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World's Biggest Revolver Fired Successfully (Polish Hog Leg Fires 5 oz. Bullets)
Business Insider ^ | March 1, 2013 | Geoffrey Ingersoll

Posted on 03/03/2013 4:05:56 PM PST by DogByte6RER

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World's Biggest Revolver Fired Successfully

So this is fun.

A guy in Poland built a gigantic revolver. Then he fired it.

RT reports that "It took Mr (Ryszard) Tobys around 2,500 hours to construct, since most of the parts had to be built by hand."

The revolver fires 5 oz. bullets and is supposedly certified by Guinness World Records. The Pentagon has not yet contacted Tobys for potential contracts.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/worlds-biggest-pistol-fired-2013-3#ixzz2MWWHiVe9

(FR Note: Link to the original story to access video of pistol being fired.)

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Hobbies; Local News; Miscellaneous; Outdoors; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: banglist; gunsandammo; handgun; madeinpoland; mostpowerfulhandgun; plinking; poland; polishpocketpistol; revolver
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To: Misterioso
"Śmiało, aby mój dzień".
21 posted on 03/03/2013 4:54:21 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: DogByte6RER

28mm would be 1.10 caliber or what we would call a 110 caliber if I did the math right. Think about that, a bullet over an inch in diameter. THAT’s gonna leave a mark.


22 posted on 03/03/2013 4:56:03 PM PST by Have Ruck - Will Travel (Hmm, I wonder what would happen if I...)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

23 posted on 03/03/2013 5:03:56 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (The ballot box is a sham. Nothing will change until after the war.)
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To: DogByte6RER

Hate to have to clean that thing.


24 posted on 03/03/2013 5:03:56 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: calex59

Did you move the decimal a place?


25 posted on 03/03/2013 5:06:17 PM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: DogByte6RER
first "Crew Served" hand gun...
26 posted on 03/03/2013 5:10:33 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: DogByte6RER

Now what was the point of building that stupid thing? What good is it? It probably weighs 30 times more than the average impromptu rocket launcher, and you have to manufacture the bullets one at a time over a period of weeks. Some people have way to much time on their hands, and not enough real enginuity to make it practical in the real world.


27 posted on 03/03/2013 5:11:19 PM PST by jespasinthru (Proud member of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy.)
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To: DogByte6RER

I’m thinking an even more effective and perhaps desirable load for this puppy would be 5 oz kielbasas.


28 posted on 03/03/2013 5:27:07 PM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (This stuff we're going through now, this is nothing compared to the middle ages.)
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To: dfwgator

Now, how do I pronounce it? ::)


29 posted on 03/03/2013 5:28:21 PM PST by Misterioso (The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to see.)
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To: Have Ruck - Will Travel

be neat to see some ballistic info on that load


30 posted on 03/03/2013 5:30:13 PM PST by The_Sword_of_Groo (My world view is accurately expressed in the lyrics of " The Fightin' Side of Me")
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To: Misterioso
"Śmiało, aby mój dzień".

Shmawo, aby mooy jane.

31 posted on 03/03/2013 5:36:57 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: jespasinthru
Now what was the point of building that stupid thing?

Why not? Why build a "Monster Truck"?

(Because you want to! That's why!)

What good is it?

Well, it got him in the Guinness Book of World Records...and international notoriety as well--without harming anyone. Nothing wrong with that.

32 posted on 03/03/2013 5:37:56 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
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To: Eye of Unk
I would love to make one as well but instead a 4 foot long 1911.

First thing I thought of when I read that was the force of that 35 pound slide coming back when fired. But then I thought about trying to rack the slide to load the thing, with a stack of railcar springs for the recoil spring.

33 posted on 03/03/2013 5:50:04 PM PST by eartrumpet
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To: dfwgator
Dziękuję!
34 posted on 03/03/2013 6:05:22 PM PST by Misterioso (The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to see.)
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To: Misterioso

Nie ma za co.


35 posted on 03/03/2013 6:06:34 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: DogByte6RER

I hear he picked off a pigeon 7 miles away. Caught it right in the eye.


36 posted on 03/03/2013 6:20:15 PM PST by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder
Belvedere Vodka Pictures, Images and Photos This has a tendency to make things appear larger than they really are
37 posted on 03/03/2013 6:20:22 PM PST by DogByte6RER ("Loose lips sink ships")
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To: DogByte6RER; All

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=16SIvVKtuks


38 posted on 03/03/2013 6:23:17 PM PST by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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To: The_Sword_of_Groo

Hmm, it’s a black powder pistol.

Oh well, I still want a bolt-action, 25mm, anti-material rifle. Now THAT would be fun. It might not be as big in diameter, but talk about “reach out and touch someone”. (WEG)


39 posted on 03/03/2013 6:32:20 PM PST by Have Ruck - Will Travel (Hmm, I wonder what would happen if I...)
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To: DogByte6RER; Lazamataz

Beautifully insane replica charcoal burner !!

We all dream of having a bigger gun. This guy made his own.


40 posted on 03/03/2013 6:52:19 PM PST by Delta 21 (Oh Crap !! Did I say that out loud ??!??)
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