Handgun Recoil.

[mortensen]

The ultimate amount of recoil you can absorb.

For myself my 44 Magnum is my limit and it took several trips to the range until I could become, lets say respectable with it.

How about a 60 Caliber?

This video shows a custom built on Thompson Encore (fancy version of the Thompson Contender). The Caliber.... 600 Nitro Express. That's right... an elephant gun round in a handgun.

The story goes that a guy built it is some kind of custom gun maker, and built this as an exhibition piece. He takes it to the range just to show it off, and the big guy that shot it (in the video) had been bugging the builder to let him shoot it.

Only until fairly recently (early-mid 80's IIRC) the 600 Nitro Express was hands down the biggest, nastiest, hardest hitting, and heaviest recoiling weapon you could buy. It was designed for one simple purpose... to knock an elephant flat on it's fannie! This cartridge is well known for breaking collarbones, arms, shoulders of the shooter.

In the gun world they use what is termed a 'recoil index' to kind of give a prospective buyers an idea of what a gun's recoil will be.

A 30-06 gets a rating of a 1.0, which for many people is about the limit of what they can absorb shooting multiple rounds comfortably.

a 243 BR is rated at like a 0.4, a 270 is an 0.8, etc.

The 600 Nitro Express is rated at a 9.4.... 9.4 times more punishing that a 30-06.

Watch the video and watch where the gun goes. The video provides a clear and definitive example of one lucky idiot!

[mortensen]

Fastest Gun Ever?

Bob Munden holds 18 world records. Not only is he fast, he is accurate.

This is what a whole lot of practice can do for you!