[Blood of Tyrants]

But you are leaving out the counter effects of the muzzle brake. 54 ft. lbs of recoil in a handgun is too much for the vast majority of us.

[epow]

But you are leaving out the counter effects of the muzzle brake.

True, but in my admittedly limited experience with ported barrel .44 mags I haven't found that they do much except reduce barrel flip a bit. Of course I don't have any experience with a .50 S&W, and they may have come up with a more effective muzzle brake for that monster.

54 ft lbs of recoil, wow. And to think I have heard guys at the range complain about the 6 ft lb recoil of their .45 1911's!