Jackie_Blu
03-09-2009, 11:12 AM
60 CAL. PISTOL -
Read before you watch:
You may have to watch recoil twice. Try to
follow the gun. This video is basically a 'show and
tell' custom built on a 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 the guy that built it is some kind of custom
gun maker, and built this as an exhibition piece. He takes
it to the range with him 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 his butt... IMO, it
was really built as an exhibition piece for guys
'compensating'. This cartridge is 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 prospective buyers an
idea of what a gun kicks like.. A 30-06 gets a rating of a
1.0, which for many people is about the limit of what they
can shoot multiple rounds thru comfortably.
A 243 BR is rated at like a 0.4, a 270 was like
a 0.8, etc. The 600 Nitro Express is rated at a
9.4................9.4 times more punishing power than a
30-06. Now watch the video......the video provides a clear,
definitive example for the word "idiot"...?
The rifle I shoot most often is a 30-06. I cant imagine shooting one that's 9.4 times more powerful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQyILdv-KZ8
Read before you watch:
You may have to watch recoil twice. Try to
follow the gun. This video is basically a 'show and
tell' custom built on a 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 the guy that built it is some kind of custom
gun maker, and built this as an exhibition piece. He takes
it to the range with him 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 his butt... IMO, it
was really built as an exhibition piece for guys
'compensating'. This cartridge is 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 prospective buyers an
idea of what a gun kicks like.. A 30-06 gets a rating of a
1.0, which for many people is about the limit of what they
can shoot multiple rounds thru comfortably.
A 243 BR is rated at like a 0.4, a 270 was like
a 0.8, etc. The 600 Nitro Express is rated at a
9.4................9.4 times more punishing power than a
30-06. Now watch the video......the video provides a clear,
definitive example for the word "idiot"...?
The rifle I shoot most often is a 30-06. I cant imagine shooting one that's 9.4 times more powerful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQyILdv-KZ8