I give to you The wrist breaker 5000 (50 BMG pistol)
- Thread starter Chonkster
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Good thing he wore a helmet.
Chonkster
.38 Special
He knew the end result in advance...prepared
gun_slinger_boy
.338 Win Mag
Looks like it would have about an inch or 2 of rifling 
repete
.338 Win Mag
Don't need more than that, just has to get close and it'd suck the eyeballs right outa yo head!Looks like it would have about an inch or 2 of rifling
spat
.950 JDJ
Just enough to be legally a pistol LOL.Looks like it would have about an inch or 2 of rifling
OfC, it's a round designed for a 45" barrel, so you're lucky if 10% of the powder has even burned before the bullet is on it's own.
Must be a really impressive fireball at the muzzle though.
Actual velocity, less impressive.
TopShot
.357 mag
It probably knocked some sense into him.
Crazy, no way I would try to shoot that !
C.B.
Robin
.577 Tyrannosaur.
True freedom, having a stupid idea and following through with it, unencumbered by the G.
Robin
Robin
stokes
.338 Win Mag
No thank you. About 20 yrs ago my buddy had a TC Contender in .35 rem. That was a beast. Then he broke out his brand new Casul I think the cal was 454 but I'm not 100%. What I dont forget is after my other friend fired one shot and winged about it, I had to be a man and fire 5 rounds. To this day my thumb knuckle still clicks and aches in the cold.
Saltwater60
20×102mm Vulcan
No thanks. No point in this gun. I’m glad he did it as it was fun to watch but outside of that it’s not a range gun, not a hunting gun, and not a self defense gun. It’s pointless other than to say hey look what I did, and I can appreciate it for that and that alone.
He misspelt "forehead concaver".
spat
.950 JDJ
It's a toy.
I have some guns that also fall into that category.
I can't complain about a .50bmg pistol when I have a 5.56 pistol with a 7.5" barrel. Neither of them have a practical use other than bringing a smile to your face when you pull the trigger.
I think a short Strap secured to the fore-grip would go a long ways on muzzle flip...I have/had some massive handguns (.500, .480, .454 .45WM .445 etc.) and used to shoot 'em regularly but not so much anymore.
I had a Colt XM-177 (11" barrel and 5" flash hider) and it was brutal on your ears even with hearing protection...I've got a 7-1/2' AR Pistol in .300blk and that's not too bad, I built one in 12.7x42 that I haven't shot yet...should be interesting.
Couple weeks back we were out shooting the Armalite AR-50 with a 30" Barrel: between the huge Brake and the ~35 pounds of heft, it's not bad to shoot, but the concussion was shaking snow off the metal roof...I'd imaging flash-bangs having less concussion than that Pistol.
spat
.950 JDJ
I've never fired a .50bmg pistol, but from what I know about the interior ballistics, I'll not sure it *would* have massive recoil.
More than a 9mm for sure, but might not be too much worse than a .44mag.
It would be a very heavy pistol, no doubt about that. That would help with the recoil.
And an extremely underwhelming muzzle velocity due to the extremely slow burning powder mostly burning outside the barrel.
Physics doesn't lie, so actual recoil energy and momentum are directly derived from the ratio of the weight of the projectile/power to the gun, and the energy/momentum of the projectile.
A .50bmg projectile is about the weight of a 12ga slug, but with *much* slower burning powder. So it should have a much lower muzzle velocity out of such a short barrel.
I bet that pistol feels about the same as shooting a Shockwave.
What might be overlooked is case expansion: nit-wits have videoed themselves wrapping tape around a .50BMG Cartridge then inserting, and firing in a single-shot 12 gauge: on ignition, the case expands and forms to the shape of the Chamber, dumping so much gas that the bullet is literally pooped out the barrel as there isn't any significant restriction on the bullet with pressure building behind it, and in the case of that Pistol; the slow burning powder really wouldn't have time to properly combust...on a slight tangent of useless information: "Blank" .50BMG's are loaded with 700X :Hi-Skor Shotshell/pistol powder which is mighty fast burning, around 50 grains of it if I recall.
Saltwater60
20×102mm Vulcan
That’s a little more practical IMO. You can leave that in your bedroom for self defense and do accuracy tests with it. With the recoil on that bad boy that’s a 1-2 shot pistol and likely won’t be accurate.
I get it and it’s kind of like tannerite, it’s just fine but this one seems farther than that.
spat
.950 JDJ
I'd take the Ar pistol over nothing for self defense, but I've literally got a dozen or more better choices. Probably anyone with a toy like that does too.
I'd take that 50bmg pistol over nothing too.
If I was down to choosing one or the other of them for self defense, I'd go for the AR pistol, but more for ammo capacity and the fact that it's semi-auto than anything.