Stupidly powerful handguns: impress me!

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I've only been to a range twice. The first was a sort of assortment to try, most aimed at tourists and people without a licence who fancy a go.

Amongst the selection I opted for I fired a Ruger Super Redhawk with the .454 casull rounds. That was mad as a fish.
Then I tried a Desert Eagle .50. That was equally bonkers.
The instructor said that the latter was more of a bling gun and too nuts to be useful in a practical sense.

I've since seen that Ruger decided to stuff a .454 through a stubby 2.5 inch barrel in the Alaskan. Handy if you meet a p!ssed off bull elephant in an alleyway, I suppose.

So like the engineering firm that decides to stick a Veyron lump in a mini chassis, what nuts handguns are actually out there, even if they are utterly impractical?

Pictures, vids: all good!!:cool:
 
"...what nuts handguns are actually out there..." Like the BFR, by Magnum Research, that shoots a full sized .45-70 or .444 Marlin or .450 Marlin or .30-30? Made for hunting.
http://www.magnumresearch.com/BFR.asp
"...Ruger decided to stuff a .454 through a..." Marketing. Pretty much useless otherwise. Too much velocity is lost.
 
"...Ruger decided to stuff a .454 through a..." Marketing. Pretty much useless otherwise. Too much velocity is lost.
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I'd want that little guy on my side if I was in bear country. My 475 Linebaugh or 454 Casull are both 7.5" barrels. The 2.5" would be a great piece to easily pack. With the right bullets, it is very capable of stopping an attack. ;)
 
Greg Brush was out for a walk in Soldotna, Alaska. He fortunately was carrying a Ruger Redhawk loaded with .454 Casull. He heard a twig snap turned to see a 900 pound bear charging him. He back pedaled, drew, fired rapidly, and neutralized the threat. Looks like a 2 1/2" barrel.
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Some bear attacks are prolonged - like the death of Timothy Treadwell, in those cases an Alaskan survival .45-70 deringer might be handy, but still I would think - only as a BU or something, like you lost your primary already or something.

Oh BTW... the efficacy of using frying pans against grizzlies - eh - not so much.
 
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There really is some crazy stuff out there!

And it seems the Ruger Alaskan may have a use. Sucks for the bear, though.

Are wild animals at all alarmed by just the bang? Is shooting in the air or at the ground going to square a wild animal? My dogs are terrified of fireworks, for example...

(Hijacking my own thread....:eek:)
 
Greg Brush was out for a walk in Soldotna, Alaska. He fortunately was carrying a Ruger Redhawk loaded with .454 Casull. He heard a twig snap turned to see a 900 pound bear charging him. He back pedaled, drew, fired rapidly, and neutralized the threat. Looks like a 2 1/2" barrel.
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So is that picture after he changed his undergarments? That gun looks tiny in contrast.
 
I think someone mentioned the S&W 500 but here is a picture:

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Nice toys...

but give me a 480 Ruger.


It will stop most anything you should try to stop with a Hand Gun... and not hurt you in the process...
 
The pic above with the dead grizzly happened right down the road from my old house. Poor guy was so shook up after shooting he could barely breathe and dry-heaved a bunch of times. Turned out to be an old bear that lost his way or something. Totally lucky...that thing's paw is the size of his torso!

And yes, that is the Ruger Alaskan in .454 Casull he was carrying.

And yes, this happened on a paved road in a populated area.
 
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