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Title: THE ULTIMATE SELF-DEFENSE PISTOL
Post by: sanjuancb on October 30, 2008, 11:02:49 AM
I stumbled across this online a couple of weeks ago.

Apparently, this gentleman made a double barrel .45-70 Howda pistol off of a Sauer shotgun frame.

http://www.lsstuff.com/howdah/calibros.html

Sheer awesomeness!  ;D
Title: Re: THE ULTIMATE SELF-DEFENSE PISTOL
Post by: jnevis on October 30, 2008, 11:22:44 AM
My wrist hurts just LOOKING at it!!! ;D
Title: Re: THE ULTIMATE SELF-DEFENSE PISTOL
Post by: PegLeg45 on October 30, 2008, 11:44:20 AM
Did you see the size of that pop-knot on the guy's head?
Hurt just to look at that too......
 ;D ;D
Title: Re: THE ULTIMATE SELF-DEFENSE PISTOL
Post by: TAB on October 30, 2008, 12:34:54 PM
This is one of those guns... you know, the type where you hand it to the bad guy and ask him to shoot you with it.  It will hurt less that way  ;D
Title: Re: THE ULTIMATE SELF-DEFENSE PISTOL
Post by: m25operator on October 30, 2008, 12:44:07 PM
Gives a whole new meaning to " don't make me use this ". >:(
Title: Re: THE ULTIMATE SELF-DEFENSE PISTOL
Post by: sanjuancb on October 30, 2008, 12:49:10 PM
I would love to have one...

I couldn't think of a better gun to hunt wild boar with!
Title: Re: THE ULTIMATE SELF-DEFENSE PISTOL
Post by: TAB on October 30, 2008, 01:04:34 PM
I would love to have one...

I couldn't think of a better gun to hunt wild boar with!

they make revolers in 45-70.   not to mention that the 500 s&w for all pratical purposes is a 45-70 in preforamance.
Title: Re: THE ULTIMATE SELF-DEFENSE PISTOL
Post by: shooter32 on October 30, 2008, 01:12:51 PM
Did you see the size of that pop-knot on the guy's head?
Hurt just to look at that too......
 ;D ;D

knot-head :o
Might have to denfend against the pistol ;D
Title: Re: THE ULTIMATE SELF-DEFENSE PISTOL
Post by: sanjuancb on October 30, 2008, 01:31:13 PM
they make revolers in 45-70.   not to mention that the 500 s&w for all pratical purposes is a 45-70 in preforamance.

Yes, but the romance of a double-barreled anything is undeniable...
Title: Re: THE ULTIMATE SELF-DEFENSE PISTOL
Post by: cooptire on October 30, 2008, 11:19:02 PM
Yes, but the romance of a double-barreled anything is undeniable...

Yep. That is how most of my romances end up, with me sporting a large knot on my head! :o
Title: Re: THE ULTIMATE SELF-DEFENSE PISTOL
Post by: redstone_on_warpath on October 31, 2008, 12:33:04 AM
 ;D i like that nice knot on that jokers head makesme scared to even talk to him. that knot is his self-defense no need fer tha pistol
Title: Re: THE ULTIMATE SELF-DEFENSE PISTOL
Post by: sanjuancb on October 31, 2008, 01:26:53 AM
Yep. That is how most of my romances end up, with me sporting a large knot on my head! :o

Cooptire, we must be related...lol
Title: Re: THE ULTIMATE SELF-DEFENSE PISTOL
Post by: TAB on October 31, 2008, 01:31:25 AM
Yep. That is how most of my romances end up, with me sporting a large knot on my head! :o

Look at it this way... atleast with this gun, you could go bang, bang! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1QMURY7MCk&feature=related)
Title: Re: THE ULTIMATE SELF-DEFENSE PISTOL
Post by: tombogan03884 on October 31, 2008, 01:43:44 AM

Look at it this way... atleast with this gun, you could go bang, bang! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1QMURY7MCk&feature=related)

Hey TAB,
Now THAT'S a Saturday night SPECIAL  ;D
Title: Re: THE ULTIMATE SELF-DEFENSE PISTOL
Post by: sanjuancb on October 31, 2008, 10:16:21 AM
This is just one rolling punch-line now...I love it!  ;D
Title: Re: THE ULTIMATE SELF-DEFENSE PISTOL
Post by: jaybet on October 31, 2008, 10:29:37 AM
Boom Boom, out go the lights.

Rockets! That's not fair...rockets.
Title: Re: THE ULTIMATE SELF-DEFENSE PISTOL
Post by: Michael Bane on November 01, 2008, 05:56:26 PM
TOOOOOOOOOOO cool!

Got to shoot one of the original 10-bore Howdahs at the Vintagers' shoot a few weeks back...I want one really really bad...had a 10-inch Contender in 45/70 that J.D. Jones made up for me once. He included some of his 500-grain loads with the gun. When I touched one off it was like holding an exploding M-80....busted the knuckles across my week hand...when I called him and asked about the loads, he said something to the effect that they were perfect for one shot stops on garbage trucks.

Michael B
Title: Re: THE ULTIMATE SELF-DEFENSE PISTOL
Post by: PegLeg45 on November 01, 2008, 06:44:43 PM
I need to get one for when I take out the trash or check the mail......in case of charging elephants.......since taking away their credit cards no longer works.
 :o :o :o
Title: Re: THE ULTIMATE SELF-DEFENSE PISTOL
Post by: Lmccrock on November 02, 2008, 12:25:24 AM
Pansies. Whenever "big handgun" comes up, always say ZELISKA in 600 Nitro Express http://www.pfeifer-waffen.at/cms/html/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=32&newlang=eng (http://www.pfeifer-waffen.at/cms/html/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=32&newlang=eng).

I love what they say:
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Due to the weight of the gun, shooting the Zeliska is no problem for a skilled marksman. There won’t be any permanent damage inflicted to your wrist.

I do admire the attitude of the Howdah maker - "they don't make what I want so I will make one".

Lee
Title: Re: THE ULTIMATE SELF-DEFENSE PISTOL
Post by: warhawke on November 02, 2008, 10:56:46 PM
a double-ender, kills at one end maims at the other.
Title: Re: THE ULTIMATE SELF-DEFENSE PISTOL
Post by: USSA-1 on November 03, 2008, 08:13:12 AM
Just because you CAN do it, doesn't mean you SHOULD do it.

Kinda like dropping a worked small block 350 into a Ford Pinto.  At the end of the day, it's still a Pinto. ;D

USSA-1
Title: Re: THE ULTIMATE SELF-DEFENSE PISTOL
Post by: ericire12 on November 03, 2008, 08:25:28 AM
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THE ULTIMATE SELF-DEFENSE PISTOL

Yeah, for water buffalo!
Title: Re: THE ULTIMATE SELF-DEFENSE PISTOL
Post by: cooptire on November 05, 2008, 11:12:20 PM
Yeah, for water buffalo!

Speaking of......
I don't know about self-defense but I could give that to the wife when she wants to kill me. That way the cops will know who did it. She'll be laying on the floor next to me!  :o
Title: Re: THE ULTIMATE SELF-DEFENSE PISTOL
Post by: Big Frank on November 06, 2008, 05:10:30 AM
Nice, but I want a 12 gauge with fully rifled barrels.