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[david86440]

Found these interesting.  What is it?   At a glance looks like a type of .410/45Colt, but with a semi-auto style hammer?



 

Alf.............It's called a Thunder Five.

[tombogan03884]

Been around much longer than the Taurus Judge. The one I handled years ago seemed to have an aluminum frame, I thought it was a piece of crap.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIL_Thunder_5

The MIL, Inc. Thunder 5 is a large, double-action revolver chambered in the .410-bore shotshell cartridge. It is also designed to fire the .45 Long Colt revolver cartridge. The revolver, somewhat unusual for the type of weapon, features a manual safety lever.[1]

As the barrel is rifled, the Thunder 5 is not considered a short-barrelled shotgun under United States federal law, but is under California statutes. However, a variant was produced in .45/70 Government that is legal in the aforementioned state. Production of the .45/70 variant started in 1994.

Sub-caliber sleeve inserts in 9mm Parabellum, .38 Special/.357 Magnum and .38 Super were produced and available until 1998.[2]
[edit] References

    ^ Long, Duncan (2004). Streetsweepers: The Complete Book of Combat Shotguns. Paladin Press. p. 56. ISBN 158160436X.
    ^ Fjestad, S.P. (2009). Blue Book of Gun Values 2009. Blue Book Publications. p. 1536. ISBN 1886768870.

[alfsauve]

Thanks, Tom.

Never seen one.  Very interesting. 

[Big Frank]

I couldn't remember the name of it but I saw a Thunder 5 before and it's a big gun. I haven't handled the Judge but I guess it's the same size but with a longer barrel. For some reason the Judge looks skinnier in all the pictures I see of it.

[billt]

It looks like that one "Thundered" only once.   Bill T.

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