Loudest Muzzle Blast

[gumpokc]

I will agree with the others who mentioned the ruger blackhawks in .30 carbine, my dad had one when i was in highschool and that thing was bad if you didnt have hearing protection on.

[PJgunner]

I can think of a few. Yup! The .30 carbine Ruger Blackhawk is right up there with the best (worst? ) of them.
Two more that come to mind are the Lazzaroni cartridges and my old remington 660 in .308 loaded with a stiff charge of H-335 and 150 gr. Sierras.
First the Lazzeroni. Firtst off, I fon't know whichc artridge he was working up, but when John Lazzeroni was doing his load work up for his super-hot rounds, he's sit at the far end of the benches at my range. Whenever possible, I'd sit at the farthest end away from him I could get. The shock wave from his muzzle brakes would literally blow the headphones off my head and I was about 70 feet away. Them's one bad azz cartridges.
Now my .308 was something else. I don't remember the load other than it was H-335 and a 150 gr. Sierra but the blast from the muzzle would melt solid steel and the flash, even at high noon on a bright sunshiny day would be brighter than the sun itself. The rifle wasn't all that light weight but the bark from the barrel made what recoil there was seem much more that it actually was. Restocking didn't help and it wasn't til I got a set of hearing protecters for my birthday that I realized that the pain was from the noise and not the recoil. They sure took the "OUCH" out of that rifle.
Paul B.

[RagingBullPa]

i had one of those it was the first rifle i bought , nice rifle kicked like a mule but nice , but i only weighed 135lbs back then , can't remember why i sold it oh yeah i took a life sentence i bought my wifes diamond with it and haven't looked back since, am i sorry heck no , that gun is discontinuednada i'm still married to the same woman guess i made a good call

[FromBearCreek]

Well, I remember once crouching beside an M1A1 tank while it fired its 120mm cannon.

Hard to beat that.

[gumpokc]

Originally posted by FromBearCreek
Well, I remember once crouching beside an M1A1 tank while it fired its 120mm cannon.

Hard to beat that.

Yeah I was a M1/M1a1 crewman for 9 years, but they did specify no big bore military stuff

[billy ahring]

The most impressive muzzle blast from anything in my safe has got to be hands down my Weatherby .30-378 with the accu-brake. Holy moly you can't stand to shoot it without muffs, its like having 10 penny nails pierce your eardrums. I only shot it once without ear protection and I learned my lesson. That's probably the biggest reason that I've never shot game with it, only punching paper at the range.

Once while at the range firing it I just fired a shot when I noticed a bird nose dive into the ground just in front of me. There were a couple guys that were standing behind me watching and I guess admiring the sheer noise this thing creates and they saw the bird as well. We walked down and looked at the bird and he was dead as a stump. One of the fellas that was watching said he saw the bird fly over us just as I fired so we figured that the concussion from the muzzle blast must have been what killed him. Talk about crummy bird luck! This gun is generally viewed as a nuisance by fellow shooters at the range because it will bounce stuff that does not weigh much like ammo boxes etc. off the bench when fired. I usually only shoot it when there is no one else at the range. I have gotten some dirty looks from some of the old timers at the range. I know that I have sparked many a debate in the clubhouse as to you can only kill them so dead you know. I also view as extreme overkill for the kind of whitetail hunting that I do. I have considered selling it but have always talked myself out of it because I have only gotten rid of 2 guns in my life and I regret getting rid both of them.


Billy

[RagingBullPa]

Just pass out extra pairs of hearing protection plugs or offer them too them i always warn people when i shoot my Ultramag or my Raging bull 454casull because some people will whine about anything