Posted March 1, 2019 6:30 am by Comments

By Ben Philippi

Meet Icarus, a 105mm recoilless rifle that blows a big, violent fireball out the back when it fires. “If anything is behind this gun it will blow it to smithereens,” said big gun expert Robert Bigando. Icarus is Dangerous Bob’s most dangerous gun.
Bigando is a regular at the semi-annual Big Sandy Shoot in Arizona where other big gun and machine gun owners meet up to celebrate their liberty loving hearts by popping off a few rounds and chunks of lead.
“The 105 is the scariest of all the cannons I’ve ever owned and probably, hands down, the most dangerous of all the guns that are out here,” he said about the wide range of weapons on the firing line.
In Greek mythology, Icarus fell out of the sky when he flew too close to the sun. After heat melted his wax wings, he fell into ocean and drowned. True to the spirit of the cautionary tale, Bigando lent the name to the recoilless rifle as a warning of the potential dangers.
“I named this one Icarus as a friendly reminder that even though I could become comfortable with this gun — and I’ve shot it several times from the shooting position — I

Source: Guns.com

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