Most powerful handgun ever made: 600 nitro express!

[Full Metal Jacket]

The worlds most powerful pistol is the Austrian Pfeifer-Zeliska .600 Nitro Express Magnum. It is chambered to fire the British developed .600 caliber rifle bullet originally made by Holland and Holland. This revolver was not originally a full production model but a one off, built especially for a wealthy Swiss gent...Mr. Zeliska.
But if you would like one and I am sure that a few of you 'gunslingers' with a bit of disposable income would, then contact Pfeifer arms and they will make one for you. Priced at 13,840 Euro's. This equates as $17,316* or £11,722* including Tax ( *at Exchange rate as of 20 November 2008

This is not a joke. This gun really exists. It's the absolute ultimate Magnum revolver and one that Smith & Wesson would rather you didn't know about as their market researcher would need medication ! Rumours that Smith & Wesson were actually thinking of developing a .75 caliber pistol have never been substantiated, or have never left the drawing board, and the possibility of such a gun coming from them is remote to say the least.
Because of its size the Pfeifer-Zeliska .600 Nitro Express Magnum would really be required to be fired whilst resting on a bench clamp or small sand bags as shown in the image below.
The gun weighs in at total of 13.23lbs and consequently is heavy enough to absorb most of the violent recoil. In fact it is said to be on scale to firing the Smith & Wesson .50 Magnum.
With a Bullet Weight of 900 grains and a muzzle velocity 1950 fps, it produces muzzle energy of 7591 ft/lbs or 3½ tons! the Pfeifer- Zeliska .600 Nitro Express Magnum is 8 times more powerful than a 44 magnum and 3 times more powerful than the Smith and Wesson .50 Magnum. As handguns go, this is the absolute ultimate.The gun is made from super hard 42CrMo4 Tungsten steel and can withstand the gas pressure of the .60Nitro Express Magnum cartridge of 2500 BAR without a hitch. The cylinders pivot is 8mm in diameter and is bolted to the frame for extra strength. The empty cylinder with its highly polished chambers weighs a massive 4.5lb on its own



here's a couple videos, showing the painful experience of shooting a handgun in this caliber!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCInkw3641w&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea_Q8C_67jY

 

[wishin]

OMG!! I suppose most shooters would need to do dumbbell curls for a year before firing this cannon!

 

[Double Naught Spy]

I do not believe it is the most powerful handgun ever made. It may be the most powerful production handgun, however.

 

[MisterMike]

Does anyone make a tuckable IWB holster for that thing?

 

[Harvey]

Take another look at the pic. I'm not surprised that the tech had is eyes closed when he let that bad boy off. Yikes.

 

[Jorg Nysgerrig]

This has been posted many times already and pretty much every holster joke has already been made.