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« Petition for cert in NRA v. BATFE case | Main | Maryland situation »

I think I'll let someone else shoot it

Posted by David Hardy · 2 August 2013 10:01 AM

a .90 [corrected: .95] caliber rifle. Recoil: 2,777 foot pounds. Cost of ammo: $40 a round (you could probably handload it for $30, if you could find a press). And legally it's a destructive device. No wonder that the manufacturer has built only three.

(It's also amusing how the British press has trouble describing guns and ammo).

6 Comments | Leave a comment

ARL | August 2, 2013 10:41 AM | Reply

That video's been on the internet for awhile (see it here on Youtube from 2012 with 2.6 million views https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xohy9gWz7kk)

Somebody wrote about the gun again recently for whatever reason (I'm not sure if it was the Daily Mail who did, or someplace else) and in the process transposed a digit. They wrote about the ".905 caliber" rifle and then everyone else that copied the story repeated the error. .950 JDJ is .95 cal, not .905 cal.

Also, .950 JDJ has a sporting use exemption from the ATF (like the .577 Tyrannosaur, .600 Nitro Express, .700 Nitro Express and a couple other >.50 caliber cartridges), so rifles chambered in those aren't destructive devices.

Kendal Black | August 2, 2013 12:39 PM | Reply

I am trying to think of some use for this rifle. If I come up with anything I'll get back to you.

It's too big to be a practical rifle, and too small to be useful as artillery, so I suppose hobbyist interest and curiosity are the driving factors behind this project. At that, I suppose those are good enough reasons.

lucusloc | August 2, 2013 1:48 PM | Reply

I believe that is the .950 jdj. It is a .95 cal rifle, not a .905 cal rifle.

Joel Stoner | August 2, 2013 3:09 PM | Reply

I wonder if they will work on a recoil spring, like the Barrett has now?

Anonymous | August 2, 2013 4:48 PM | Reply

For drones in Colorado!

Ed | August 9, 2013 1:17 PM | Reply

.95 inch works out to about 24mm.
How about a 20mm rifle?
http://www.anzioironworks.com/MAG-FED-20MM-RIFLE.htm

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