They're novelty guns mainly used as collectors' pieces and talking points. A few people in bear country might use them for that purpose, but their true purpose is just having really big rounds in really big pistols for the fuck of it, and that's okay.
To answer your question about using pistols for hunting, that depends on state law, but a few allow it with some conditions.
Thanks for the knowledge. I was also kinda thinking about the recoil. My 300 win mag had quite the kick to it before I got a mercury cylijder. And 50 caliber rounds make it look like a .22
I'm totally on board with massive gun, massive bullet. I'm just impressed with the ability to handle the recoil and shoot well. Because I'm having a hard time imagining myself do that successfully with such a powerful piece. Never mind in a life or death situation.
Lol. They're horribly unpleasant to shoot. Anyone who says otherwise is either a masochist or a liar.
I fired a S&W 500 Magnum once, and that was enough. It's heavy, hell on the webbing of your dominant hand, and could probably instill a bad flinching habit in most people.
What grain bullet did you shoot? The 350s arent too bad but I bought some 700 gr for the hell of it. Big mistake! Me and a friend fired a total of 5 rounds before we both decided it wasn't fun. It even has a disclaimer on the box about how it should only be fired from rifles to avoid injuries to the hand.
I can feel that. I had a bit of magnum flinch. The sake a7 weighs basically nothing, and comes stock with a hard plastic recoil plate. Barely got it sighted to 100 yards, with 8 rounds before I gave up from the bruising and went to the gun Smith. 1 mercury and recoil pad later I don't even notice. But between the bruisez and getting scoped it took a while to unlearn that flinch
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