Figured you might be depressed from all Obama’s political riff-raffery, so here’s something in a 2nd Amendment vein to brighten your day. Most of these have videos so you can watch these babies in action.

10 Largest Caliber Weapons Ever

I’m kinda partial to the Punt Gun, myself:

The gauge of a shotgun goes down as the caliber goes up. For instance, the standard 12 gauge is equal to a 0.72-inch caliber, but is a small fry compared to the giant 2-gauge punt guns used in the 19th century. These formidable weapons were used for commercial hunting, bringing down whole flocks of wildfowl with a single blast. They were later taken up by sportsmen.

Too heavy to be lifted, the punt gun was fired from a rest in a one-man boat. The barrel was equivalent to 1.3-inch caliber and could fire a load equal to about 40 standard 12-gauge shells. Punt gunning proved so effective at killing flocks of birds that many states outlawed it by 1860.

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