[DogByte6RER]

See the rest of the list at the Popular Mechanics link provided ...

[Huskrrrr]

MY VOTE FOR THE BADDEST DANG GUN!

[mylife]

I dig the Punt Gun!

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

What? No mention of the Sultan’s cannon used to break down the walls of Constantinople?

I remember seeing drawings of large monster cannon used in Europe in the 1400s.

[MileHi]

Stuck at page 4...

[moonshot925]

The Yamoto class had big guns, but they were vastly inferior in fire control to American systems.

The Iowa class used the Mark 13 Fire Control suite. The system was insanely ahead of it’s time. It had a 3cm wavelength to Yamatos 10cm, and almost 25 times the power output.

Iowa had better speed(27 vs 33+ knots), adequate armor, highly-effective guns, and excellent fire control.

Yamoto had unreliable shells and brittle steel armor.

[FlyVet]

The .600 Nitro Express handgun. Everyone should have at least one.

That recoil doesn't look "manageable" to me. It looks like it tried to split the shooter's head in two.

[TigersEye]

The Davy Crockett had a range of 2-1/2 miles, with a yield equal to about 18 tons of high explosives. Contrary to myth, the crew were indeed outside the danger zone.

Sure hate to have a fizzle launch that dropped short.

[hamboy]

How about the Project Babylon that never finished after Dr. Gerald Bull was assasinated?

[Jack Hammer]

Largest caliber gun ever?

That’s easy - Obama’s mouth.

[Eye of Unk]

Its a shame that for most people trying to access that PM link results in slow page loading while all the advertising popups and browser tracking cookies get lined up tracing your email and shopping info.

Its interesting to know this info but the link fails to deliver. I would rather see a condensed version of cut and paste post by any FReeper.

[Gabrial]

What’s up with that little double barreled .45 ACP?

They make even smaller derringers that fire .45 Long Colt or .410 shells.

Someone was not doing their homework!