KABAR2, Had lots of fun shooting this gun at the Cannon and MG Shoot about 30 mile east of Denver, CO in 2005. I believe he modified the primer pocket to fire .50 Cal. BMG primers. A thin plastic baggy with 4 oz. of 1 Fg BP was tossed into the empty primed case, then a orange painted, zinc projectile was push-fitted into the case. We placed all shots within 10 feet of a beach-ball sized rock at about 300 yards. Allen, I bet you'll agree, that the sights on the Krupp 50 mm Mountain Gun can only be described as "CRUDE", but rugged, and rugged is definitely what you need in a mountain gun.
The owner of that gun to the right of Mike when he fired the Krupp told us that, up to '42, that Swedish Bofors 40 mm Anti-Tank Gun was feared by tank crews and it was used very effectively by almost all combatants in WWII as an Anti-Aircraft Gun up to a ceiling of 5,000 feet on low flying, ground attack aircraft. It hit the center of a 3 foot square concrete wall repeatedly at 450 yards.
Dan, I know from eating Christmas dinners at my uncle's house (Carlson) for 35 years, that I absolutely love Swedish cooking and Swedish baking, Limpa bread, so I would encourage everyone with any interest at all to pay strict attention to the details of your recipe. And, after this MG and Cannon shoot, we certainly knew that Swedes built excellent anti-tank cannons as well.
We will have to get a reading from Tim as to whether this little mountain gun will be allowed. I hope it will be.
Regards,
Tracy and Mike
