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What you said.

RP

That was a kick!

I saw a guide gun video once that fired both barrels, welded for them to hit point of aim at about twenty yards. The African Guide who had the gun made said, "It's not a fun gun to shoot mate, but will drop a charging rhino in it's tracks. That's the point."

Oh, points to the shooter for not dropping the gun, and not getting all wheepy about his error.

One of the older reloading sites, not sure which one now, used to have a ton of videos attached that you could view. This was before YouTube was all that big, and their videos had lots of hunting kill-shot kinda clips. YouTube probably would not allow those now. Anyway, they had a range and ballistics lab and they had videos that would show these very slightly built middle eastern guys shooting some crazy break-barrel rifles in chamberings that I never heard of. They always ended up with the rifle flying out of their hands, or knocking them down, or both. They were kind of funny at first, but I always wondered why those guys kept shooting those things on camera.

I've seen some of those videos, especially the one in the Sheik's private range with the ballistic glass walls. The story I read said the Sheik bought the gun because He wanted one of those "Monster Elephant Guns" from Africa. He, of course, had one of his body guards try it first, then it was decided HE shouldn't shoot it.

When others visited and conversation (and bragging) turned to guns, the Sheik would invite them to shoot his big gun. You don't insult the Sheik by turning down an invitation, and if he wants to film shooting on his range, he films.

Yes, the glass walls were what I remember too.