From: "Rich Gauszka" 


"Ad"  wrote in
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> Just out of interest....
>
> when they say ".50 revolver" is there a cut down/shortened
.50 round in
> the US or is it a proper .50?
>
> If so it was "hogzilla slain by pistolzilla".
>
> & what the f*ck was a child doing with a .50 pistol?
>
> Adam

The boy apparently has been hunting with his father since he was at least 5

http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/hunting/news/story?id=2884875
 Jamison, who killed his first deer at age 5, was hunting with father Mike
Stone and two guides in east Alabama on May 3 when he bagged Monster Pig.
He said he shot the huge animal eight times with a .50-caliber revolver and
chased it for three hours through hilly woods before finishing it off with
a point-blank shot.


As to the revolver I thought it was something like this

http://www.popularmechanics.com/outdoors/sports/1277336.html

At the 2003 Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show, the
manufacturer regained its crown. And, most significantly, it did it by
introducing a new massive double-action revolver that is chambered for an
equally new .50-cal. cartridge.

The S&W X-frame Model 500 is a brawny handgun designed to master the
most rigorous hunting fields in the world. It is not a revolver one would,
or likely could, tuck into a waistband. In fact, to call it massive is an
understatement.

With its 8-3/8-in. barrel, the overall length of the Model 500 is 15 in.
and the empty weight is 4.5 pounds. The cylinder alone is almost 2 in. in
diameter and approaches 2.25 in. in length. Thumb the cylinder open and
five charge holes await. Each is 1/2 in. in diameter, and the .50-cal.
cartridges they hold are almost 2 in. long. Load five of them and the total
weight of the handgun climbs to 5 pounds.

You don't just casually pick up a Model 500. You have to lift it.

Fire even one of those big cartridges and you'll appreciate why the weight
and mass are there.

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