Top Gun [Smith and Wesson .500 Magnum]

Research determined that no existing cartridge case would meet the specifications, so a completely new, straight-walled .50-cal. case, measuring 1.625 in. in length

The 500 Linebaugh maximum round did just that. There was also the 510 GNR round that was out there as well.

This is one of those dreaded .50 caliber sniper pistols capable of shooting down a nuclear aircraft carrier with a single shot. Terrorists use these I've seen them. Everywhere you go in Iraq people are firing them into the air whenever a light changes. Gang members are taking out second mortgages to buy them in bulk. If we don't' do something soon every living room in the country will be like the wild west.

It's clearly not a gun for "appropriate" uses like ... um.... ahhh... umm...... hunting... yeah ... hunting... it's not a gun for hunting or ... um ... any other appropriate uses.... It's obviously a killing machine.

There is so much smoke from each shot that just one of these causes global warming.

It's clearly designed for shooting children and puppies.

My cousin knows someone, who knows someone who shot one once, and the recoil alone was so strong that it made his arm fly right off his body.

Allowing civilians to posses these is threatening our lives as we know them. Someone call Nancy Pelosi.... "Nancy.... we need a regulation quick!!!!!!"

You do not often need a gun, but when you do need a gun you really need a gun.

Replace the word gun with the phrase "shooting skills" and it has helped me get more new shooters to the range than anything else.

Just got back in fact with a newbie who is rushing out to get his forms in order to meet the ridiculous state regulations so he can buy an AK47... just like mine. (The boys an awful shot... but you've got to love his enthusiasm.)

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