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14.5mm JDJ
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Rifle cartridge
September 2010
14.5mm JDJ United States Rifle SSK Industries .50 BMG .585 1173 2700 18992
The 14.5mm JDJ is a rifle cartridge originally created by SSK Industries of Wintersville, Ohio.14.5mm JDJ http://www.sskindustries.com/14_5.htm SSK Industries 4 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100907211839/http://www.sskindustries.com/14_5.htm 7 September 2010 Luke Nichols, "What is the World's Biggest Rifle?" Beatrice Daily Sun. 9 August 2013. SSK Industries is now SSK Firearms and no longer appears to sell the cartridge.
Overview
It uses the .50 BMG case with the neck opened up to accept a .585 in on bullet. It fires the 1173 gr on bullet at 2700 ft/s m/s on with the fire-formed load. The Barnes 750 gr on bullet can also be loaded to 3000 ft/s m/s on. It has a destructive device exemption. Only rifles chambered for the .50 BMG can be converted to this caliber.
References
Category:JDJ cartridges
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