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Old 12-19-2004 | 11:06 AM
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Default RE: Talk about a big Hand Gun

According to the specs chart, that darn thing weights 6.5Kg, which is 14.3lbs!!! I wouldn't carry a rifle that weighed that much! And I thought the .500S&W Mag was overkill. Thanks, but I'll pass.

According to what I could decipher from the article, it shoots a 900 GRAIN bullet at 462m/s ot about 1430fps. That's on the order of 78 ft-lbs of free recoil energy! All I can say it OUCH!

Compare that to the .454 Casull. With a 300 grain bullet at a fairly modest 1650fps and a 3.5lb Super Redhawk you'll experience the pleasure of roughly 38 ft-lbs of free recoil, and while not unbearable, it isn't a walk in the park either.

Mike
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