World's largest caliber handgun

[gerritm]

This was sent to me. Stupid is forever.


60 CAL. PISTOL (read before you watch)

Watch this fat guy step over the line:
You may have to watch Recoil twice.
Try to follow the gun.. This video is basically a 'show and tell' custom built
on a Thompson Encore (fancy version of the Thompson Contender).
The Caliber .... 600 Nitro Express.
That's right...an elephant gun round in a handgun. The story goes that the
guy that built it is some kind of custom gun maker, and built this as an exhibition piece. He takes it to the range with him just to show it off, and the big guy that shot it (in the video) had been bugging the builder to let him
shoot it.
Only until fairly recently (early-mid '80's IIRC) the 600 Nitro Express was hands down the biggest, nastiest, hardest hitting, and heaviest recoiling
weapon you could buy.
It was designed for one simple purpose...
to knock an elephant flat on his butt....
IMO, it was really built as an exhibition piece for guys 'compensating' ....
This cartridge is known for breaking collarbones, arms, shoulders ...
of the shooter!
In the gun world they use what is termed a 'recoil index' to kind of give prospective buyers an idea of what a gun kicks like..
A 30-06 gets a rating of a 1.0, which for many people is about the limit of
what they can shoot multiple rounds comfortably.
A 243 BR is rated at like a 0.4, a 270 was like a 0.8, etc.
The 600 Nitro Express is rated at a 9.4 .......
9.4 times more punishing power than a 30-06.
Now watch the video......
the video provides a clear, definitive example for the word "idiot"...?
--
"Life is tough ..... It's even tougher if you're stupid." - John Wayne

[drpete3]

good one Im going to email it to all my hunting friends

[BBB725]

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[Trim'd Up]

Hell with that. I have a friend that has a Contender pistol in 308 win. I only needed to shoot that once to realize it was a bad idea, and a 308 doesn't kick bad in a rifle. I can't imagine anything bigger.

[searaycer]

Wonder what my .454 Casull rates?

[MarylandMark]

the big guy that shot it

almost snapped his fat nugget fingers off!

$16K for the gun and $40 a bullet..

[phragle]

Ishot a 45 70 deringer once..notice I said 'ONCE'..

[Tony]

Apparently after S&W developed the short barreled version of the .500 for bear repellent, the African bush guides decided they needed their own design for a last minute prayer against a charging pachyderm.

[Perlmudder]

check...mate

[gerritm]

Apparently after S&W developed the short barreled version of the .500 for bear repellent, the African bush guides decided they needed their own design for a last minute prayer against a charging pachyderm.

I am thinking they would only get 1 shot.

[ILMORdude]

I shot a .50 Desert Eagle @ our local range. Big dude saw me checking him out and he was like get over and crack a few off.................i did 2. Wow

[Ratickle]

Dang that would pizz me off if it were my pistol.....

[waterboy222]

I have one of those nightmares listed above.. The contender.. I couldnt hit oklahoma with it from a 747. Its chambered in 30-30. Ive had it about 10 or 12 years. and shot it about 10 or 12 times. Every year I get the itch to throw it in the bag and put a few rounds through it.. One is usually enough to remember why I dont like it.