Monday, February 25, 2008

That Dirty Harry Line

That Dirty Harry Line

Remember the line in Dirty Harry where Sgt. Callahan tells the punk that he's holding a Smith & Wesson .44 Magnum--the most powerful handgun in the world? Well, since then, more powerful handguns have been made--but even they don't really compare with this gem, the Pfeifer-Zeliska .600 Nitro Express Magnum, made in Austria.

The video of it being fired is one of those reminders that there times that engineers come up with solutions to problems that do not yet exist. I suppose that there might be a need for this gun if rampaging elephants herds became a problem in urban areas. But other than that?

This is one of those guns that, if you were mounted on roller skates, would make a tremendously expensive and noisy method of getting yourself up to speed.

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