tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28891290.post5429425827034712239..comments2024-03-22T02:17:34.909-07:00Comments on Weapons, warfare and industrial idiocy: The Cutest ThingsDan brockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11146234533337885291noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28891290.post-18676212147910350152009-03-05T18:08:00.000-08:002009-03-05T18:08:00.000-08:00The 55 Boys is an interesting cartridge. I picked...The 55 Boys is an interesting cartridge. I picked one up at a flea market a dozen years back. It is 3.898" long and the same across the rim as the 50 Browning, measuring across the belt (yes, it's belted) it runs .850. The bullet is a bit eccentric having been clamped in a vise and measures .555 to .565. The priming is Berdan and it was mfg at Dominion Arsenal in 42. That should be enough to satisfy the most picky...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28891290.post-32816750688847766862009-03-04T21:34:00.000-08:002009-03-04T21:34:00.000-08:00Good post Dan.If you have the $ and proper tax sta...Good post Dan.<BR/>If you have the $ and proper tax stamp you can still get a Boys AT Rifle! Why you'd want one? Hmm...<BR/>Those of us who still nibble the King's shilling have access to the 20mm AT rifle if the .50 hasn't wrecked our hearing enough. It's not the recoil that gets you, but the concussion. Maybe that's what goatees and guts are for!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com