Homemade 12 Gauge Revolver Shotgun
Over at [EveryDayNoDayOff there is a discussion](http://www.everydaynodaysoff.com/2010/02/09/beretta-revolver-shotgun-taiwan-edition/) about this gigantic 12 gauge revolver confiscated from a Taiwanese man.
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*[ Many thanks to Justin for emailing me the link (I missed it on EveryDayNoDayOff, which I regularly read) ]*
what a handcannon….
it’s ugly!
can’t imagine the amount of sound that would make.
Taurus will have it in the “Judge” series by Shot Show next year.
Darn it, David beat me to the Taurus gag.
That fore-grip needs to be attached to the end of the barrel, got to give the guy credit. He is creative
I don’t get this. Where does the cylinder and the frame come from? My first guess would be a revolver type shotgun, but the frame looks way too bulky for a marketable product. Yet the parts look as though they have a pretty good surface treatment and finish.
If anyone built this from scratch they should be given a medal and a permission to start a firearms manufacture, not jail time and have their stuff confiscated.
Thats a good CHL gun for you Steve!!! LOL
David: Now that would be a shotgun revolver that might actually work!
They forgot the laser!
I’ll take two!!!
But really. If you put a Redhawk grip on it, smoothed out the frame, maybe put some nice looking wood under a thicker barrel, and took off the vg, it’d be sweet!
I’m surprised that no one has mentioned the imitation Beretta logo on the frame. And Steve Doran, I wouldn’t want my hand anywhere near that muzzle. I wonder what the rail is for. Red dot? hardly seems practical with those egonomics and short barrel.
If you’re gonna build an illegal gun, it might as well be one HELL of a big gun!
I want two for the zombie apocalypse. Even Tam would agree these would be great for keeping the undead at bay while you reload you main gun.
The guy was probably a very talented machineist with access to CNC machines and worked on his project after hours or whatever.
You would not want the front handle to be on the barrel at all. That would put your forearm next to the barrel cylinder gap. At the very least you’d end up with a nasty burn, or the high pressure gas and flame could cut into your arm right where lots of important things are. Did you guys see the pic going around of the guy who almost cut his thumb off with a S&W 460? He had his off hand cradleing the bottom of the frame with his thumb next to the end of the cylinder. It nearly took his thumb off at the last knuckle and was only attached by a piece of skin.
With the discoloration on the outside of the gun, it looks like he probably shot it quite abit. I would imagine the recoil could be abit brutal. I wonder if it was single or double action? The Aguila shorty shells would probably make it less painful to shoot, or load it with slugs for a modern Howdah.
I’d want to shoot it atleast once.
One more thing. The article said it was a 6-shot revolver, but if you look at the cylinder, it looks like a 5-shot.