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