You gun nuts are really gonna love this:

[Lefty48197]

There it is "Big Ernie" in all of it's lead launching glory. Proudly displayed along US 41 up where the dirt is red. Big Ernie is 35 feet long, weighs 4000 lbs, and is the world's largest working rifle, powered by propane, oxygen, and an electronic ignition.
With a gun this big, one could do all kinds of good things: You could fight off a really big tyrannical government, hunt some really big mourning doves, or fight off a whole bunch of criminals.
Eat your hearts out.

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. That one would look real good

driven off a cliff, at the bottom of a muddy ravine

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8. I got your "Big Ernie" hanging!

Come to my house sometime! :)

[The_Casual_Observer]

12. Is that the "Atomic Cannon"

The one that was a Renwal kit in the 60's?

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14. Nope.

Both are German railway guns (hell, I just Googled for "railway guns" for those pics).

Never heard of the "Atomic Cannon", although it wouldn't surprise me if it wasn't copied or designed from captured German equipment or engineers.

The big guns are kinda cool, but rather hard to conceal.

If I had my choice I'd go with the "Davy Crockett"... something I can hide in the garage.




http://www.brook.edu/FP/projects/nucwcost/davyc.htm

I imagine it would be fine for taking care of those inconsiderate neighbors who live a mile away from me and keep me awake with their booming "50cent" albums (I'm a very light sleeper).

[The_Casual_Observer]

15. This is a weird one

http://www.vce.com/grable.html

They actually tested this thing.

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17. Yeah well...

they have a big back yard for that kind of stuff. I catch shit for lighting off firecrackers... go figure.

:shrug:

[Zynx]

23. That thing must have some hella velocity

It had to have thrown that shell over a couple miles by the time it detonated a few seconds later.

[happyslug]

18. No

The top one is the most powerfull conventional cannon ever made, the German WWII Gustav, a 800mm (About 20 inches) Cannon. http://search.netscape.com/ns/boomframe.jsp?query=German+WWII+railroad+guns&page=1&offset=0&result_url=redir%3Fsrc%3Dwebsearch%26requestId%3D3e2957ea0e8c1732%26clickedItemRank%3D2%26userQuery%3DGerman%2BWWII%2Brailroad%2Bguns%26clickedItemURN%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fuser.mc.net%252F%257Ehawk%252Fgustav.htm%26invocationType%3D-%26fromPage%3DNSCPIndex2%26amp%3BampTest%3D1&remove_url=http%3A%2F%2Fuser.mc.net%2F%7Ehawk%2Fgustav.htm

The second picture is "Anzio Annie" which was used with great affect by the Germans during the invasion of Anzio during the Italian Campaign of WWII. It was 280mm (about 7 inches), the same Caliber as "Atomic Annie".
http://search.netscape.com/ns/boomframe.jsp?query=Anzio+Annie&page=1&offset=0&result_url=redir%3Fsrc%3Dwebsearch%26requestId%3D4d6025969fe31545%26clickedItemRank%3D1%26userQuery%3DAnzio%2BAnnie%26clickedItemURN%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.diggerhistory.info%252Fpages-weapons%252Fanzio_annie.htm%26invocationType%3D-%26fromPage%3DNSCPIndex2%26amp%3BampTest%3D1&remove_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diggerhistory.info%2Fpages-weapons%2Fanzio_annie.htm


This is Atomic Annie - a 280mm Cannon capable of firing an 1950 era Atomic Bomb. By the 1960s the US was making A-bombs small enough to fit into 155mm Cannons and these were withdrawn from service: 155mm Cannons are still in use by the US Army and our NATO allies.

[MrSandman]

21. Atomic Annie

[w4rma]

2. Big Ernie is pretty cool. (nt)

[mopinko]

3. that is just

crazy!

[frebrd]

7. mopinko, your website link ....

says "pinkobuttons comma com" instead of "dot com".   

Like the site, BTW.   B-)

[libhill]

4. Ya mean to say -

Kerry wants to take my Big Earnie, after he makes my woman get an abortion? Cuz Bush done says so!

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5. That's a mighty big "penis"!

And that's all I have to say about that.

:P

Edit: response should have gone here

:-(

[Downtown Hound]

6. Give me one o' dem Big Ernie's

Ain't no way da King O' England is cumin' in my house wit one o' dem protecting it! Watch out Klintoon, me and Big Ernie are waitin' for your jack booted thugs!

[Endangered Specie]

9. Does it shoot viagra? enzyte?

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10. It's the "Peter North" of gunz!!!

Google "Peter North" if you don't believe me. Yu don't actually have to go to his site (I mean you can if you really want to), just read the blurb in the first Google hit.

[Ready4Change]

11. Could make your daughters prom date VERY respectful.

1000 and One uses for that thing.

[Endangered Specie]

13. Caption: are you insecure about your love life. Try one of THESE for size

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16. Misery loves company.

[Endangered Specie]

19. What is that a picture of?

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24. It's supposed to be a "cavern".

(yeah, right).

It's part the "Freudian" thing with us gun owners.

[NorthernSpy]

20. kinda cute how...

... despite having made the gun so enormous, whoever put it together still included that shoulder-rest thingie on the end.


Mary

[slackmaster]

22. Nice sculpture

A dolled-up pumpkin cannon.

I would have made it look like a ray gun, with faux heat dissipators and flashing lights.

[Bowline]

25. This guy stole the idea from our Native American ancestors.

[Lefty48197]

26. TWO TWENTY FIVE A GALLON!! I'd be shootin big arrows at 'em too

.

[LibLabUK]

27. $2.25/gallon!!!!

That's bloody cheap!

Petrol is about $6/gallon (£0.82/litre) here!