"Double Deuce" 2-Bore Rifle: A Gunsmithing Spectacle

The largest sporting rifles ever actually used in the field as more than an exhibition were 4-bore stopping rifles, firing roughly 1" in diameter (25mm) projectiles. These were intended to not simply kill a dangerous animal, but to stop it immediately in a charge, which might require shooting through thick bone or horn protection. For that purpose, the 4-bore could have some value - assuming you had an assistant to carry it when danger was not imminent!
However, there have been a number of gunsmiths who have built 2-bore rifles, like this example named "Double Deuce" by its maker, Stolzer & Son of Kansas. At 44 pounds, this behemoth is definitely too heavy for practical use, but it sure is an impressively huge piece of work! It fires a 1.33" (33.8mm) ball weighing 3500gr (227g) at about 1250fps (380 m/s)...if you can hold it on target long enough to get an accurate shot.
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[@somebloke3869]

So it protects you from a charging buffalo by throwing you out of the way with recoil.

[@KillerOrca]

Its literally Ashe's coach gun

[@benjaminmiddaugh2729]

More like tearing your shoulder off.

[@frailty7280]

*_Dauntless_* (2019)

[@jordanhendrix2619]

Either that or making the buffalo crap itself and run off when it sees how psychotic you are, willing to tear off your arm by shooting at it...

[@Tjalve70]

Actually, it protects you from TWO charging buffaloes that are charging at you at a 90 degree angle. You shoot and kill one, and the recoil kicks you out of the way of the second one.

[@robgray7245]

"what caliber do you hunt with?" "1" "one? that must be quite small" "sure"

[@sniperely7915]

Those are rookie numbers... i hunt with my 0.25 bore rifle ... =))

[@elementalist1984]

@@sniperely7915 technically not possible based on the definition of what a two bore gun is.

[@thisguy1890]

@@elementalist1984 untrue. In this scenario the ball would weigh 4 pounds.

[@elementalist1984]

@@thisguy1890 bore is calibrated by how many projectiles you can make out of 1 pound of lead. And to be honest a gun that shoots a 4 lbs bullet would be a cannon not a rifle, lol

[@thisguy1890]

@@elementalist1984 yeah and 0.25 balls could be made from a pound of lead. It's not that hard to work out dude.

[@Kaleo64]

This isn't for stopping a charging buffalo. This is for stopping a Cyberdemon.

[@maotisjan]

More like disintegrating a Cyberdemon

[@NazgulGnome]

The Doom Slayer's Super Shotgun. And I think that Lil' Deuce can legitimately be called a hand cannon.

[@sharcc2511]

It genuinely can. Modern aircraft guns (Called "Cannons",) fire 30mm projectiles typically.

[@a_w_em3006]

a cannon is a gun with a caliber of 20mm or more, so this would be a cannon per definition

[@John-Potasz]

The super shotgun is 8 gauge, this is larger and a rifle.

[@grangergonzalez9821]

​@@John-PotaszNo it's 2 Bore actually, as you can see it carries a larger barrel than the Grenade launcher mod on Combat shotgun

[@John-Potasz]

@@grangergonzalez9821 The super shotgun shares ammo with the combat shotgun, therefore it is not bigger.

[@EDSKaR]

The best thing about this is when you miss the mammoth you aren't conscious to feel the pain of being mauled by a deaf mammoth.

[@mortisCZ]

I would give You more upvotes if I could. :-D

[@Freko1970]

EDSKaR for the win!!!!

[@Vikingwerk]

Comment of the decade.

[@RevidykS]

i signed in only to upvote. you deserve a legendary commentator medal.

[@jkfozul2316]

Lmfao deaf Mammoth

[@YOUSMELLYBASTARD]

"Your level is not high enough to wield this weapon"

[@wawazaza1785]

Gun Jesus is powerful enough he just won't use his power to wield it for fear of the people in the other room melt while he loosens his pony tail and his hair starts to defy gravity while he floats with this rifle in hand

[@andnor]

@@wawazaza1785 Reanu keevs*

[@imapopo2924]

@@andnor Oh dear lord no... He'll have this fucking thing firing mini nukes...

[@thenumberfour6455]

Strength requirement: 13

[@defaultkoala2922]

That moment that you find a Warhammer that justifies you building your character with 18 strength

[@quadmasterXLII]

The gun is 44 lbs and the two projectiles together are 1 lb, so conservation of momentum suggests that the gun, unrestrained, would move backwards at 1/44th the muzzle velocity if both barrels were fired, or 1200 fps / 44, about 18 mph. A 45 lb olympic plate will reach a speed of 18 mph if dropped from 10 feet. To emulate the experience of firing this gun, have a friend drop a 45 lb olympic plate on your shoulder from a ten foot ladder.

[@swagnut9864]

Oh good god, your shoulder would be sent to the shadow realm

[@mebymyself2816]

Do you get free weight training lessons if you order one of these?

[@Yvolve]

At work, someone grabbed a small safe from a cabinet I was working next to. It was on the top shelf, close to the ceiling and the person dropped it as it came off the shelf. Straight onto my shoulder, the muscle, not the bone fortunately. Less fortunate was that it was thick wall, with sharp corners and edges, and full of change. It must've weighed close to an Olympic plate. That was about 5 to 6 foot. I can't imagine what twice that height must be like, this hurt for days and days. I hope the gunsmith also makes prosthetic shoulders because you're going to need one after firing this gun.

[@pauloakwood9208]

Or you can just get hit by a runaway bus.

[@martinswiney2192]

You first.

[@Weretyu7777]

That pistol is the literal definition of a hand cannon and I love it.

[@enceladus32]

Hearing the words "we'll start with something small, a .50 BMG" is frankly terrifying

[@pastorofmuppets325]

HELL! I laughed b/c I thought it was a freaking muzzle loader! The size of those cartridges is just staggering!

[@jeffreyknickman5559]

I don't know if anybody else's said this but, after watching this twice, the round for this thing looks like a 40mm grenade

[@mr.meowgi9876]

Welcome to the big boys

[@methodeetrigueur1164]

SilverDax Why didn’t he show a 9mm in comparison ? Or a 22 LR L ? Lol !

[@zrspangle]

@@jeffreyknickman5559 is somewhere around 35mm I think

[@augustvonmackensen9785]

Mum, why are my ears ringing ? Mum: Your grand-grand-grandfather fired a two bore 120 years ago, the blast got imprinted into his genes

[@valletas]

"Damn mum why didn he wear then headphones"

[@garrett8408]

@@valletas "He did sweety, but the gun exploded"

[@isaiahcampbell488]

His jeans, his hunting jacket, his formerly not wooden arm...

[@ther6sshieldmain937]

both hammers, let me correct you. One would only last about 68 years.

[@kippert8912]

Imagine getting tinnitus from an insanely powerful rifle

[@erict3728]

When a 50 BMG round is a "hotdog in a hallway", the rounds get just as scary for the shooter as the target

[@jkmac901]

I believe it was Samuel Baker, the big game hunter, who had one of these behemoths made by Holland & Holland. He later wrote that he could no longer shoot any of his guns well because the 2 bore had "so affected" his nerves.

[@snaildad193]

"Oh dude it has a dual trigger system! You can fire both barrels at once!" "Do you want to die?"

[@avatar94100]

just imagine the mess it would make... At both sides of the Barrel.

[@jameswhite153]

just because you can.......doesn't mean you should.

[@a.h.2276]

You can do it actually, but only once though.

[@S8tan7]

"Who needs shoulders anyway?"

[@ZOMGBBQFTW]

"You can fire both barrels at once!" *Recoil-jumps up*

[@spamreciever4208]

"Be vewy vewy quiet, I'm hunting Shermans"

[@sethl.lazarus6642]

Bugs Bunny: Hmmm that's one tasty double wide surprise Meat Canyon

[@TingtongTuayai]

funniest fekkin thing I ever heard - hunting Shermans!!

[@loganjefferies3927]

500th like

[@thebravegallade731]

would this go through a sherman's side armor at point blank?

[@lonewolfhero3526]

@@thebravegallade731 nah, it will hit it so hard the entire Sherman will fly

[@thelonerider9693]

I keep thinking of that line from 'the 13th warrior': "I cannot lift this" "Grow stronger".

[@jetuber]

Such a great movie. Criminally underrated.

[@tomsmith2209]

"4 bore rifles are the biggest rifles ever made, this is a 2 bore rifle" Love it.

[@maija238]

"We'll start with something small" "Uh-" *anti-material cartridge*

[@Telogor]

materiel* in this context

[@fallongarens6734]

@@Telogor "tomato potato JUST FIRE IT PATTERSON"

[@danieldrc4910]

+ 😅😆🤣😂

[@BFisherMKE]

"We'll start with something small, a 50 bmg."

[@HappisakVideos]

You don't hear that often! :D

[@notyourdamnbusiness8795]

loosk at his hand, looks at the 50 bmg.........THAT ISN´T SMALL AT ALL.

[@TheRogueWolf]

I bet Ian's been wanting to use that line for YEARS.

[@jon-paulfilkins7820]

Says it all really!

[@sosteve9113]

lol

[@sijonda]

Just stumbled over this. Someone needs to let Scott know about this thing and see if the current owner would be interested in a video being made of it. Because who else would shoot it other than Scott.

[@masterh7691]

Absolutely agreed

[@SharpForceTrauma]

I feel like this would be a job even for him 😂😂😂

[@raidenthekat2444]

This gun was made in multiples. This is the only one to still remain intact. The others were used by a being with tremendous power to fight the hordes of hell. Some know him as Doom guy.

[@Hank..]

2-bore pistols: for when you want the recoil to send your entire wrist into the shadow dimension

[@Nerdnumberone]

You can live without a hand. Some animals can take more than you can spare

[@docod-vq6iv]

Your profil picture, what was thar game called again? Thats my childhood bro

[@akkudakkupl]

@@docod-vq6iv Madness games

[@thomasweeden2683]

ano niem the Thing Thing series Edit: I’m definitely wrong, it’s Madness Combat

[@sunfl0wer_988]

I wonder if Hank could shoot these things

[@ordinator7203]

*robber breaks in* "now don't make any sudden moves, cuz if I fire we both die"

[@khahinmetameta7826]

There's nothing left of the robber or the wall behind him

[@Backroad_Junkie]

@@khahinmetameta7826 Nor the neighbor's wall next door...

[@aeternoscorpio5230]

baaahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahaahah

[@David-qw5vr]

@@Backroad_Junkie Nor the neighbor's refrigerator behind that neighbor. And the dude's shoulder

[@allanwagner4570]

That’s Hilarious

[@K31TH3R]

The gun for the discerning gentleman who finds himself skeptical that the Chicxulub impactor finished the job.

[@curtisbrummitt5470]

As someone who's really bad with picturing weights and other measurements, the thing that really sold me on the weight was seeing Ian's elbow twitching at 6:48. That's something you only see when someone's holding up something REALLY heavy.

[@laurencemoore2105]

For when you game hunting for really exotic game, you know, rhino, elephant, lion, tanks, passing cruise ships, the odd satellite.....

[@smithwesson1896]

The Titanic

[@Nate_the_Nobody]

Why not shoot for the moon

[@evanbarrows2413]

" the odd satellite" made my gut hurt laughing😅

[@ivanthehunter3530]

Let's not forget about super jumbo jets.

[@greenoftreeblackofblue6625]

Demons, Imps, Icon of Sin.

[@srenthomassen730]

"We'll start with something small..." Oh look, a nice old .30-06 cartri-- ".50 BMG." ........

[@thebruce9042]

That's the same thing I thought.😯

[@danieljennings5393]

A 50 BMG is a scaled up 30-06

[@danieljennings5393]

It caught me too

[@Nick-sx6jm]

Crazy thing is that 50 BMG has more energy at around 13k ft lbs compared to 12k that crazy paper weight has.

[@mq5731]

Something small...Dude that 2-bore shot is big enough that you could reasonably pass it off as a small cannon shell to someone who didn't know better!

[@JacobE-23]

I know a guy in Kentucky who'd love to get his hands on this firearm.

[@AngryBoozer]

"Stay back, I've got a gun and I'm very much afraid to use it!"

[@sethtate2079]

"Why do you carry a 2 bore?" Cause they don't make a 1 bore.

[@dr.hugog.hackenbush9443]

But they do...

[@whitty0033]

They do. It's called a howitzer

[@kevinmarrett9532]

That’s called a cannon

[@bobmartin9918]

God's Calibre; because anything on the receiving end will be sent to him.

[@PhoenixOfArcadia]

@@kevinmarrett9532 Yes, and that's why he carries a 2 bore. Because there isn't a 1 bore small enough to carry. YET.

[@DarkISO25]

“Really Loosely fits” that .50 BMG is like a hotdog down a hallway

[@TomboLP]

I get the feeling Ian was stopping himself making exactly this kind of joke at that moment in the video. We were all thinking it...

[@sugadaddy5771]

Thats what she said

[@hansgrueber8169]

@@TomboLP Have you ever parked a bicycle in an airplane hanger?

[@TomboLP]

@@hansgrueber8169 Or dangled a limp piece of spaghetti in a warm bucket of water.

[@hansgrueber8169]

@@TomboLP have you ever dropped a toothpick in a volcano?

[@andrewg.carvill4596]

"That stops it from opening when you fire, which would be extraordinarily bad" - Classic deadpan!

[@kevindumont2507]

"It probably could kill a whale." "What?" "And I'm only talking about the recoil."

[@mbr5742]

Can be used for Tiger hunting. The tracked kind

[@soldierjaytaz9516]

Michael Brinkhues this comment needs more likes

[@richie_23]

i doubt it can be used to hunt the tigers big cousin, the king tiger

[@texasblaze1016]

In hunting you usually want something to go and retrieve after killing it. This will make it disappear

[@cunning-stunt]

@The Bengalee Sceptic Don't you mean Elefant Jagdpanzer? Which was itself a tank destroyer?

[@LemmingFNSR]

One shot for a Tiger 1, 2 shots for the Tiger 2 perhaps?

[@raptorcell6633]

Fun fact: 30MM Grenades exist, this things bore is just over 30MM, this thing is so damn huge it could theoretically fire grenades

[@hxhdfjifzirstc894]

That's what I was thinking when I saw the ammo.

[@jeffreyknickman5559]

@@hxhdfjifzirstc894 I was thinking 40mm, but yeah

[@raptorcell6633]

@Oskar and buildings

[@stonetoolcompany3649]

It DOES fire “grenades”...... Samuel Baker White used explosive bullets that penetrated and exploded....I’d call that a grenade.....

[@infernaldaedra]

@@osmacar5331 Semi Armor Piercing High Explosive for the plebs.

[@TheRealRedRooster]

It's always fun to see when Ian is showing off some piece of artillery. This one is no exception... ;-)

[@Parents_of_Twins]

With these things you have to seriously consider which is more painful pulling the trigger or letting whatever is coming towards you eat you.

[@Mossy500A]

How long is the Doom Slayer letting you borrow his shotgun?

[@TheAdatto]

@@kaistzar2831 The super shotgun was only in doom 2

[@thehaloscrolls391]

Christian Grey and doom 3... and doom 2016... and soon doom eternal... what dumbass are you?

[@booradley6832]

​@@thehaloscrolls391 E1M1 was the map name from Doom 1. Doom 2 Was labelled MAP 1, Final doom was labelled By TNT/Plutonia maps, doom 3 had named levels that werent officially numbered and so do 2016 and eternal. So by labelling that its indicated by episode (E1M1 is the famous "Hangar" stage with the famous Doom Theme) he is clearly indicating his reference is from Doom 1, which is a game where the double barrel "Super shotgun" doesnt exist. TL;DR- dont call him a dumbass if you are one yourself.

[@thehaloscrolls391]

Boo Radley don’t call me a dumbass if you didn’t understand what the hell he and I said, he said that the super Shotgun was only in doom 2, yet it’s clearly in doom 3 and doom 4, as well as In the soon to be released doom eternal

[@Hubert_Cumberdale_]

@@thehaloscrolls391 it isn't in doom 3 but it is in doom 3 roe

[@patrickcharette2151]

I imagine the weight becomes less challenging when a rhino is charging you and adrenaline kicks in

[@paulpolito2001]

IMHO - a .35/9mm+ high-power rifle cartridge *with* properly made (monolithic for .40/10mm+, maybe a copper semi-expander for smaller?) projectile, that I can actually shoulder for more than 15 seconds at a time... that beats “I know it’s hard to shoot & shit, but *IF* I hit it, WHHOOO!!” Ofc, not like this example of pre-Viagra ED treatment was meant to actually be used, just thought I’d mention - nah, this one sucks for any purpose other than the ever-important Bragging Rights, lol

[@harryn9305]

I would argue that the ridiclous weight becomes even MORE of an issue when you realize that your ego is about to get you trampled by a rhino, bacause you're carrying a boat anchor instead of a practical weapon...

[@AleK0451]

just return to munke munke strong

[@rokahna7847]

Or you just say”fuck it” and hip fire it letting the recoil break your wrists and arms because I thats better than the rhino

[@allanfulton8004]

If a rhino is charging at me I will be happy to only get a bruise on my shoulder as long as I don't have to deal with a pissed off Rhino that want to stomp me into paste.

[@buttyug]

Ian, at the start it says the biggest rifles and shotguns used in the field were 4 bore. 2 bore punt guns weren’t uncommon, even now there are still many serviceable ones around. There were never shoulder fired, usually in a notch on the boat. The first time I saw one I thought it was a practical joke 😂 Minor discrepancy, love your work

[@theapplekingdom5493]

He's done a video on those punt guns, too!

[@joseph560]

Does a punt gun count as "in the field". I was reading about bore sizes out of curiosity and read that punt guns were used for shooting birds.

[@buttyug]

@@joseph560 old records claim over a hundred birds have been put down with a single shot from a punt gun. It’s cheating really😂

[@alflyover4413]

@@joseph560 They are. Or were.The plan was to scull the punt to within range, with the barrel directed just over the flock, then trigger it. The birds would jump up from the water and right into the blast of shot. They were used more for market hunting than sporting or sustenance use. I did read some time ago of current British regulation of punt guns, but since I have not kept track of the regulations I don't know if they are still used. I have to admit I would not mind at all having one hung on hooks over the fireplace.

[@lordgarion514]

He didn't say 2 bore was the largest used in the field. He said 2 bore was the largest "really" used in the field. Punt guns were bigger, but they weren't used by people out hunting. They were used for the *business* of killing and selling birds.

[@snooze3227]

Everybody: Who can use this gun. Duke Nukem: Groovy.

[@crash6442]

Alternate video titles: "Child reviews normal sized shotgun" "Doom Super Shotgun"

[@Olivier-C]

I bet that somewhere sometime, someone tried to fire both triggers at the same time, and then never did it again.

[@mr.slothmcnugget5191]

I wouldn't be suprised if the dude made a backflip

[@Olivier-C]

Some say he's still spinning :)

[@alexanderhowarth6460]

yeah because he's in orbit

[@markknife1]

A wired triggers perhaps?

[@dvirus2000]

I'd be surprised if he did anything ever again.

[@michaelbrown1240]

5:50 that's not a pistol, that's a pocket mortar

[@CubicP1sa]

"So Glen what're you hun'in' today boy?" "God."

[@rustyshackleford8370]

I think this gun needs some accessories.... like a bayonet, laser sights... maybe a mount, tires, shield, stabilizers, trailer hitch, hydraulic recoil cylinders... yeah this is basically artillery...

[@TheZaketsu]

if you do the same way the french like to make their bayonets you might as well use a greatsword for this

[@farstar41]

A crew served weapon system.

[@npyrhone2]

@@farstar41 Indeed, we call these weapon systems NSVCM for being native safari valet crew mounted.

[@user-dn3kc8nn8m]

What it really needs tho is a Doom 2016 tribute edition!

[@DaveL9170]

And a suppressor

[@blackace7782]

Who needs SpaceX when you can just point this at the ground and launch yourself into orbit.

[@TheLazerSword]

This shit can shred a blackhole into pieces

[@zacheurittz9865]

force-a-nature

[@ZeonGenesisEvangelgoog]

the virgin rocket jump Vs. The chad 2-bore jump

[@Gato303co]

Someone has been playing Quake and seeing rocket jumping everywhere ;-)

[@potatoslayer69420]

Force a nature gaming

[@Tumathy]

If you saw the barrel and the stock to size, it's the perfect carry weapon! You can even launch yourself into space if you shoot it at the the floor.

[@indy_the_awesome4615]

Im a force a nature

[@mistzy8435]

"Obviously, the first thing one does with a rifle like this is show the ammunition with some kind of... standard-sized cartridges so that you can get an idea for what it's really like. So, we'll start with something small- uh, .50 BMG-" YOU *_WHAT_* Ian, that is literally a calibre capable of carrying payloads! And you've just called it _small!_ I guess it would slide down the barrel if you tried to chamber it

[@Ted_II]

Ian: "For comparison I'll start out with something small; a .50 BMG..." A *W H A T*

[@happyveliz]

You *WHAT!?*

[@icecubes_for_the_boiling_frogs]

Isn't that what AR15s shoot? I heard it from a politician and they NEVER lie! 🤣😂🤣😂

[@bofadeez]

@@icecubes_for_the_boiling_frogs you mean the fully semi automatic ar-16's they're telling us about?

[@icecubes_for_the_boiling_frogs]

@@bofadeez yeah those ones! Don't they come with thingies you can put on the end to make them whisper quiet too?

[@nightfall-8891]

"a .50 BMG..."

[@junior1138]

This is a comedic firearm. “Among other weapons, I had an extraordinary rifle that carried a half-pound percussion shell-this instrument of torture to the hunter was not sufficiently heavy for the weight of the projectile; it only weighed twenty pounds: thus, with a charge of ten drachms [270 grains] of powder, behind a half-pound shell, the recoil was so terrific, that I spun around like a weathercock in a hurricane. I really dreaded my own rifle, although I had been accustomed to heavy charges of powder, and severe recoil for some years. None of my men could fire it, and it was looked upon with a species of awe, and it was named "Jenna-El-Mootfah" (Child of a Cannon) by the Arabs, which being far too long a name for practice, I christened it the "Baby;" and the scream of this "Baby" loaded with a half-pound shell was always fatal. It was far too severe, and I very seldom fired it, but it is a curious fact, that I never fired a shot with that rifle without bagging: the entire practice, during several years, was confined to about twenty shots. I was afraid to use it; but now and then it was absolutely necessary that it should be cleaned, after months of staying loaded. On such occasions my men had the gratification of firing it, and the explosion was always accompanied by two men falling on their backs (one having propped up the shooter), and the "Baby" flying some yards behind them. This rifle was made by Holland & Holland, of Bond Street, and I could highly recommend it for the Goliath of Gath, but not for the men of A.D. 1866.” - Sir Samuel White Baker

[@TheKyleMark]

The Sci-Fi Guy Man, people used to write like they MEANT things. 😂

[@AustinScottHoffman]

@@TheKyleMark Being a writer and someone who (to make a crude joke about myself) gets off on writing a lot of detail, that hurts. Not that I'm offended by it, it just reminds me that now even in non-fiction writing people are shite at it.

[@TheKyleMark]

Austin Hoffman I’m not really talking about just authors. I mean when you look at even casual personal correspondence from people in the 19th and 18th centuries it all sounded like this. There’s nothing wrong with how we communicate now, it’s just a difference in how people use language.

[@maxkronader5225]

@@TheKyleMark If you look up the essays that children had to write in the US in the mid 1800s - early 1900s to graduate the Eighth Grade (the highest level of most public schools at the time) you'll find them to be uniformly superior in grammar, sentence structure, vocabulary, and general composition to most doctoral theses today.

[@jetuber]

Prose was once poetry. Comparing the writing of those times to the blather of today is like considering the difference between the Victoria and Albert Museum and an Ikea store. We're like the Dark Age Europeans looking at the ruins of Rome in awe and despair at how far we've fallen.

[@solaire_of_the_east]

Gunsmiths back in the day really had something in their heads that I am not articulative enough to express

[@bunnylegion3969]

Doom Guy: “Ian… you had my curiosity, but now you have my attention.”

[@green2blue309]

Soooo... Essentially it’s a shoulder fired light artillery piece.

[@TheRedRaven_]

Green2Blue 30 lmao

[@tomwebb3081]

"Light"

[@pRahvi0]

@@tomwebb3081 It's light if you don't need a tractor to move it. :P

[@motorcyclekidd2131]

Phrases I never thought I would hear "let's start with something small, .50bmg"

[@nordattack]

Sir Samuel White Baker used a single barrel 2 bore during his many adventures as detailed in his book "The Rifle and The Hound in Ceylon." Amazing read.

[@frailty7280]

honestly the most impressive display of the size of that chamber wasnt putting a 50bmg in there it was the way he nonchalantly stuck his finger in there next to it to pull it out

[@kaminsod4077]

If you ever needed to hunt dragons, this is the gun for you.

[@chrisstephens6673]

I heard the original owner was a chap called Bilbo.

[@BOGSNIPERfromPS3]

Chris Stephens You meant a Chad*

[@zibingotaeam3716]

Tylersaurand No, you wanna use.22 lr because that will bounce around inside the dragon, ricocheting off the scales.

[@wingracer1614]

I know it's a joke but you made me think what would I want to actually take on a dragon? It wouldn't be this. I'm thinking shoulder fired heat seeking missile.

[@LazyLifeIFreak]

Assuming the dragon is like in Skyrim, I think a Stinger missile would do quite well. Maybe outfitted with a HEAT warhead instead of just HE.

[@kevinschultz6091]

Me: "oh, those wacky Victorians and their outlandish hunting rifles..." Ian: "The man who built this has a KZbin channel documenting the process." Me: "...Oh, those wacky Victorians and their time travelling shenanigans."

[@CaptainGrief66]

Kevin Schultz Dapper time traveling shenanigans doing brrrittish lads!

[@elgostine]

well the 4 bore was used in the victorian era, so its not completely wrong

[@smithwesson1896]

Crafty bastards

[@overtheworl]

roflcoptr

[@stewartlynton9942]

No time-travelling required. Ian never mentioned who ordered it... they could be from Melbourne (Non-Aussies: City in the state of Victoria)

[@camtou914]

A rocket propelled grenade launcher (RPG-7) would have been much lighter, easier to shoulder, more practical and effective in stopping.

[@bbb-dk7pz]

didnt those things not go off if you were too close to the target.Also you know firing a rpg may hurt you too considerign the animal is getting closer and closer

[@Mithguar]

You want to stop an animal from charging you, not spread it across the plains. If Grenade launcher could do the job of stopping rifle, you wouldn't see stopping rifles developed.

[@DKNguyen3.1415]

@@Mithguar You have your defensive goals, I have mine.

[@MisterRose90]

Stolzer and sons: *gets order from customer.* Also stolzer and sons: *looks are each other with terror and excitement*

[@teddysurf]

50 BMG loosely fits in… like throwing a hotdog down a hallway...

[@randyhill1492]

It honestly made me think of my exwife when he did that.

[@robertheller4583]

Why a hotdog

[@teddysurf]

Robert Heller ... Seriously? It’s a vulgar sexual term for a girl who has a loose vagina or a guy who has a small penis(or I guess both...). The hotdog is the penis and the hallway is the vagina. I was relating it to the huge bore of the one gun over the 50 BMG’s.

[@TheMrDarius]

Imagine pulling both triggers simultaneously. Goodbye shoulder and goodbye whatever is on the receiving end across the street behind three refrigerators.

[@the8thark]

Probably the only time you will ever hear a 50BMG round be called small.

[@canyonraney7641]

"I'm hunting wabbits" *OBLITERATES HALF A CONTINENT*

[@ashleyphotog]

all of them

[@nazarderkach9320]

Well, there probably were rabbits somewhere in there.

[@a.cunningham4974]

“Heavy is good. If it doesnt fire you can always hit them with it.”

[@grayeaglej]

I was thinking when you are out of ammo you can hit them with it, but yes. O.o

[@comunistubula4424]

"Why do they call him the Bullet Dodger?" "...Because he dodges bullets, Avi"

[@vivavideo-videofilmer]

Boris the Blade?

[@nobody-pr7fg]

"That's a bloody anti aircraft gun!"

[@johnauen992]

We need to get this in the hands of Kentucky Ballistics… he has a 4 bore. Now he just needs to shoot the 2 bore.

[@SweGunner71]

"Start with something SMALL... Here is .50 BMG" had me LOL:ing for realz!

[@giovannibattistaponzetto5860]

If a train assaults you, this can really stop it in its tracks.

[@ivanrivera3293]

Giovanni Battista Ponzetto AAAYYYYYY

[@joshveer1138]

Stop It In Its tracks? No... This Will Wipe The DAMN TRAIN FROM EXISTANCE!!!

[@sy-en]

Giovanni Battista Ponzetto underrated

[@djvycious]

They named it the 'Double Deuce' because you s**t your pants twice when it's pointed at you.

[@Ryarios]

Two bricks in fact....

[@akesitonsi]

And when you fire it.

[@npyrhone2]

@@akesitonsi First one before you shoot.

[@user-dn3kc8nn8m]

So considering its a double barrel, 4 bricks, plus 2 if we count the pistol, so minimum of 6 bricks total

[@MrEli768]

🤣🤣🤣 that brings to mind "uncle ruckus" when he's cleaning the hospital floor and has a gun pointed at him while being asked a question, to which he responds "could you repeat that, I couldn't hear you over the sound of me shitting myself" 🤣🤣🤣

[@andrewo5296]

When he said the builder has a KZbin channel my thoughts were "they're still around geezus!"

[@b01tact10n]

WTF, collarbone wristbreaking tools are those DAMN! Very much appreciated enlightening and entertaining on such a rare firearms.

[@Dafmeister1978]

Gunsmith: So do you want a rifle or a grenade launcher? Customer: Yes.

[@youGigi00official]

Yes, I want both of them

[@youGigi00official]

Gunsmith: “hold my beer”

[@imapopo2924]

*Bolter*

[@avatar94100]

I kinda wonder why Grenade Launchers aren't nearly as scary as this weapon, I mean it fires even bigger Rounds right?

[@thegermanstromtrooper197]

Both I need them to hunt my Mother In Law

[@Adiscretefirm]

I would rather fire my 30-06 with the stock butt against my forehead than fire that monster against my shoulder.

[@thedirtbag7]

Hell I would rather fire #4 Magnum buckshot out of my 12 gauge with the buttstock firmly between my legs

[@deletdis6173]

@@thedirtbag7 I don't know about that, now. 😅

[@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney]

On a bet, I shot a 12 gauge magnum birdshot (thank god we didn't have slugs or turkey loads handy) round from my Remington 11-87 with the but plate resting firmly on my gentleman berries. Sucked. Sucked bad. I think I'd still do it before I'd fire that apocalyptic monstrosity.

[@ianthompson2802]

@@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney y tho

[@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney]

ian Thompson Because I was like 18 and an idiot.

[@jackelstone1502]

The cartoon proportions are stunning, seeing ian hold it really was comparable to elmer fudd

[@supermanlypunch]

Rare to see a firearm with ammo that can double as a straight blundgeoning implement.

[@SuaveStatement]

That gun belongs in Doom.

[@KarlBunker]

... or a Warner Bros. cartoon 😀

[@smokeydops]

its the super shotgun!

[@keijimadarame]

Nah, super shotgun is a 1-bore. Sawed-off.

[@KuraIthys]

Yeah... Doom 2 had the double-barrel shotgun. And allowing for age and viewing angle, that very much looks like this monstrosity...

[@kutchinka4062]

Keiji Madarame damage to player:201 HP

[@SnowmanTF2]

Just looking at the ammunition, could be confused with a grenade launcher

[@BenJamin-en3jb]

@@wolfofmagdalene92 34mm Grenades sound like something that can be constructed.

[@calebhu6383]

Considering that there are plenty of smaller grenades in 30, 25, and 20mm, yeah.

[@rogerramiussergeialexander5541]

Yeah, correct me if I'm wrong, but; pretty sure that explosive projectiles (think mini artillery shells) below a certain size were collectively banned from military use BY multiple militaries back in the late 1700s, simply because exploding bullets are freaking brutal. This was when people were literally lining up to shoot at each other by the hundreds and pouring hot wax on their wounds. Still, if there's something chasing you that you'd need a half-pound explosive projectile to kill; I think permits and red tape would be the least of your problems... 😓

[@kingjames4886]

don't even think they can use mushrooming ammo in war, it's all metal jacket so you get clean through and through wounds giving wounded soldiers the best chance to recover. it's supposed to be about winning the war, not brutally maiming the enemy population.

[@rogerramiussergeialexander5541]

@@kingjames4886 well said!

[@bikecommuter24]

I can't help but think that Scott from Kentucky Ballistics is at the Auction looking at this gun.

[@praporbarton3961]

You know something's not right when the calibre is bigger than Warhammer's bolter rounds

[@RockIslandAuctionCompany]

It's so cartoonishly large. I love this rifle.

[@anzaca1]

I know! It looks like a gun Elmer Fudd would've used!

[@davidlong2338]

It's on par with .950 JDJ. I just might buy these types of rifles to see if I can create functional grenade rounds to work with them.

[@barfingcoyote210]

Kynoch use to make for sale an exploding round for the 2 & 4 bores back around the turn of last century.

[@spookyshadowhawk6776]

Rock Island Auction Company Dislocated Shoulder every time you fire this Beast! It's so Outrageous and Extreme, I won't even ask how much the Ammunition Costs! I Love It!

[@Cohac]

Its just screams "american" to me. I love it.

[@virtualwastrel]

Only one man can wield this, and he is known by the trail of corpses he leaves in his wake. *BFG Division starts playing*

[@zane9785]

*In deep voice The Doom Slayer

[@niklasw.1297]

*IN THE FIRST AGE, IN THE FIRST BATTLE*

[@virtualwastrel]

@Shaun Goin not wrong, but not the answer I was lookin for.

[@turricanrocks1552]

You know, now that I think about it; this DOES look like the Super Shotgun from Doom II (the ones in Doom III, 2016 and Eternal don't count since they look more "futuristic" than this)

[@turricanrocks1552]

You know, now that I think about it; this DOES look like the Super Shotgun from Doom II (the ones in Doom III, 2016 and Eternal don't count since they look more "futuristic" than this)

[@AINGELPROJECT667]

I love the concept of a "stopping rifle": You want something dead NOW.

[@fredford7642]

As always a very good video. Thank you for showing something we will never see or experience.

[@Whitpusmc]

The USS Iowa Museum called while you were filming, they need their gun back...

[@TheUVHippo]

Deck gun, I assume

[@alecingram4669]

jemielnic well, I mean if you fire it you don’t need to get on the floor to play dead because the gun does it for you. Life saver than gun is.

[@nathanielrose629]

you guys watch this too?

[@heckinmemes6430]

"Yeah, I need something as close to an artillery piece as possible without becoming illegal." "Say no more."

[@TommyTombstone]

I imagine this is a registered Destructive Device

[@heckinmemes6430]

@Jacob Howell I have shopping to do.

[@TommyTombstone]

@Jacob Howell rifled bore with a bullet diameter over .5 is a DD

[@colemanmoore9871]

@@TommyTombstone Black power (.58 caliber is popular) and sporting rifles (like the 600Nitro) have exemptions.

[@dr.hugog.hackenbush9443]

Black powder doesnt matter Smokeless rounds like the .577, .600 and .700 Nitro Express get sporting round exceptions.

[@gordonhamilton5576]

What I really appreciates is the space to fit Ian's finger in beside the barrel to retreive the 50 BMG..

[@sskuk1095]

It has a double trigger system. Show this to Scott from Kentucky ballistics!

[@matthayward7889]

“We’ll start with something small... .50BMG” Don’t hear that every day!

[@roblamb4848]

I wish he put a 22LR next to the 50BMG first!

[@willdwyer6782]

Only one thing makes me reluctant to fire a weapon like that. Newton's second law.

[@308Repins]

...that and the inevitable loss of bowel control

[@dingo137]

@The Bengalee Sceptic Third law tells you you're going to be knocked back. Second law tells you how much...

[@thefrogger6507]

Frankly. With the amount of force this makes. I'm also gonna say Newton's first law

[@benjaminmiddaugh2729]

This is a gun that, even if you can shoulder it, you really shouldn't, especially if you fire it. (God save your shoulder if you fire both barrels at once.)

[@RhodokTribesman]

@@benjaminmiddaugh2729 Not shouldering a rifle is the worst idea. Inexperienced shooters do this and just get slammed into by the stock

[@BM-ru7ef]

What a kooky way to measure “bore”. Thanks for explaining

[@tamirch1]

I don’t even like guns, but I can’t stop watching your channel...

[@Mayor_McCheems]

Goes hunting. Comes Back. "did you get anything?" Gives him a jar of bloody goo

[@GhostBear3067]

For when you want ground beef from a buffalo at the most expedient way possible.

[@Nick-rs5if]

It's really quite effective though when you think about it. It turns an animal into minced meat with a single round! 😄

[@a.aalfaro2312]

For when you need to stop a charging buffalo... that’s behind a fridge behind a tank behind a mountain on the other side of the Serengeti

[@aliensguy4291]

Or when you want to kill that cacodemon that's been wandering around shooting fireballs at you

[@st4rlightr4v3n4]

Or the surface of Mars

[@ShiftyShiftyHL2]

"So we'll start with something small, .50 BMG" I never thought I'd hear that in my life haha!

[@microTrash28]

“We’ll start with something small: .50 BMG.” Well, that certainly gets the idea across.

[@masterman530]

The fact that they measured the boar size by how many "shots" make up a pound makes sense. It would give an extremely easy way to know how much weight of ammo you're carrying or shipping.

[@paulkersey3042]

That's some good ass knowledge.

[@earlelkins9086]

..sir, it is 'bore size'.. ty

[@vikkimcdonough6153]

Especially given that cannons and such used to be classified as 2-pounders, 6-pounders, 64-pounders, etc., and bore gauge is literally just the reciprocal of this ('cause, for stuff smaller than a 1-pounder, it's less clunky to say, say, "4-bore" than "one-quarter-pounder").

[@thrownsofaraway9978]

@@earlelkins9086 What if he wanted to know the boar per pound conversion?

[@microTrash28]

@@earlelkins9086 No, he’s talking about transporting wild pigs.

[@leppeppel]

That's not a stopping rifle; it's a retreating rifle. If you shoot something with a stopping rifle, it stops. If you shoot something with a the Double Deuce, it starts moving the other direction!

[@erikskole7669]

You mean pieces of it go the other direction.

[@christianschwalbach7561]

When I have a double deuce I make sure to flush completely

[@universalgasworks5050]

I could hit your eurethra at 100 yards with my 308

[@mathewstumpf3744]

@@universalgasworks5050 and your point is?

[@highvelocity6529]

A nice one man 😂 thanks

[@missingthe80s58]

I remember when he posted the making of this thing on a gunsmith forum many years ago. He posted other projects too. He's a fan of boxlock guns too.

[@KeithHearnPlus]

This is the perfect stopping rifle, for when you're hunting Peterbilts.

[@jeremyrm7]

Truly made for stopping demons in their tracks

[@judefischer3821]

The mythical boomstick made by ash