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 Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 2:23 pm
So we know the line from Dirty Harry about his .44 mag being the most powerful handgun. However there are others that also claim that title. So what is the most powerful handgun and what makes it so powerful? Is it a combination / equation of bullet size (mass) and powder load (force)? The video that started this topic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lzri8dn7p0remind me to go on the other side of the range. or home.
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Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 7:07 pm
It's either the Triple-Action Thunder (.50BMG) or the Pfeiffer Zeliska (.600 NE).
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Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 1:06 pm
There's also the Maadi-Griffin .50 BMG "pistol".
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Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 10:24 pm
ArmasTermin There's also the Maadi-Griffin .50 BMG "pistol". Yeah, but that's legally a short-barreled rifle. The Thunder .50 is the same caliber, and it's definitely a pistol.
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Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:54 am
I must say the most powerful handgun, without breaking your wrist, has to be the .44 Magnum.
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Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:56 pm
OberFeldwebel I must say the most powerful handgun, without breaking your wrist, has to be the .44 Magnum. You'd consider the .500 a wrist-breaker?
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Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:30 pm
Fresnel OberFeldwebel I must say the most powerful handgun, without breaking your wrist, has to be the .44 Magnum. You'd consider the .500 a wrist-breaker? Hmm, not sure. Never saw one fired. Ok, I watched a bunch of videos on youtube. And all except one had shown very little recoil. ... have I been corrected? This is the one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUHeYCM5WuQ
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Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 5:00 pm
Ah, so the thread wasn't deleted after all. (wonder where it went?) I only saw a .50 revolver once, and it looked like it would hurt pretty good.
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Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 4:12 am
Man of the Demoneye Ah, so the thread wasn't deleted after all. (wonder where it went?) I only saw a .50 revolver once, and it looked like it would hurt pretty good.
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Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 2:50 pm
The S&W Model 500 is considered the most powerful commercial handgun around. Fires .500 S&W Magnum, has a 440 grain load, and produces 3.5 kJ of energy when fired.
The most powerful handgun of all is definitely that .50 BMG pistol.
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Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 4:31 am
Requiem6661 The S&W Model 500 is considered the most powerful commercial handgun around. Fires .500 S&W Magnum, has a 440 grain load, and produces 3.5 kJ of energy when fired. The most powerful handgun of all is definitely that .50 BMG pistol. Define "commercially available"? At one time, Maadi-Griffin would sell you their chunk of bullshit, until the ATF reamed their asses with barbed wire for it. You can probably buy a Zeliska if you want, but it'd cost most of $20,000, and ammo would be about $100 a round. I'd rather have a gyrojet. Oh yeah, Gyrojets are 13mm. Does that count?
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Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:32 pm
Fresnel Requiem6661 The S&W Model 500 is considered the most powerful commercial handgun around. Fires .500 S&W Magnum, has a 440 grain load, and produces 3.5 kJ of energy when fired. The most powerful handgun of all is definitely that .50 BMG pistol. Define "commercially available"? At one time, Maadi-Griffin would sell you their chunk of bullshit, until the ATF reamed their asses with barbed wire for it. You can probably buy a Zeliska if you want, but it'd cost most of $20,000, and ammo would be about $100 a round. I'd rather have a gyrojet. Oh yeah, Gyrojets are 13mm. Does that count? "Commercially available". Meaning you can walk down to the gun store and buy one, as well as the ammo for it.
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Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:30 am
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Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 6:49 pm
Stoic Socialist  Duh... redface Nope. .500 Magnum and .600 Nitro both are far more powerful than .50 AE. And gold plating does NOT make an Eagle look cool, it just makes you look like a dumbass.
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 12:27 am
I watched the John Ross special on Guns & Ammo TV and Ross's handloads almost made for wrist-snapping goodness in the .500 Mag. I mean he's a pretty big guy and firing even the 6" barrel his grip jolted back pretty good. That guy knows how to make a bullet.
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