What is the largest centerfire rifle round not considered a destructive weapon in the USA?
The .950 JDJ is the biggest rifle round to receive a "Sporting Use Exception" (no explanation given as to what that exception is) in the United States. They can be owned by a citizen over the age of 18 that complies with all Title I regulations (Basically like buying a centerfire hunting rifle).
Projectiles for the round have to be custom made by the designer(SSK industries), has a weight around 1/2lb and has a cost of about 40 USD.
The muzzle energy is 38,685 ft/lbs (ouch)
The velocity ranks around 2.200ft/second
The rifles that fire the round weighs approximately 85lbs with a starting cost of 8,000 USD.
As of 2017, only 3 rifles were produced and SSK industries will no longer manufacture the ammunition.
More Info:
en.wikipedia.org
What are your thoughts on this subject?
18 Comments
Stephen W. Gerrard
June Abramowitz, guns aren't destructive, people are
John W Shreve
June Abramowitz, A "nondestructive" gun (weird) would be useless. Everyone in our house fully understands how to use each of our firearms.
June Abramowitz
Any gun is a destructive one.
seane
James Chartier, actually it is comparable to several big game hunting rounds.
seane
High mass, low velocity but the .50 bmg is the penetrater.
seane
Nicholas Miernicki, big game.
wexlerbob
2 gauge is a shotgun.
156 mm is a monster.
So my choices were. 700 or .950.
.950 is bigger, so I picked it and was right, even though I didn't have a clue what it was.
James Chartier
Not very practical for hunting.
Nicholas Miernicki
What would you be hunting with that - Godzilla?
LOL, 155MM is a 6 inch cannon.
Ramrod
Remember reading a bit about this round and the weapon that fired it way back but then it just fell off the news but was touted as something to do with SKS
Joanne Serin
2 is bigger than all the decimal numbers, so I picked that. I have no idea what the initials and "gauge" mean.
Elsy O. Stromberg
It's all Greek to me!
Richard G Schwartz
Majority vote was no help.
Naked Kitty Slave
Love these authors and the one published question from the Office of Obscurity.
Marian Spitzig
Who would know this, but when you have no idea, pick the first answer.