Most powerfull handgun in the world?

Question

What is the most powerfull MASS PRODUCED handgun in the world?
I've seen a video on YouTube with someone who had customised their magnum handgun to be 60. cal... flew right out of their hand on the first shot with extreme recoil.

But, that was customised, so, does anyone here know the most powerful cal magnum you can get today without it being customised?

Answer 1

The .500 s&w magnum followed by the .454 casull. They are massed produced and the most powerful handguns. They are revolvers. The bolt-action or break-action singleshots like t/c contenders are also mass-produced for rifle calibers, so you could go with them. Unless you view only pistol ammunition as a criteria.

I don't know about the 9x18mm Makarov's recoil??? Is it that bad??? When I shot it, I shot it beautifully, I don't remember any recoil at all, I had a new person to handgunning shooting a .22 pistol. He wanted a try at the makarov so I obliged, he shot excellent with it for his beginning at the sport and he said there was no recoil that he could feel, it went back in his hands, but wouldn't consider it bad at all. Not like he thought would be recoil. I then had him firing last month the .38spcl in .357 and he said it was worse than the makarov. That was a heavy .357 mag too. He did fire it pretty fast for his skill and controllable (the makarov) before I took it away and told him to keep at the .22 So, I could have fun with it. It was an east german made makarov, from my friend. That is a nice little gun. It has been made known to me, it is no longer his gun and his wife's, I guess she loved it that much. It's a pitty, I will have to eat her cooking to get a chance to shoot that little makarov again!


P.S. The desert eagle .50AE is not the most powerful pistol cartridge, it is in the autoloader, but not revolver and certainly not if you include rifle calibers in the single shots. It sounds powerful and is powerful and is the same caliber as the .500 s&w magnum, but has less powder and a rebated rim the size of a .44mag, I believe, which makes it even more incompatible with the .500 mag.

Also, the (rappers) at least the movies do indeed like to talk about the DE/ carry or use the DE, but if they knew anything, they wouldn't like it. It is not a combat pistol and is heavy, has lots of recoil, prone to jamming and really for hunting. But, there are even better guns out there for hunting especially revolvers. So, I guess it looks "cool" because it is so big.

Answer 2

A company in Germany makes a humongous single-action revolver chambered for .600 Nitro Express, that takes the prize as the most powerful production revolver on earth. Smith & Wesson's 500 S&W Magnum is dragging way back in the dust behind the .600 NE. Besides, .500 Linebaugh and Linebaubh Long, and .475 Linebaugh Long handguns are considerably more powerful than the S&W .500. For my use, the most powerful handgun is a .454 Casull. That is the upper limit of what I can handle, and there is no use trying to claim I can shoot the handcannon with the big boys. I'll stick with my .44's and .45's and let the rest of you hairy chested types play with the real big boomers. Doc

Answer 3

The most powerful mass produced handgun is the S&W 500 magnum. Shooting a 50 caliber bullet

Answer 4

The Israel Arms Co make a handgun called the .50 calibre Magnum Desert Eagle. It's an automatic. Alternatively, go to the Smith 7 wesson website and see the .50 calibre Magnum Revolver.

Answer 5

Most powerful mass produced handgun.. Hmmmmmmmmm.
I have a 30-06 contender that is a pistol and powerful as hell,eh?
But I know Thompson center makes larger contenders
I would hazard the guess that the Thompson Contender is the largest production handgun and the 300 wby magnum that fits in it is the largest Magnum round in a handgun.
Edit
Pyro if your gonna thumbs down everyone that answers people will dodge every question you ask. best not piss off the masses. If it's someone else, your giving Pyro a bad name.

Answer 6

I believe it is some version of the .45. I have seen a .50 cal. on Sharpshooters.

Answer 7

Colt (or Smith & Wesson?) .44 Magnum probably - the "Dirty Harry" gun. There are .50 caliber handguns out there now, but not as mass produced. Israeli Military Industries makes a semi-auto in the caliber, but I think they did that only to proove that they could. It actually doesn't make a whole lot of sense as a combat weapon because it is hard to control - a tactical disadvantage.

Answer 8

Potentially the world's most powerful automatic weapon, Metal Storm uses a system that combines gun barrel and magazine, so that the only moving parts are the projectiles themselves. Other automatic weapons have a magazine with bullets that are mechanically loaded into the barrel, but in the Metal Storm weapon, ammunition is preloaded and stacked in the combined barrel/magazine.

The bullets are fired electrically to generate a torrent of lethal force (up to thousands of rounds per second), especially with systems using a multibarreled configuration. This technology can be used for all types of munitions, and with no other moving parts, jamming is never a problem. Seen above is Metal Storm's remote-controlled Redback 40mm weapon system, recently introduced as a devastating counter to all types of threats.

http://www.discoverychannel.co.uk/future_weapons/gallery/metal_storm/index.shtml
You want to check this out.

Answer 9

I could argue that the .454 Casaul is the most powerful in commercial production. The .44 Magnum was the most powerful in the 70s when Clint Eastwood played Dirty Hairy and is far more popular and numerous.

Answer 10

Depends on your definitions. Do single-shot bolt-actions count? Check out SSK industries, for one. And how does one compare the 475 Linebaugh even with the 500 Linebaugh? Measure by momentum or energy at the muzzle, and at which load? You could argue whether a 44mag loaded with a 240 gr. bullet at high velocity is more powerful than a 300 gr. bullet at a lower velocity. In many ways it makes better sense to start from the target, that is, bullet performance for the desired task, and work backwards.