At this very moment, there is a team of hipster marketing gurus stuffed in a conference room trying to figure out how to produce the next viral video. Yesterday’s water cooler is today’s social media, and these wunderkinder have the know-how to make any given cat video the flavor of the week. But gun guys aren’t interested in kitties; they want something with a little more firepower.
Think Jesse “The Body” Ventura’s minigun, Old Painless, in Predator or Tony Montana’s “Little Friend” in Scarface. These iconic images have been burned into the American psyche, translating to social networking through short video clips featuring big guns. The new trend includes shows like “Sons of Guns” and internet sensations like FPS Russia. In both cases, it’s like firepower fantasy camp. These guys handle full-auto AA-12 shotguns and quad MG42s, all in the name of blowing stuff up.
It’s almost become an underground movement on the Web with YouTubers trying to one-up each other, which can sometimes result in a pretty unsafe environment. These videos certainly make a case for the “don’t try this at home” subtext. But in a world where seemingly everything is being filmed by somebody, this stuff was bound to crop up.
Either way, they’re entertaining, and they’re catering to the very fiber of our being. Take a look at each of these videos, and let us know your opinion on this social networking trend.
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Introduced at SHOT Show 2003, the .500 Smith & Wesson Magnum is a .50-cal handgun cartridge capable of taking any North American game species, from whitetail to black bear. YouTube user Hickok45 runs one of our favorite channels, showcasing a wide range of sporting and military firearms, and in this video, he showcases the explosive power of the .500 S&W Magnum. Grab your poncho and get ready for a watermelon shower.
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What would put it in your head to fire a .50-cal rifle from the hip, we don’t know. We all know the legendary damage a .50-cal. That goes for the shooter too, if he/she isn’t careful. How’s that old saying go? “If you’re gonna be dumb, you’ve gotta be tough.”
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No one really carries a 4 bore anymore, despite its place as the quintessential elephant gun in the 19th Century. Nonetheless, nostalgia will always cast a sort of allure over... well, anything. Take Gramps here, whose curiosity got the best of him as he took his custom 4 gauge shotgun out for a test fire. After seeing that firepower, it’s no surprise guns like these could drop Dumbo with no problem.
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The .950 JDJ, manufactured by SSK Industries, is the largest and most powerful rifle cartridge on the planet -- so large, in fact, that it was close to being classified as Destructive Devices under the 1968 (1934) National Firearms Act. In this video, a few guys from Knight Rifles, which manufactured three guns to just shoot the mini missile, take the bolt-action to the range, resulting in some huge recoil, and apparently a broken rib.
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The .577 Tyrranosaur is a big game rifle cartridge manufactured by A-Square. This cartridge has stopping power -- the cartridge is intended to stop charging game like buffalo -- which of course means tremendous recoil. As seen in the video, this is a tough cartridge to tame; you'd better be ready for the kickback when you pull that trigger.
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The .700 Nitro Express is another big game rifle cartridge, this one manufactured by the English company Holland & Holland. It makes sense that big game would require a big bore, so when you pull that trigger, you’d better be ready for one hell of a recoil.
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If you ever need to hit something from a mile or so away, the Anzio Sniper Rifle 20mm may be the perfect gun for you. This ultra-long-range weapon, about as long as the shooter is tall, is the first American anti-material rifle exceeding .50-cal in 80 years. If you weren’t already lying on the ground, chances are you would be after firing this bad boy. One YouTube commenter said it best: “12.7 mm = 50 caliber; 20 mm = Exploding bears.”
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What can we say about FPS Russia? People seem to love his fake Russian accent (he's actually from North Carolina) and fully automatic charm. His YouTube page is one of the most popular in the site's history with hundreds of millions of views, and he hasn't shown any signs of stopping yet. In his most popular video to date, he takes to the range with a full-auto AA-12 with a 20-round drum magazine. As with the rest of this videos, there's no real point to this other than blowing stuff up and making loud noises. But ol' FPS has definitely found a following online, which worries us in more ways than one.
CHUCK NORRIS DIED 20 YEARS AGO DEATH JUST HASN'T BUILT UP THE COURAGE TO TELL HIM YET
LIVING ZOMBIE
AND IF CHUCK NORRIS WAS SHOOTING HE ONLY NEED TWO BULLETS ONE TO WARN THEM ,ONE TO SHOOT ALL FIVE WATERMELONS
peteb
where can i get 1?
Phil
Nope..home intruders.."Dead men tell no tales."
Burglers, rapists beware..even women are armed these days, and many are better
shots than YOU.
Jeepers Creepers
The men in Blue that protect are streets buy and use the .950 JDJ. It seems like once or twice a year some crazy person steals heavy equipment or something military and goes on a rampage thru city streets.
They can't stop that kind of thing with an .223 AR. I'd want one becuase I'm a hand cannon collector and that would be my first rifle cannon to collect.
1911A1Bob
Gallagher has met his match….
ROBERT AUGERI
I would love to see if he could hit the watermelon at 25 To 50 yards with that cannon.
Jeepers Creepers
Since he seems to be shooting light loads for an 500 mag. He should try to hit them at 100 yards. Personally with my 500 mag and my reloads at full hunting strength. 250 to 300 yards is a good distance to target shoot at. With extremely light loads I still shoot 100 yards with the 500 mag.
Goober Swartzz
Even 10 yds would show some skill..Guess he was just out for a watermelon shower..
Phil
You would be very surprised at the accuracy obtained. With that much energy
behind the bullet, it's out the barrell practically before you can flinch once used
to it. I have a short barrell .460 Mag, and it's very accurate.
As a defense gun for Bear, or evildoers (especially at combat distances), it is
as accurate as needs to be.
shootem up mike
He is so close the muzzle blast would blow them up!
geo1
Why don't the pics 1-8 load??? I have never received an email from this site that loaded properly!!??
shootem up mike
Loaded for me just fine
Tommy
Only number 3 and 7 showed up for me too. All the rest only have the words visible???
oldbill
I have an S&W 500 Magnum. It is really a very good gun, with a variety of commercial ammunition (and an infinite variety of reloads) for target shooting and hunting big animals like ferral pigs. A 44 Magnum will kill these animals, too, but the 500 is more comfortable to shoot.
Shadow
Well I'm just happy not to see that James Yeager fan boy "Tex" that shoots himself in the leg with a 1911.
Matt
He is so close why bother aiming
uncle eddie
I'm not so sure I would feel as secure facing a large grizzly with this 500 magnum which appears to have very little if any recoil, as I would with my .44 magnum which unleashes the fury of hell using just run-of-the-mill standard factory ammo.
Cassino
You sure about that Uncle Eddie?
Here, a B.B. +P+ 44 Mag in 340 grain
Ballistics Information:
Muzzle Velocity: 1478 fps
Muzzle Energy: 1649 ft. lbs.
Here, a B.B. 500 Mag in 440 grain
Ballistics Information:
Muzzle Velocity: 1625 fps
Muzzle Energy: 2579 ft. lbs.
The S&W 500 was designed to reduce as much recoil as possible, or else shootin it would be punishment. In comparison, the 44 Mag always has more recoil.
butch
I've seen most of these before,and watching others doing stuff that I'm not crazy enough to do myself is entertaining but there is one guy out there that starts his videos with hello faggots that shoots guns in his swimming pool that if one where to explode in his hand ?
Jeepers creepers
With a good solid bullet on top of a reload the 440 can reach 1,900 FPS and well over 3,000 foot pounds of energy. I know I do my own reloading and I like them hot.
