…the most powerful production revolver in the world anyway, and that’s just according to the manufacturer. For whatever reason, Russian designers took to creating a revolver to fire their 12.7x55mm cartridge (speculated to be a cut-down .338 Lapua case…), it has been suggested for the purpose of destroying locks and other objects.
https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2014/09/17/meet-rsh-12-powerful-revolver-world-russian/
Looks like the barrel is positioned at the bottom of the cylinder. IIRC, an Italian brand was the first to try this and claimed that it did a better job of driving the recoil into the hand and arm instead of over the wrist as with a traditional revolver configuration. Idk how much of it is bro science, but it seems truthy.
Holding a firearm is like holding a lever from a physics pov. It takes less force if you apply it higher up to let the muzzle climb. A low bore axis handgun doesn’t eliminate the force but sends it into the shooter rather than using it to flip the muzzle. Keeping your sights on your target.
Physicists feel free to correct me if I screwed this up. Think it’d be a class 3.
Yep! Chiappa Rhino. They seem to be high quality and well loved.
Did the Mateba not come first?
E: thanks Firetower. Got to work on my reading comprehension. Additionally, the Chiappa Rhino is a pleasure to shoot and significantly more comfortable compared to a similar high-bore axis pistol. I have a pistol in .38 special that is about the same comfort as another in .44 magnum due to the difference in bore axis.
I think Mateba is the Italian company he’s referencing.
Ah. I’m not sure what I was thinking. Thank you.
I hadn’t realized the designer had passed away. ):
You might have gotten confused because Mateba expanded into having a US division too.
Na I’d just not read it correctly.