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Thread: What happens when a 50 cal rifle blows up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by norsk View Post
    There are thousands of screw breach artillery peices out there that worked just fine.
    Aye, but were they not usually fitted with some sort of recoil dissipating system and positioned skywards, hence if it did vent out of the breech it would be directed downwards? (still a bad day though!)

 

 

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