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[Vendor Defendor]

one day at the range the guy next to me had a .50 cal Desert Eagle, and he also had a single shot pistol that shot some sort of rifle round, forgot what it was exactly, but it was mean.

[mgjohn]

Years ago a company (Century Arms ??) made a brass framed 45/70 revolver.

[ACP230]

Century .45-70 revolver for me too.
I saw a few on a table at the NRA Convention in Orlando in 1988.
Big and impressive guns.

I've shot a Magnum Research BFR .45-70 revolver and prefer it for looks.
I think its smaller than the Century guns were.

[Josey]

I have seen and fired those 45-70 revolvers! FUN! The other big ones I have seen were British 577 and 476 Eley revolvers. The biggest revolver I own is a 455 Webley.

[tc300mag1]

The 500 smith and the 45/70 revolver

[HSMITH]

I saw a BFR in 500 S&W the other day, looked like it needed a pintle and a mount.....

[Cosmoline]

The BFR is the biggest I've laid hands on, but with cowboy loads it's a lot of fun to fire and surprisingly accurate. I know it's thought of as a fun gun, but it would make a good hunting handgun as well.

[444]

Physically I guess the 500 S&W. I also have a repo Walker Colt that weighs something like 4 1/2 pounds.

Biggest bore ? 1/2 inch. No, I believe I saw a single shot black powder pistol in .69 caliber once.

Hottest chambering ? I don't really know. I have shot a number of single shot pistols chambered for full bore rifle rounds. .30-06, .444 Marlin, .45/70............

[gbran]

Somewhere here on THR is a thread or post with a pic of a 600 Nitro revolver.

[Black Majik]

S&W 500

Gbran - for that 600 nitro revolver or whatever it is.... go to the revolver forum and set it to "most replies"

Its in the "post your revolver pics" thread...

[armoredman]

This one?

http://www.hunt101.com/img/075499.jpg (http://www.hunt101.com/?p=75499&c=500&z=1)

[Beetle Bailey]

I've seen two different guys on separate ocassions shooting Desert Eagles in .50AE, but neither one of'em could hit anything with it (don't know that I could, either). I'll laugh at one of the guys, since each time he fired and missed, he just exclaimed "I got me a big gun!" The other guy at least was disappointed in himself for not shooting well.

Biggest I've shot is a .454 Casull revolver of some kind 50 Shooter let me try. It was powerful but not unmanagable and I killed the soda can I was shooting with it ;) .

I think I've been pretty lucky with my shooting experiences since I have only been shooting for about six months and when I first started, had no idea that I'd have experience with so many different firearms. :D

[Chupacabra]

The biggest I've seen at the range: A standard .44 magnum. Nothing special until the dude started using his own reloads, which were just a tad hot. It was loud. :cool:

I've "seen" a S&W 500 in a case, but never picked one up or fired one. Too expensive! :uhoh:

[Greg L]

In a case, the S&W 500 :what: .

That I've actually held/shot, my full sized HK USP .45. It fits my hand like a glove which is the reason that it resides on my hip most days ;) .

Greg

[The_Antibubba]

But the biggest I ever fired was a Desert Eagle in .50 AE. Even with gas system, and heavier-than-a-mattock weight, recoil lifted it above my head. it better be a one-shot stop, cuz it'll take a long time to aim again. Fun, but way too much gun.

[jsalcedo]

Magnum research 45-70 revolver

[foghornl]

Saw a blackpowder single-shot in some outrageous caliber like .69, and have hefted but not fired the Magnum Research BFR in either .454 Casull or .45-70, don't remeber which. Much more weapon than I would ever own and operate, unless I was taking it as an Alaskan/African safari backup "last act of defiance" revolver.

[MrMurphy]

Biggest I've shot? .50 AE Desert Eagle, .44 Mag in a 8 7/8" scoped Model 29, and a .44 Desert Eagle.

Biggest I've handled? .500 S&W, .45-70 BFR. In blackpowder, the LeMat .44 (9 shots and a 20ga buckshot tube under the barrel, BIG gun).

[Suomipoika]

I saw a .308 singleshot pistol at the shop once.

[lycanthrope]

I was able to shoot a BFR revolver in 45-70. It was surprisingly tame and easy to handle one-handed.

Also saw a Contender in 30-06. That was pretty stout.

[Nightcrawler]

I believe I once saw a big revolver with either a 10" or a 14" barrel. They still make 10" Desert Eagles, and used to make 14" ones. (If it's 4lbs with a 6" barrel, what does it weigh with a 14" barrel??)

I'm willing to bet, though, that this big creature takes the cake for largest, heaviest, production handgun you'll likely to find in the US.

http://firearms.smith-wesson.com/userimages/170231_large.jpg

It's so big it has a sling! Empty weight is 82 ounces. That's just over five pounds!

[Langenator]

Biggest I've seen-S&W .500. The funny part was, it was in a case right next to a NAA .22 mag.

[cdpruden]

This is my handcannon. I saw it sitting there in the used shelf of the store, and well, it was just too cool not to buy. When I was registering it with the police, the officer looks at it and says "Jesus, what is that handcannon?"

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?s=&postid=848679

.308 Winchester, single shot, I've fired it about 27 times in one day at the max. It's a blast to one-hand it, too.

[Hkmp5sd]

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?s=&postid=848683

[Sean Smith]

Heaviest was probably the big .500 S&W Magnum... actually handled the sucker, and while huge it actually felt less crazy than it looks. Which maybe isn't saying so much. :D

Longest was probably a T/C Contender in .45-70 with a (I think) 14" barrel.

[Hand_Rifle_Guy]

Howdah pistols are IMMENSE. Make a handgun out of a cut-down s-x-s double rifle. Chamber it in something like 16-guage, or .577 Snyder. I've held a couple of these down at the Butterfield's auction house in San Francisco. They're BIG.

Savage Strikers, made from a full-size M-110 rifle action, are the largest of the modern hand-rifles I've seen. They're pretty goofy, and remind me of a sawed-off rifle a lot more than a Remington XP-100 does.

The .50 BMG pistol you can see on the Birdman site is real, and is pretty darn silly. Dunno who made it, though.

I personally have an ADC derringer chambered for 7.62 x 39, with 8" barrels, but that's not as stupid as the same gun with shorter barrels chambered for .45-70 Govt. My gun is actually shootable, more or less.

Biggest revolver I've ever seen was a 12-guage Colt revolving shotgun, but that's not a handgun.

[Dr.Rob]

Biggest one I've fired was a 14 inch Encore in 30-06.. wow.

My arm was numb for a while.

I have a buddy who owns a 45/70 'Alaska' derringer, he fired it once, and he was wearing a brace for a month. He also has a 454 Sherrif's Model with a 2 inch barrel and he's no slouch when it comes to recoil.

I know a lot of handgun hunters, and the gear they bring to camp is often colorful, exotic and sometimes down right puzzling. But they are a good bunch of guys. And they shoot VERY well.

[Preacherman]

I think the biggest I've ever seen (apart from single-shots) is a reproduction Walker Colt with the long barrel. This thing weighed something like five pounds, and when fired with the 60gr. powder charge and a round ball, the BOOOOOMMM! seemed to roll around the range for hours... :D

[TheBundo]

The Bee Gees say the 454 Casull is the KING. I go with their judgement.

[Gary in Pennsylvania]

http://users.adelphia.net/~garypa/images/riesenwumme2.jpg
http://users.adelphia.net/~garypa/images/revolver.jpg

Another pic of the top firearm was posted earlier.

I LOVE the pic of the .50 cal revolver! :what: :D :D :D

[Gary in Pennsylvania]

Hey Hkmp5sd . . . . . What's the background on the .50BMG revolver??!!??

[Slimjim]

Maadi-griffin makes the .50 bmg handgun that birdman has.

[Suomipoika]

That gun is silenced, isn't it? Is it custom made?

[Archie]

one of the aforementioned Howdah pistols in .577 Snyder. Uses 28 guage shotgun shells for expedience.

The one I fired was a Lancaster two barrel. Sort of like the old High Standard double action only derringer on growth hormones and steroids. I have a picture somewhere of me shooting the thing... it's in full recoil, my hat is falling forward off my head and there is a rip in the left arm seam of my shirt...