Talk:.50 caliber handguns

NPOV? recoil

"Though .50 rounds are not inherently more powerful than other cartridges, many .50 cartridges propel a bullet of relatively heavy weight, increasing relative recoil." 300 joules more energy than a .223 and much more than a .357 magnum, I think this statement is clearly rubbish. Recoil increases with force of the rounds, less various parabolic shock dampening effects and of course weight of the weapon. I think they are inherently 15% or so more powerful than .223 ammo. I am going to just delete this line because it simply adds nothing to the article. 68.117.34.9 (talk) 20:18, 9 March 2010 (UTC) strickjh2005

.50 BMG?

I have seen a couple spoofed up photoshoppings of .50 BMG handguns, but surely this is inaccurate. The .50 BMG is roughly the size of most barrels in handguns today. That is to say the cartridge is longer than the barrel (4.6") in my .45 ACP GLOCK 21. Can anyone cite a source on those? Avriette 01:57, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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It appears people are dumber than I thought. Avriette 22:18, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)

That's always a safe bet to make. -Toptomcat 14:34, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

I removed the BMG handguns...not sure when they were added. BMG handguns are obviously hoaxes, but it'll be interesting to imagine firing one. The broken wrists, forearms, and dislocated shoulders are a small price to pay, >_< Jumping cheese ^Cont@ct 10:23, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Per various eyewitness accounts from the '04 shot show related on message boards; plenty of pictures from all different angles posted from different sources; a listing, as well as an advertisement in the 25th edition of the Blue Book for Gun Values; and a call to the company previously known as "Triple Action LLC" at (435)755-7083(now Frank's Fun Time Entertainment or something, but still has some of the same employees apparently, some easy social engineering should get you in touch with a person who will explain the status of the pistol) if the Triple Action .50 BMG Thunder is a hoax its not an obvious one. I'm restoring the listing for the Thunder useing the Blue Book as a reference, unless someone has specific information on this gun being some type of elaborate hoax. - Jirt 23:22, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

In fact that gun is a display of their recoil reduction system, that is why they use an "it must be a hoaxes"/"interesting to imagine firing one" caliber. - 25 May 2013 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.250.48.91 (talk) 16:46, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

.50 caliber or caliber .50

I have seen it both ways, but have been told the later format is correct. Anyone else know? --THE FOUNDERS INTENT ^PRAISE 15:30, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

HOLY F***!!!

Did that little revolver in the first picture actually do that!??? It looks photoshopped! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Maxaxle (talk • contribs) 18:08, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Read the description in the photo. That "little revolver" is a Smith & Wesson Model 500, and it's a lot bigger than it looks. Since the photo was taken at night, the flare of the cartridge obscures practically the entire barrel and makes the gun look deceptively small. --Colin Douglas Howell (talk) 00:00, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Military?

The US Military does not use this caliber in any of its handguns.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 16:55, 6 August 2010 (UTC)