Ever heard of the 4-Bore?

[ONE-TEN]

This thing is incredible. Watch what it does to both the soft & hard body armor! Absolutely incredible!

 

[CFJunkie]

Wow, no way I'm shooting a 4 bore.
It would knock me into next Wednesday.

 

[John Henry]

Remember to keep your mouth closed as it looks like it will knock the slobber out of your mouth upon recoil.

 

[ONE-TEN]

I can’t believe what does to the two body armors! I mean the Hard plate Armor is SNAPPED like a saltine-cracker & the ballistic dummy body is literally BROKEN to pieces! And the soft armor, after STOPPING a 500gr. SW500 Magnum slug, is then pushed/pulled THROUGH the ballistic dummy body! Absolutely insane.

So obviously this round is short range. But close up energy is astonishing! Just for comparison, a 50 BMG packs an incredible 13,000Ft.Lbs Muzzle Energy. This modern Nitro Load 4-Bore, delivers an unbelievable 30,000+ Ft.Lbs. of Muzzle Energy. Even the standard loading with Black-Powder is still capable of nearly 10,000Ft.Lbs. ME.

And here is a picture next to the loved (and venerable & quite POTENT 375 H&H), making it look like nothing. Oh wait… “nothing”, would be the 22 Hornet also there, comparatively.

 

[CoalCrackerAl]

Im glad to see he's not throwing stuff around. I stopped watching his vids because of that.

 

[Fjold]

I used to live near Butch Searcy, "Searcy Firearms " who made double rifles for hunting in Africa. I got to play with a number of big bores that he made, including a 4-bore. He gave me a brass 4-bore case. I shot a few of his guns, including the 500 Nitro Express that he made for Tom Sellek, but turned down the opportunity to shoot the 4-bore.

Here's a picture of the 4-bore case next to a 50 BMG case and a loaded 375 H&H round

Here's a photo of the 4-bore while it was 'in the white" before bluing it. He regulated the barrels then did the bluing.

Here's me showing the muzzle view of the bores.

 

[ONE-TEN]

Oh yeah, it’s a 1” diameter. Just seeing the rifle, one might pass it off for some kind of Shotgun. Like an 10ga or something. But then you see the cartridge, and it looks like a piece of ARTILLERY for a CANNON! Which, basically, it is.

 

[chronoblip]

Watched his video where he goes after a T-Rex skull mockup with a variety of rifles, kids loved it. If you watch some of his older videos, he's definitely been playing around with just how silly/ridiculous/etc his "character" is on screen to try and keep retention high. It's been the same with most of the guntubers, like Garand Thumb, where the schtick kinda ruins the content.

RIP Paul Harrel.

As to the 4-bore, that thing is insane. Couldn't pay me to shoot it, though I'd certainly pay for one round to have on the shelf for the collection aspect of it.

 

[Alan]

This thing is incredible. Watch what it does to both the soft & hard body armor! Absolutely incredible!

Some of them I'll only touch but not shoot.

 

[ONE-TEN]

Yeah, I wouldn’t shoot it. No point. I don’t get excited about “trying” things. I even got burnt out on Full Auto. Became boring! My two shooting excitements are pistol competition & long range shooting at Steel. (Especially the gong, Tha-WACK!) But unfortunately, I don’t really get chance to do either.

 

[Alan]

Some love the excitement of it so hands down to them.

 

[John Henry]

Oops wrong 4 Bore…

 

[ONE-TEN]

Oops wrong 4 Bore…

Ahh, man. I remember as a kid the Jean-Claude Van Damme movie “Cyborg” came out, and I thought his 4-Barrel rifle was the coolest thing ever!



Then, watching it as an adult, I’m thinking, “Why does he have to TURN the barrels independently for the next shot?? How dumb!” LOL!

 

[John Henry]

Ahh, man. I remember as a kid the Jean-Claude Van Damme movie “Cyborg” came out, and I thought his 4-Barrel rifle was the coolest thing ever!



Then, watching it as an adult, I’m thinking, “Why does he have to TURN the barrels independently for the next shot?? How dumb!” LOL!

Looks to be a bit bigger than a .22

 

[mattri]

Interesting stuff!
Have shot a 50BMG, owned a ten gauge for a while, that's enough for me.

 

[ONE-TEN]

The only thing I’d really like to try out, is the Anzio Works 20mm. Why? Because it fires a 20mm Vulcan cartridge!

Anzio 20mm Anti-material rifle.


20mmx102 Vulcan Cartridge, (Same cartridge fired from the Vulcan Canons of the older C130 Gunship), vs a 50BMG!

 

[WNYBILL]

excellent woodchuck cartridge if you load it with solids