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Petzal's Picks: The Most Interesting Rifles at the 2008 SHOT Show
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DOES ANYONE HAVE AN ASPIRIN? OR TWO? Art Alphin of A-Square Rifles designed the .577 Tyrannosaur cartridge at the request of a professional hunter who was nearly pulped by an elephant that had been shot in the foot and a tusk by a client. The T-Rex propels a 750-grain bullet at 2,400 fps, and if my calculations are right, it develops exactly twice the recoil of a .458 Winchester. The rifle itself is the Hannibal model. It weighs 13 pounds, is based on a modified P-17 Enfield action, and incorporates three mercury recoil reducers. Everything in it or on it is heavily reinforced. Except you. 605-234-0500; asquareco.co.
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At 10:02 AM, 2009-01-06, nasty said:
iiiiiiii Mark comment offensive

At 8:12 PM, 2008-11-21, Zero said:
i guess if i shot an elephant in the foot with that, he would think i was a bad dude. i reckon he would quit picking on me. Mark comment offensive

At 11:36 AM, 2008-11-09, Pan Handler. said:
beautiful rifles. i still have my -06 from 30 years ago and it still shoots good ,. i'd like to own a model 70 in a ott-six. the -06 makes a good clean kill . Mark comment offensive

At 9:25 PM, 2008-11-02, anonymous said:
suck my balls ahitler ur the real douche you faggot if i had that gun i would shoot u!!! Mark comment offensive

At 9:27 PM, 2008-10-14, Mark said:
my gun collecting uncle once asked me, what are you going to shoot with that? i replied with,"anything i want, including jeeps, 4wds, and tanks that have come on to our property to shoot our deer"! Mark comment offensive

At 2:46 PM, 2008-10-10, Randy LaRosa said:
i would love to se a demonstration of this rifle. Mark comment offensive

At 4:45 PM, 2008-09-08, Ken Risselade said:
rather than build a bigger cannon, why not spend more time on learning how to shoot. lets face it, shooting and elephant in the foot does not require a larger caliber. Mark comment offensive

At 2:15 AM, 2008-08-29, cmblake6 said:
yep, seen the vid. what kinda drugs are they on? my daughter wants to try it. Mark comment offensive

At 8:21 PM, 2008-08-20, Jung Tan said:
awesome toys! same reason why they keep building larger airplanes, it's needed for some reason! boeing 787...airbus a380 tiple decker...etc. Mark comment offensive

At 9:50 PM, 2008-08-10, Whizbang said:
if someone needs this gun to make a clean kill, they shouldn't be hunting. Mark comment offensive

At 5:15 PM, 2008-07-30, jason seward said:
wow....i wold say thie would be very effective medacine when things go bad when an enraged cabe buffalo or elaphant. Mark comment offensive

At 2:37 PM, 2008-07-21, ahitler said:
feaster you sound like a douche and this gun would most likely detach your retina Mark comment offensive

At 9:52 AM, 2008-07-17, Buck@score-your-hunting.com said:
some guys would use a cannon if they could carry it; trying to buy something to impress people who know better, or don't care. ego causes men to do some strange things. learn some skills, learn about guns, work on yourself, rather than trying to buy something to do it for you. a very important person will eventually be impressed with you; you! Mark comment offensive

At 6:30 PM, 2008-07-14, ryan said:
one of those would do the trick for hunting african dangerous game overkill is better than under kill Mark comment offensive

At 11:06 PM, 2008-07-10, feaster said:
that is awesome i love big guns makes me feel like a sniper shooting things from far distances this gun sounds like it will rip your shoulder off lol guess it seperates the boys from the men...cant wait to see it in person Mark comment offensive

At 12:50 PM, 2008-06-16, rifleman said:
the t-rex probably doesn't offer much hope for a second follow-up shot. maybe a little to much gun...though you can't kill something deader than dead Mark comment offensive

At 12:48 PM, 2008-06-16, rifleman said:
can you have custom barrels put on the new m70's like from hart to increase accuracy? Mark comment offensive

At 10:45 AM, 2008-04-28, matt said:
i have a savage 110 and it is an all around good rifle. you can hit a quarter at 300 yards. Mark comment offensive

At 8:29 PM, 2008-03-31, Will Pogue said:
what the heck? i have shot many guns that kicked hard, but this is ridiculous! why don't you just go hunting with a cannon. it might be cheaper. Mark comment offensive

At 1:59 PM, 2008-03-26, walt jehs said:
and you didn't even make note of the remington r-15???? i would really like to see some info on this unit i want one for shooting prairre dog in s.d. thenks walt Mark comment offensive

At 9:58 AM, 2008-03-26, anonymous said:
this really is the what they mean when they say bfg !!! look for more videos on you tube. Mark comment offensive

At 8:27 AM, 2008-03-12, mudfish said:
cool Mark comment offensive


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This year's SHOT Show was not, to put it mildly, noted for lots of new stuff. Nonetheless, there was no shortage of interesting rifles that are not new, and which you will sure as hell not see at Wal-Mart. --DP

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