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31 January 2003, 18:38
Pecos41
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Bakes you asked about the "size" of the Boys. Here are a couple of my photos back when I used to try to "hunt" with the thing in New Mexico.

I am 5' 8 1/2" tall to give you some reference. And it looks like I cleverly rested the butt pad on top of my boot to keep the gun out of the sand.

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And another "size" picture for you.

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As I recall the thing weighed 36 pounds. You would think this would be so heavy it wouldn't kick...but you would be in for a rude awakening when you pulled the trigger. [Big Grin]

[ 01-31-2003, 09:39: Message edited by: Pecos45 ]
31 January 2003, 18:42
Pecos41
Mehul - Here is the best picture I have found to date of the .20 mm Lahti I used to shoot. It's a better picture than my Boys stuff...but sadly there is nothing in it to give you a real appreciation of the SIZE of the Lahti. It is a MUCH larger gun than the Boys. Just imagine the black box magazine on top of the gun is about the size of a brief case and you will get a pretty good idea how big the gun really is.

20mm Lahti -

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[ 01-31-2003, 09:44: Message edited by: Pecos45 ]
01 February 2003, 09:20
<KBGuns>
I like the skis on the Lathi. Too bad you dont have it any longer, you could show a few BMGers what a BIG gun really is. [Wink]

How hard was ammo to come by when you had the Lathi?

Kristofer
01 February 2003, 01:04
Bakes
It would be fun to have a shot of the beast, but I hate to be the poor bugger that had to fight with it [Eek!] I bet the troops made themselves scarce when the SGT wanted a boys gunner.

Bakes
01 February 2003, 01:30
Bakes
I have posted some pics of the Australian Army's new AW50 sniper rifle in the Misc forum by mistake
(you bloody fool Bakes [Embarrassed] [Big Grin] )
Its not as big as your boys Pecos.

Bakes
01 February 2003, 02:04
mehulkamdar
Thanks Pecos for the pictures. You really are a lucky man to have been able to shoot the most powerful guns ever made! Most of us here can only dream about these monsters.

Good shooting!
01 February 2003, 02:48
jeffeosso
Awesome Pecos!!!
and still in that dang ameoba camo!!
jeffe
01 February 2003, 03:22
<Axel>
Pecos,

Cool pictures! When were they taken? I did not know you owned/operated a Finnish 20mm Lahti.

Axel