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[nowty]

So the photo which is a still capture from a video is actually a 0.45 calibre Desert Eagle. That was similar to a 0.45 magnum (Dirty Harry gun) I and SWMBO have fired at a gun range in Las Vegas a few years back.

The 0.5 calibre Desert Eagle gun is literally twice the size and your right, I see no practical use for it, I fired one shot and had no interest in firing another. It came as a package, probably about 10 Euros for a single shot.

Another participant fired the most powerful sniper rifle they had which cost 28 Euros for a single shot, Barret M99. I’m not kidding but 10 meters back with full ear defenders it was loud and and any bare skin you had, arms and face felt the shock wave.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrett_M99

[Bugtownboy]

Budapest is a favourite - wife’s parents left Hungary in 56, so we’ve been many times.

Been fascinating watching the changes since the end of the communist era.

A really powerful, poignant memorial that’s well worth visiting is the Shoes on the Danube on the side of the river just downstream from the parliament building.

Oh yes, worth searching out the ‘ruin bars’ in the old Jewish quarter/VII th district.

[nowty]

Been to see the shoes this morning, incredible detail on them, you would not think they are bronze and fixed to the surface.


Another shocking WW2 story.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoes_o ... anube_Bank

[Bugtownboy]

It is horrific to realise how cruel humans can be - especially when you see the shoes, which are incredibly detailed, appear to be all genders and ages.

Don’t think the Wiki page gives the true depravity of the actions.

I understood that two people would be tied together, but only one shot.

The second would drown.