Shooting a .50 caliber handgun

[EZ_Bondori Zafiro]

Good @#%$ god my wrist hurts. I went to the range on Saturday to shoot off a Taurus 9mm my father owns and somebody there had quite the collection of guns. Among them was the new Smith & Wesson .50 caliber magnum revolver.

He let me shoot it once (each round cost $4) and it was wicked. I shoot at a Osama bin laden Silhouette and left a 1.5 foot hole in the target, not to mention denting the metal foils meant to catch the bullet and deflect it downward. For a person 6'2 and 220 pounds I still felt like I was going to fly backwards 2 feet. The vibrations shook my entire body and the sound was as if I hadn't even had ear protection on (I can still hear a ringing).

I'd thought I'd share that with some of you, especially if you're CS fans like me and think it would be easy as pie to unload a 7 round clip from a desert eagle in quick succession without fracturing your wrists :P

Here is a photo of the revolver. Look how long the barrel is (it's also quite heavy).


Oh yeah forgot to mention this was at the infamous Bullseye gunshop, famous for selling the Bushmaster rifle to John Lee Malvo, the DC sniper. They no longer carry the Bushmaster. ----------
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[EZ_Filan Fyretracker]

the new Dirty Harry gun.
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[EZ_Ciba]

You live in T-Town bondori?

[Marbh]

I wish I could find the pic, but there's a custom gunsmith in Arizona I think who makes these .50 caliber pistols. And not a .50 cartridge like above, but a regular size .50cal machine gun bullet. They look a lot like a storm trooper blast rifle, but he has so much gas venting built in that his wife is shown shooting it. The recoil on it is supposed to be lower than expected, but it's got like a meter long muzzle flash.

[EZ_ZoldenShadowhunter]

I never realized the kick on handguns until I went shooting for my first time about 2 years ago. I've gone a couple times more since then, fired the likes of a few types of revolvers, glock, beretta 9mm and such. You don't really think of the power of a kick from most standard weapons, seeing them fired off in rapid succession in a ton of movies. Either blanks, or airsoft (whatever the movie uses) have a fraction of what the kick actually is.

That thing looks like a freakin' monster.

[EZ_Bondori Zafiro]

Quote: You live in T-Town bondori?

Fircrest, but yeah, close enough to Tacoma ;P

[DarkOmen42]

My cousin has a .454 that thing is a wicked bitch to shoot too. It has a vented barrel and its still hard to keep the muzzle down. Hara

[Marbh]

Is that the .454 Casull? That thing is like the pistol for people worried about elephants sneaking into the bathroon, it's huge!

[DarkOmen42]

Rofl, nod about the elephant thing. We were using it to split wood, and it only took maybe 2 rounds to split a 1 foot diamter piece. Not sure about the Casull, but the thing is a frigging hand killer. Even with good grips it is murder on your hands. Hara

[EZ_arrionw]

There's one thing some people don't realize. Revolvers kick much harder than automatic pistols, because a lot of the recoil force in an automatic is absorbed by the spring and used to load the next round. A little snub nose .38 revolver has more recoil than a .45 automatic pistol. I can't speak for the .50 caliber handguns from experience since I've never fired one, but I'd be willing to bet a Desert Eagle is a lot less painful to fire than that monster in the picture.



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[EZ_Filan Fyretracker]

hmm did i fire five shots or did i fire six, this being a .357 magnum and will blow your head clean off you have to ask yourself one question. do ya feel lucky, well do ya? Punk.
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[EZ_Fydel]

Wow, this is kinda wierd. I work at a gun shop (my dad owns the place) and I just shot the S&W 500 not 2 days ago. A customer came in that had one and wanted to shoot it on the range, and I couldnt help but ask him if I could give it a go lol. Its really not that bad on the recoil I didnt think; shot 5 rounds through it. Bad mutha of a gun but I dont think I'd own one myself . We also have a .50 desert eagle, just waiting for one of our regulars to buy it that'll let us try it out.

[EZ_Random TM]

I've gotten to play around with both one of these and a desert eagle - the eagle kicks a LOT less. Like Arrionw said, automatics take a lot of the recoil out of a handgun. It still kicks hard, but not the wrist-shattering blast that those revolver beasts have.