The Backpack Cannon: Smith & Wesson unveil their new monster revolver..

UK Daily Mail ^ | January 21, 2014 | Luke Garratt

[C19fan]

Gun Manufacturers Smith & Wesson have unleashed their newest revolver: a monster .460 calibre handgun which they say is 'great for a back-up gun, or for hunting'. Named the 'Backpack Cannon', the gun was unveiled in Las Vegas on Monday at the Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Trade show, the largest gun show in the U.S., which around 60,000 gun fans attend every year. The cannon features a three-inch barrel, high visibility sights and synthetic shock absorber on the rear of the handle, as well as a massive chamber to fit the gigantic .460 calibre rounds, which are some of the biggest and most powerful bullets in the world.

[C19fan]

Another wrist breaker like the S&W 500.

[sauropod]

home

[Still Thinking]

That’s the backup gun? Where the real iron, the back of the truck?

[Rio]

Needs a longer barrel.

[MHGinTN]

In the turret on the roof ...

[Errant]

You can shoot .45 LC and .454 Casull also, so you don’t have to break your wrist. ;)

[JohnBrowdie]

kills dinner and tenderizes it at the same time.

[FXRP]

It will shoot .45 Long Colt for practice without breaking your wrist.

[Still Thinking]

Lolz, no doubt! ;)

[Sherman Logan]

some of the biggest and most powerful bullets in the world.

Sigh.

[andyk]

So if you can fire .45LC, does that mean you can also shoot .410?

[Errant]

I believe the cylinder is too short for the .410.

[RightGeek]

The company was the first to create the 'lever action pistol' which meant that a shooter would not have to pull the hammer back to fire one shot after the other.

Say what?

[central_va]

My guess it will shoot .410 shotgun shells too.

[Alex Murphy]

This thread is useless without pictures!

[RightGeek]

Clint Eastwood in the 1973 film 'Dirty Harry', brandishing his infamous Smith & Wesson .375 calibre hand gun

They heard the clue phone ring but did not pick it up.

[RightGeek]

[dirtboy]

Just dang ping

[dainbramaged]

The bed wetting Brit that penned this screed is definitely not qualified to write about firearms.

[mountn man]