With a good weaver stance, proper lean, fingers over fingers grip, and firm isotension, who am I i kidding this would suck ass.
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assembly@lemmy.world 1 month ago
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?
disorderly@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Dookieman12@piefed.social 1 month ago
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.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
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!
Kn1ghtDigital@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
I also would like to hear this story
anomnom@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Broken hand bones levels of suck if you managed to hang onto it.
too_high_for_this@lemmy.world 1 month ago
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.
Dookieman12@piefed.social 1 month ago
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.
too_high_for_this@lemmy.world 1 month ago
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.
Dookieman12@piefed.social 1 month ago
The case basically explodes in the chamber.
Yeah, that’s how firearms work.
When the gun and the cartridge match, the diameter of the projectile is slightly larger than the barrel bore. For example, a .357 magnum cartridge is .357 inches, stuffed into what’s ostensibly a .35 caliber gun. Gunpowder isn’t an explosive, it actually burns very slowly. It’s this very small size difference that allows pressure to build and create the chamber pressures advertised on the ammo box.
Of course a shotgun receiver can’t withstand the same pressure as a .50 BMG receiver, but that’s not what I said. I said a .50 BMG cartridge won’t create enough pressure in a 12 gauge receiver to damage it.
But, by all means, don’t take my word for it. There are plenty of videos of other people doing it and explaining it. Watch one of those instead.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
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.
too_high_for_this@lemmy.world 1 month ago
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.
Skanky@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Maybe not the same maker or model, but definitely real.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 1 month ago
EWWW!
Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radio 1 month ago
Kentucky Ballistics is gonna be all over it.
Dookieman12@piefed.social 1 month ago
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.
too_high_for_this@lemmy.world 1 month ago
If that’s a .308 cartridge, the gun would be too small to hold.
You’re just guessing on this stuff, aren’t you?
Neondragon25@piefed.social 1 month ago
Once, absolutely. Twice? You (probably) had 2 arms.