Is that a flare gun with a machine gun round in it?
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Flare guns tend to be a lot more... disposable, basically?
Like unironically the Pyro's flare gun from TF2, made of plastic mostly.
I dunno, maybe there are much studier built flare guns, but I've not heard of em... unless you're just talking about a grenade launcher firing a flare round or something?
It's a single shot shotgun with a machine gun round in it. Will fire flares too, so technically, yes?
I am seriously skeptical that that is a real gun that could fire without exploding, let alone you being able to hang on to it if it didn't. you're certainly not getting more than a couple shots max out of that before it and your hand is a mangled mess.
Like I said elsewhere... I think that's a 50 BMG round.
... there are reasons why you almost never see break action / top break revolvers and pistols these days.
Mainly, they do not tend to do well with high chamber pressure.
A break action 50 BMG pistol?
That's an overly expensive hand grenade, with an reliable arming mechanksm, imo
https://www.bondarms.com/Cyclops-45-70--P8582.aspx
Not arguing about the mangled mess, but the concept at least is a real item
Comparing .45-70 to .50 BMG is like comparing .22lr to .223 Remington.
But this is a 12 gauge pistol with a .50 cal in it.
This would make Kentucky Ballistic's neck itch.
Reminds me of the hunting pistol Lance Henrikson uses in Hard Target.
Not a gun guy I feel like this would really good for blowing your own arm off.
It looks like a flare gun that a larger caliber rifle round happens to fit inside. I could be wrong about that but I really don't think it's meant to fire that round.
I feel like your arm would probably hurt less than how hard the kickback shoots the gun unit itself into your face
... That... looks like a break action 'pistol' that is firing 50 BMG.
If you fired one handed, or even two handed, while not being significantly yolked up...
This thing is flying out of your hand(s), probably into your face.
Or, just exploding.
Does the tip of the bullet protrude from the barrel?
Yes. It doubles as a spicy bayonet!
I've often struggled to determine the use case for these kinds of guns. If you're hunting, surely a long gun in the same cartridge would be a better choice. If only for emergency defense against large animals while hiking, surely a revolver with a slightly smaller cartridge would be worth having five shots instead of one before having to reload, right?
Besides being a cool conversation piece or range toy, I'm not really sure what I'm supposed to do with something like this.
Quite literally, such a weapon only exists for you to flex with, that you can fire it and remain in control of the weapon, maybe even hit the intended target as well!
Its... this thing only exists because of dares.
There are more practical weapons for every use case that might even possibly qualify as uses this thing could have.
... I guess unless you are an actual WH40K spacemarine.
Yeah, revolvers are the classic 'deep in the woods - wildlife defense handgun'... but 10mm and 5.7x28 semi autos are gaining popularity there.
A long gun in the same caliber as this would be an anti-materiel rifle... as in, designed to disable jeeps, power transformers, parked helicopters.
You are not going to have a fun time hauling a 30 lb war crime machine with you, into the woods.
I think the only advantage these big bore single shot pistols have is that they're relatively cheap compared to a revolver.
Not a situation I'd cheap out on but I could see someone doing it.
Makes me think of the Ancient Arrows from Breath of the Wild that just remove the target from existence.
Might as well just attach an m67 to the end of a handgun assembly
Is glock gonna release a carbine conversion kit with an underbarrel shot gun?
Just in case I need to do some door breaching, while I'm standing my ground?
Is this real? I imagine that would have worse recoil than a shotgun shell and I think they only do 410 shells in a handgun. Is there someone out there capable of firing this?
Once, absolutely. Twice? You (probably) had 2 arms.
With a good weaver stance, proper lean, fingers over fingers grip, and firm isotension, who am I kidding this would suck ass.
From someone who has fired a .45-70 derringer, you're absolutely correct. At a certain point, your wrist is getting torqued whether you like it or not.
A 45 70 derringer?
I mean... that is basically pretty close to what this appears to be...
But why? Who dared you to do that? They're an asshole!
Maybe not the same maker or model, but definitely real.
EWWW!
It's a Rossi Riot, single shot 12 gauge pistol. It's technically possible to fire .50 cal cartridges in a 12 gauge but it could wreck the gun.
If this is a smooth bore barrel... then you're loosing a fucking 50 cal that is not spin stabilized.
Oh god what a bad idea.
Wouldn't matter if it was rifled. The bullet isn't going to touch the barrel.
Like Dookieman said, the barrel is much larger than the bullet (actually ~0.7" vs 0.5"), so all the gasses go around the bullet. Still dangerous, but I'd be more worried about firing it than getting shot at with it.
Actually, the gun is completely safe. Many people have tested and confirmed this.
12 gauge is actually like .54 caliber so most of the expanding gas passes around the projectile without building pressure. The projectile leaves the barrel way slower than normal, but still fast enough to be lethal, and not very accurately.
It's not the barrel. The case basically explodes in the chamber. Shotgun chambers aren't built for that, and the extractor might not get the case out.
It's kinda hard to tell from this picture, but it looks like some kind of .308 or maybe .30-06 cartridge.
Single-shot handguns that fire large rifle rounds certainly exist and fire much larger rounds than that. Kentucky Ballistics on YouTube has many videos showing his collection of them. The video where Eddie Hall fires them all is a good vid where he shows many of them off.
Kentucky Ballistics is gonna be all over it.
Isn't that the Requiem from Resident Evil 9?
Eargesplitten loudenboomer, seen here with ergonomic grip.