Ohhh rollingstone...do you troll us?

[Feuer Frei!]

(t)rollingstone, are you trolling us with this article?
Out of character if you are, left-leaning mag that you are.

Or if serious, then words fail me:

"The 5 Most Dangerous Guns in America"



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To be fair that is on par with that survivalist/prepper/conspiracy theorist/buy gold now website you keep linking to, it's just from the other end of the spectrum.

[Feuer Frei!]

KEEP linking to?
Do enlighten me since my gold is running short.

That loony rag the Daily Sheeple, as featured by Glenn Beck and Alex Jones

[Feuer Frei!]

Originally Posted by Tribesman

That loony rag the Daily Sheeple, as featured by Glenn Beck and Alex Jones

But they do sell cheap gold.

But they do sell cheap gold.

If that's cheap you can buy some of mine

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Feuer Frei!

(t)rollingstone, are you trolling us with this article?
Out of character if you are, left-leaning mag that you are.

Or if serious, then words fail me:

"The 5 Most Dangerous Guns in America"



SOURCE

Still in first place after 150 years BBYWMD of the Civil War: 12 pounder Napoleon-with canister-the biggest shotgun of all! with that other l'il French invention: the Miníe ball; from Enfield or Springfield = 600,000 dead. A Derringer just finished the job...in a theater...nothing really goes out of style

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

Still in first place after 150 years BBYWMD of the Civil War: 12 pounder Napoleon-with canister-the biggest shotgun of all! with that other l'il French invention: the Miníe ball; from Enfield or Springfield = 600,000 dead. A Derringer just finished the job...in a theater...nothing really goes out of style

I love you man. That...is...awesome.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

12 pounder Napoleon-with canister-the biggest shotgun of all!

I beg to differ. On September 10, 1861, the Union gunboats Conestoga and Lexington, operating from Island #2 to Lucas Bend, Kentucky, were fired on by Confederate troops. Conestoga returned fire with 8" cannister. An 8" gun is technically a 64-pounder.

[Aktungbby]

Absolutely correct! I was referring more to the common battlefield aspects of the senseless carnage more than focusing on the actual size of the nonstandard field artillery. Of similar interest would be of one the most famous Parrott rifles: the Swamp Angel, an 8-inch (200 mm) gun used by federals to bombard Charleston SC. It was manned by the 11th Maine...blowing up after 36 rounds, a common shortcoming at the dawn of iron artillery metallurgy.
Two gunboats: USS Lexington and Tyler saved Grant's surprised backside in the terrible slaughter of Shiloh and stymied the Confederate attack, giving Grant time to organize and counter-attack the following day. USS Lexington, armed with four 8" Dahlgrens and two 32 pounder smoothbores and the side wheeler Tyler with 6 8" guns and one 32 pounder fired throughout the long night both shells and "stands of cannister'. They served well at Ft. Donelson, Belmont and other river battles of the Western Theater often exchanging fire with infantry units ( direct fire as opposed to shell indirect fire)- but none so critically as at Shiloh. Walking Pickett's charge style into canister double-shotted bronze Napoleons (4.62 in bore dia.) with your 'gleaming' bayonette cannot have been morale boosting...at less than 400- 50 yards <USS Tyler <USS Lexington Amazingly, both survived the war and were sold in 1865!

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I beg to differ. On September 10, 1861, the Union gunboats Conestoga and Lexington, operating from Island #2 to Lucas Bend, Kentucky, were fired on by Confederate troops. Conestoga returned fire with 8" cannister. An 8" gun is technically a 64-pounder.

Cannister rounds, used as recently as WWII by US Marines in 37mm calibre to break up Japanese Banzai charges as well as the Korean War to sweep enemy infantry off friendly tanks during massed infantry attacks.