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...the most powerful production revolver in the world anyway, and that’s just according to the manufacturer. For whatever reason, Russian designers took to creating a revolver to fire their 12.7x55mm cartridge (speculated to be a cut-down .338 Lapua case...), it has been suggested for the purpose of destroying locks and other objects.
https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2014/09/17/meet-rsh-12-powerful-revolver-world-russian/
Looks like the barrel is positioned at the bottom of the cylinder. IIRC, an Italian brand was the first to try this and claimed that it did a better job of driving the recoil into the hand and arm instead of over the wrist as with a traditional revolver configuration. Idk how much of it is bro science, but it seems truthy.
Holding a firearm is like holding a lever from a physics pov. It takes less force if you apply it higher up to let the muzzle climb. A low bore axis handgun doesn't eliminate the force but sends it into the shooter rather than using it to flip the muzzle. Keeping your sights on your target.
Physicists feel free to correct me if I screwed this up. Think it'd be a class 3.
Did the Mateba not come first?
E: thanks Firetower. Got to work on my reading comprehension. Additionally, the Chiappa Rhino is a pleasure to shoot and significantly more comfortable compared to a similar high-bore axis pistol. I have a pistol in .38 special that is about the same comfort as another in .44 magnum due to the difference in bore axis.
I think Mateba is the Italian company he's referencing.
Developed by Mateba, based in Pavia, Italy. Inventor Emilio Ghisoni, who was also famous for later designing the Chiappa Rhino
Ah. I'm not sure what I was thinking. Thank you.
I hadn't realized the designer had passed away. ):
You might have gotten confused because Mateba expanded into having a US division too.
Na I'd just not read it correctly.
How to break your wrist in one easy step.
A true “hand cannon”, to make a Destiny reference. I never knew low-bore handguns could/would be a thing and always thought that was sci-fi magic in video game guns that didnt have to make sense. Destiny had a lot of low-bore hand guns…guess the devs werent that crazy!
It's actually funny you say that it seemed like a sci-fi fantasy thing. Mainly because people have tried to develop mainstream low bore pistols for a long time.
The idea is that the more inline the barrel is to the center of the hand the less recoil impacts accuracy.
Recoil only pulls the barrel up because the barrel is above the centerline of the hand creating a lever that pulls the hand up.
An inline barrel would push all that recoil straight back into the hand causing minimal rising with repeated firing.
There's a few of them like the Chiappa Rhino or the Matebas but it's definitely not the standard.
Fun fact, mateba turned into chiappa. Same guy behind the Unica 6 made the rhino
I'm fairly certain this is the inspiration behind the Tyr handgun in modern warfare 3. The second picture is almost exactly the same as a pre-made build for the Tyr in game
I know this is about real handguns, but since this one is fairly rare outside of Russia, you can shoot it in Escape from Tarkov, along the rifle in the samw caliber.
Lol this is both the coolest but also the silliest thing I've seen here so far. I want a goddamn revolver rifle!
Reminds me of that hand cannon that Killa had in John wick 4
I looked it up the film gun is a Smith & Smith & Wesson Model 500. Pretty much an American made equivalent.
Awesome. Love your posts.
Thanks!
Just looking at that thing makes my wrist hurt.
