made a batch of ultralights, 15-17gr, from drawn 22 Short brass casings that would hold up to over 5k vels.

 

[Overkill338]

Sorry for hijacking the thread although it looks like it has run it's course. Here are some shots from Barbados, it is a restricted area and no trespassing, funny thing after presenting the native with a $100.00 bill, the restriction was magically lifted and he couldn't get us over there fast enough. this was they early 90's so a Benjamin was actually worth something. I figured if ever we were caught all we had to do is act like dumb lost tourists. LOL
Dean
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What is that thing?

 

[scope-eye]

Good read
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_HARP

also
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Bull

 

[Eagle eyes 17]

This is an amazing post ....
..... From 30gr Varmint Guns to Mega Humungus Cannon Buster Guns in less than 15 pages ....

 

[scope-eye]

Hey Varmints come in all shapes and sizes, so it's only a natural progression of thing that varmint guns adapt no matter what size.

Dean

PS: His ultimate goal was to launch satellites from them which he was well on the road to attaining, since every new one that he built would send them further and further, he figured he would be able to send one up for as little as thousands of dollars instead of NASA millions and millions and that was a big bone of contention with them so his funding was squashed.

 

[J E Custom]

Didn't some manufacturer play with sabots back in the 80s using a 30-06
down to a .25 seems like you couldn't hit a barn door at 100 yards

It was Remington and the bullet they used was a 22 cal. I tried the 30/06 and the 3030 ammo and it was not even in the accuracy ballpark at even 100 yards.

I think the two I tried were 55 grains. They really looked cool but at closer distances the sabot left its mark on the target and appeared to be releasing poorly and at different distances (Inconsistently).

I even tried to split the sabot and reload it to improve the separation, but it didn't help.

J E CUSTOM

 

[J E Custom]

This by far is my favorite varmint rifle, it shoots Barnes original 50 cal 300gr bullets at 4200 fps all it takes is 240gr of RL17 to do it. I know that those bullets have the lowest BC in the history of man kind, but it is still a 300gr traveling at over 4000 fps. I think of it as launching a cinder block LOL.
The scope has something like 150min of adjustment and I have never even used one min of them. Barrett and varmint in the same sentence who would have thunk. the 450gr originals also work pretty good they exit the muzzle in the high 3000 fps.
Dean
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I don't know what kind of varmints you have, But that will take care of any around here !!! Very nice and interesting..

I have always liked the 50 cal for it's energies, but never thought about using light bullets in it for speed. (I don't want/need another project but thanks for posting).

J E CUSTOM

 

[Ingwe]

It was Remington and the bullet they used was a 22 cal. I tried the 30/06 and the 3030 ammo and it was not even in the accuracy ballpark at even 100 yards.

I think the two I tried were 55 grains. They really looked cool but at closer distances the sabot left its mark on the target and appeared to be releasing poorly and at different distances (Inconsistently).

I even tried to split the sabot and reload it to improve the separation, but it didn't help.

J E CUSTOM

I remember those Remington ads from the 80's!

It looked so exotic back then

 

[Overkill338]

I remember those Remington ads from the 80's!

It looked so exotic back then

Now that you said it, I remember those too!