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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1180922" data-attributes="member: 12952">[h=1]SSK Industries Makes Largest Center-Fire Rifle Ever, Bullets Cost $40 Each[/h][h=2]Ohio-based SSK Industries has <a href="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/related-topics/258458-95-caliber-largest-rifle-ever.html" target="_blank">produced</a>&nbsp; the largest center-fire rifle in history. It is a .905 caliber which&nbsp; produces recoil equivalent to shooting ten .30-06 rifles at the same&nbsp; time.[/h] Each bullet costs $40 and comes in at a weight of 2400 grains.&nbsp; For comparison, the bullet fired out of an AR-15 costs .50 to .70 cents and weighs approximately 55 grains.&nbsp;The rifle itself is currently being produced at a weight of about 50&nbsp; pounds, but the earlier prototypes weighed in at over 100 pounds.<a href="http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=98c_1375323160" target="_blank">In a video of the rifle being shot</a>,&nbsp; those working with the gun report it fires a bullet at approximately&nbsp; 2,100 feet per second with roughly 25,400 foot-pounds of muzzle energy.&nbsp; For comparison, the muzzle energy of an AR-15 is approximately 1,300&nbsp; foot-pounds.&nbsp;So far, SSK has only produced three of the .905 caliber rifles.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 1180922, member: 12952"] [h=1]SSK Industries Makes Largest Center-Fire Rifle Ever, Bullets Cost $40 Each[/h] [h=2]Ohio-based SSK Industries has [URL="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/related-topics/258458-95-caliber-largest-rifle-ever.html"]produced[/URL] the largest center-fire rifle in history. It is a .905 caliber which produces recoil equivalent to shooting ten .30-06 rifles at the same time.[/h] Each bullet costs $40 and comes in at a weight of 2400 grains. For comparison, the bullet fired out of an AR-15 costs .50 to .70 cents and weighs approximately 55 grains. The rifle itself is currently being produced at a weight of about 50 pounds, but the earlier prototypes weighed in at over 100 pounds. [URL="http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=98c_1375323160"]In a video of the rifle being shot[/URL], those working with the gun report it fires a bullet at approximately 2,100 feet per second with roughly 25,400 foot-pounds of muzzle energy. For comparison, the muzzle energy of an AR-15 is approximately 1,300 foot-pounds. So far, SSK has only produced three of the .905 caliber rifles. [/QUOTE]

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