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Offline Max Caliber

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Malta Armstrong Gun
« on: November 01, 2007, 05:36:29 AM »
Here is a picture of the worlds largest rifled muzzle-loader, located on the island of Malta. It's a 102 ton British Armstrong. It has a 17.72 inch bore and a barrel length of 35 feet and with 450 pounds of black powder it could propel  a 1 ton shell eight miles. There's a good story about this gun in the summer '07 issue of the Artilleryman magazine.

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Re: Malta Armstrong Gun
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2007, 06:16:30 AM »
Thanks jeeper1.

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