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The Backpack Cannon: Smith & Wesson unveil their new monster revolver..
UK Daily Mail ^ | January 21, 2014 | Luke Garratt

Posted on 01/21/2014 8:14:57 AM PST by 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.

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TOPICS: Hobbies
KEYWORDS: backupgun; banglist; revolver; smith; wesson
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Another wrist breaker like the S&W 500.
1 posted on 01/21/2014 8:14:57 AM PST by C19fan
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To: sauropod

home


2 posted on 01/21/2014 8:17:58 AM PST by sauropod (Fat Bottomed Girl: "What difference, at this point, does it make?")
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To: C19fan

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


3 posted on 01/21/2014 8:18:59 AM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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Needs a longer barrel.


4 posted on 01/21/2014 8:19:27 AM PST by Rio (Proud resident of the State of Jefferson)
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To: Still Thinking

In the turret on the roof ...


5 posted on 01/21/2014 8:20:15 AM PST by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: C19fan

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


6 posted on 01/21/2014 8:20:51 AM PST by Errant (Surround yourself with intelligent and industrious people who help and support each other.)
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To: C19fan

kills dinner and tenderizes it at the same time.


7 posted on 01/21/2014 8:21:33 AM PST by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.net)
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It will shoot .45 Long Colt for practice without breaking your wrist.


8 posted on 01/21/2014 8:22:49 AM PST by FXRP
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To: MHGinTN

Lolz, no doubt! ;)


9 posted on 01/21/2014 8:24:22 AM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: C19fan
some of the biggest and most powerful bullets in the world.

Sigh.

10 posted on 01/21/2014 8:26:03 AM PST by Sherman Logan
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So if you can fire .45LC, does that mean you can also shoot .410?


11 posted on 01/21/2014 8:26:44 AM PST by andyk (I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
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I believe the cylinder is too short for the .410.


12 posted on 01/21/2014 8:27:52 AM PST by Errant (Surround yourself with intelligent and industrious people who help and support each other.)
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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?

13 posted on 01/21/2014 8:28:50 AM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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My guess it will shoot .410 shotgun shells too.


14 posted on 01/21/2014 8:28:51 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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This thread is useless without pictures!


15 posted on 01/21/2014 8:30:30 AM PST by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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To: C19fan
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.

16 posted on 01/21/2014 8:30:43 AM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Alex Murphy

17 posted on 01/21/2014 8:31:34 AM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Just dang ping


18 posted on 01/21/2014 8:33:52 AM PST by dirtboy
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To: C19fan

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


19 posted on 01/21/2014 8:34:03 AM PST by dainbramaged (Windage and elevation, Mrs. Langdon; windage and elevation.)
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To: Rio

20 posted on 01/21/2014 8:35:16 AM PST by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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