After reading the story look at the Video.
You may have to watch the video twice. Try to follow the gun. This video is basically a 'show and tell' of a custom built 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) 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, rhino, or hippo flat on their butt. This cartridge is known for breaking collarbones, arms, and 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 recoil rating of a 1.0, which for many people is about the limit of what they can shoot multiple rounds thru comfortably. A .243 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
Yes, that's 9.4 times more punishing power than a 30-06.
Now watch the video ... the video provides a clear, definitive example for the word "not man enough for the tool".
And yet, I'm sure there's a few of you that would step up to try it.
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