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too_high_for_this@lemmy.world āØ7ā© āØhoursā© agoItās a Rossi Riot, single shot 12 gauge pistol. Itās technically possible to fire .50 cal cartridges in a 12 gauge but it could wreck the gun.
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.
Itās not the barrel. The case basically explodes in the chamber. Shotgun chambers arenāt built for that, and the extractor might not get the case out.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com āØ1ā© āØhourā© ago
If this is a smooth bore barrelā¦ then youāre loosing a fucking 50 cal that is not spin stabilized.
Oh god what a bad idea.
too_high_for_this@lemmy.world āØ1ā© āØhourā© ago
Wouldnāt matter if it was rifled. The bullet isnāt 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 Iād be more worried about firing it than getting shot at with it.