ANZIO 20MM

[Guest Knightsr25]

Anyone have any hands on experience with these rifles ?

[Garufa]

I know Anzio, Italy and 20mm caliber.

Want to help us out here with a link or something?

[Jasongar8]

I looked at one at Knob Creek. Here are some pics. Sorry about the quality they were took with my iphone.

[Garufa]

Oh, it's a Barrett.

[Guest Knightsr25]

I know Anzio, Italy and 20mm caliber.

Want to help us out here with a link or something?

I wouldnt know how to add a link , you can search [ Anzio iron works ] if you just want to see one.

[Guest Knightsr25]

Oh, it's a Barrett.

Actually a Barrett looks like a toy sitting next to one of these .

[Guest Knightsr25]

Anzio 20mm on the left, Barrett 50bmg on right . Blue tip ammo is 20mm next to 50bmg.

[hipower]

Anzio 20mm on the left, Barrett 50bmg on right . Blue tip ammo is 20mm next to 50bmg.

Wow!!

[DarrellG]

A couple of years ago I sold an Anzio 50 Cal. Very nice weapon and well made. Anzio is a small company compared to Barrett but small isn't necessarily a bad thing.

[TripleDigitRide]

It's difficult enough to find a place to shoot a .50 BMG. Pretty sweet looking, though.

[I_Like_Pie]

Man it would take a big press to reload for that thing.

Would be hell on deer and hogs! Forget brush deflection...You could shoot through trees

[byrnemm]

holy crap do you have to inform the FAA when you intend to shoot it?

[strickj]

I snapped this at the Guns and Gear Expo.

I believe this is their version of the 20mm

[Guest ls2tiger]

It may be a shoulder fired weapon but not my friggen shoulder......!

[Photoguy67]

Thats a destructive device if I am not mistaken.

[Jasongar8]

Thats a destructive device if I am not mistaken.

Yea they require a tax stamp.

[DaveTN]

I have fired a lot of 20MM. But the weapon was bolted to the deck of a ship. I can’t imagine firing one that isn’t bolted down.

[Guest Lester Weevils]

The mousegunner scanned some old gun mag advertisements, including this one from 1963--

The ad copy is pretty funny, in a vintage mad-magazine fashion. If someone had purchased the 20mm Finnish Lahti Anti-tank rifle back then, would it have been grandfathered in by subsequent legislation, or what?

The Lahti looks especially convenient on snow days.

[Guest SUNTZU]

I know the FBI was buying two of them awhile back.

http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/newsworthy-reports/31007-when-i-think-fbi-i-think-20mm-rifle.html

[1gewehr]

The ad copy is pretty funny, in a vintage mad-magazine fashion. If someone had purchased the 20mm Finnish Lahti Anti-tank rifle back then, would it have been grandfathered in by subsequent legislation, or what?

The Lahti looks especially convenient on snow days.

More weirdness about gun laws is required to answer that question. What makes that a Destructive Device is the caliber - 20mm. If you take the barrel off, it's no longer a Destructive Device, but just a simple Title 1 firearm. In 1968, if it was not registered in the amnesty, then is contraband with it's barrel, but not if it doesn't have the barrel.

Every now and again, these turn up that were not registered. Unlike a machine gun, you CAN register a new Destructive Device. Just acquire it without a barrel. Then register it on an ATF Form1, and when it is approved, acquire a barrel and install it.

These old Lahtis and Solothurns do not use the common Vulcan ammo, but rather a high-velocity belted round that is getting hard to find, 20x138B.

[Magiccarpetrides]

would be good for stopping a Brinks Truck...or......

[StPatrick]

I had to transcribe it, for those who couldn't make out the tiny print.

Behold the awesomeness, and gain new understanding on why they're called "the good old days":

Sensational!

FINNISH LAHTI ANTI-TANK RIFLE!

One of the most remarkable weapons ever developed is this super-power Finnish 20MM Anti-tank rifle. Mounted on special sleds so you can drag it ANYWHERE in ANY weather! Power to spare for you "sure kill" hunters (always aim for an eye shot at that charging Rhino) yet something you can drag ANYWHERE! Why encumber yourself with a 200.00 deluxe sporter? Why be under-gunned? Get that man-eating Jack-rabbit with the first shot (or even near miss) with this incredibly accurate semi-auto. Comes in original custom wooden case, complete with accessories, extra magazines, etc.. FREE, at no extra charge. AMMO? Naturally Ye Old Hunter's got all you'll ever want for years on the range or in the field. Imagine, only 99c per round for a magnificent 20MM cartridge with super velocity 2130 grain bullet :rock:GUARANTEED to stop that charging woodchuck in his tracks.

(ed. note - take me now, Lord. I've seen it all.)

The ultimate pinnacle in big bore perfection and guaranteed in NRA good or better condition. Ideal for the sportsman, shooter, range fiend, collector, big bore fanatic, noise lunatic, and muzzle blast maniac. Don't settle for less.

THAT was great.

[Guest Jeremey]

I know someone who has one of those Finnish 20mm rifles, among a bunch of other really cool stuff. I asked where he shoots it and he said he has to go to east Tn somewhere. No where on this side of the state has a backstop suited for such calibers.