Mr. Crazy Shoots the Nitro Express

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Shooting the .60 Cal Nitro Express  Handgun

“ This video is basically a "show and tell" about a custom built Thompson Encore (fancy version of the Thompson Contender). The Caliber .600 Nitro BR Express.   That's right... An elephant gun bound in a handgun. The story goes that the guy that built it is some kind of custom gun maker. He built this as an exhibition piece. He takes it to the range with him just to show it off, and the big guy that shot it (in the video) had been bugging the builder to let him shoot it. Now think about this... Only until fairly recently (early-mid '80's) the .600 Nitro Express was hands down the biggest, nastiest, hardest hitting, and heaviest recoiling weapon you could buy. It was designed for one simple purpose... to knock an elephant flat on its butt. It was really built as an exhibition piece for guys "compensating". This cartridge is known for breaking collarbones, arms, and shoulders of the shooter!   Think about this, in the gun world they use what is termed as a "recoil index" to kind of give prospective buyers an idea of what a gun kicks like. A 30-06 gets a rating of a 1.0, which for many people is about the limit of what they can shoot multiple rounds thru comfortably. A 243 is rated at like a .4, a .270 was like a .8, etc. The 600 Nitro Express is rated at a 9.4... 9.4 times more punishing power than a 30-06.   Now, watch the video. ” Wild Thing