This 'Backpack Cannon Will be Handy In The Zombie Apocalypse

[Guliver]

This 'Backpack Cannon' Will Come Handy In The Zombie Apocalypse http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2014/01/this- ... pocalypse/



KitUp’s headline for the new Smith & Wesson .460-calibre revolver is “Smith & Wesson Unveils Backpack Cannon”. Judging by its size, it looks like a hand cannon to me, yes. Or like a power tool that can kill you.

“An ideal firearm for your backpack in the backcountry,” they continue. And more: “revolvers have long been replaced by high-capacity semi-auto for self defence*, but they still make nice companions if you like camping where the critters are big enough to eat you.”

But of course! They should make every boy and girl scout put one of these inside their backpacks, between the compass and the marshmallows bag.

* Emphasis for hilarity.

[petemacsydney]

I wish I had this when I was a boy scout!!!

[SendIt]

“revolvers have long been replaced by high-capacity semi-auto for self defence

Yeah, a .460 is useless for self defence.

An intruder would totally just shrug that off...

[laflamme]

im blown away by that level of assume. If I were in the states i would have a new home defense gun. Think of the noise that thing would make in doors.

[Ken]

Think of the noise that thing would make in doors.

What a ridiculous gun to give someone for self defence anyway.

Not to be sexist here, but if you're getting a pistol for your wife or daughter who has no shooting experience and probably isn't built like a line backer, they're not going to be able to handle the thing.

Probably clock themselves in the face from the recoil and/or miss and have the round go out into a neighbours place.

[Warrigul]

What a ridiculous gun to give someone for self defence anyway.

Not to be sexist here, but if you're getting a pistol for your wife or daughter who has no shooting experience and probably isn't built like a line backer, they're not going to be able to handle the thing.

Probably clock themselves in the face from the recoil and/or miss and have the round go out into a neighbours place.

Pretty much a ridiculous gun to give anyone for self defense, not many can even handle a full noise .357, let alone a .44 or this monster. It is made for a specialist niche and that is all.

Plus if you can't buy shot cartridges for snakes and blanks to scare off dogs then it is not worth having as a camp gun, just my humble opinion.

Nice to have "just because" however, I wouldn't say no (and since when has "not sensible" stopped any of us buying firearms?).

[ebr love]

Agree with Ken & Warrigul on it being ridiculous.

I'd be pigeonholing this into the "fun to fire a few times, useless to own" category.

[Warrigul]

"fun to fire a few times, useless to own" category.

I have to admit that I have had a few of those in my gunsafe over the years... hence the reason I don't go too hard on those that end up with them.

[laflamme]

No you miss me I would shot it and I would teach her to beat her opponent over the head with it. Look at the size of that thing. The concussion might prove fatal all by itself, and then after that we can talk about actually loading it. (this is a joke. It was a joke in the beginning. But it is in that eye candy awesome category. )

[chickapow]

...blanks to scare off dogs then it is not worth having as a camp gun, just my humble opinion.

Blanks? f*** that.

If there's a pack of feral dogs nearby I want cartridges

[yoshie]

If I had a bear chasing me I'd want as much gun as I could get

[Warrigul]

If I had a bear chasing me I'd want as much gun as I could get

I'd want the second tap on the rise not a pulldown, or even a broken wrist when fired from an improvised angle.

Still, until one of us is in that situation we won't really know, will we?

Preferably I will never have to face down an angry bear(the wife is scary enough when she is upset).

[VICHunter]

It's like that thing where if you're facing a bear you're supposed to run uphill, or downhill as they have difficulty with one of them.

Except I can't remember which way you're supposed to go

[Combat_Wombat]

Having grown up in rural Qld I would like to note that the .460 is way underpowered for the highly dangerous "drop bear" I have personally seen one shrug off a direct hit from a 375H&H and would recommend nothing short of a .577 T-REx

[Herdsman]

I agree with Combat Wombat.

To all Americans reading this forum, drop bears are real... For serious...

50 cal minimum for them.

[wrenchman]

Being from the states and living in one with bears let me say in short bursts they are fast and have lots of muscle.

Big bullets are made to open large wound channels, if you are back packing and you have use it be prepared the chance is even if hit she will chew on you unless you hit her in the brain or brake a spine.

That being said it is a nice gun it should take down any thing you shoot with it.

[Brute]

If you're headed somewhere with a reasonable expectation that you'll run into a bear, surely you'd take a rifle anyway? Not a pistol?

[Westy]

With the weight and size of that thing you wouldn't need to fire it you could just pistol whip them to death with the thing!!!!

[Grated]

Just rest the pistol on the bear and he won't be able to get up.

[chacka]

Didn't Thor do that to the Hulk in the Avengers?

[wrenchman]

You can shoot 45 long colts threw the 460 it will make it nicer to shoot if want your wife to shoot it and fun for you both its like shooting 38s threw a 357

[Warrigul]

Being from the states and living in one with bears let me say in short bursts they are fast and have lots of muscle.

Big bullets are made to open large wound channels, if you are back packing and you have use it be prepared the chance is even if hit she will chew on you unless you hit her in the brain or brake a spine.

That being said it is a nice gun it should take down any thing you shoot with it.

The problem with our drop bears is they wait in ambush and drop from a branch grabbing hold of the head and pushing down with the legs on the shoulder at the same time trying to break the neck(this has developed over thousands of years feeding on aboriginals- hence the reason aboriginals prefer the outback) usually not succeeding and the poor victim, if they live, being left with neck and facial scarring.

There is pretty much nothing that can be done other than don't walk under trees at night, a warning overseas tourists often fail to heed. At least you can see your bears coming.

We have the deadliest animals in the world and you lot still think it is a wonderful place to visit.

No drop bears in Tasmania, the last indigenous one died in captivity in 1933.

[Deco]

Lucky that all those drop-beat baiting programs had some success.

Especially after all the incidents when they tried to cull them with groups of hunters. A few of those turned out bad for the guys involved...

[Warrigul]

Lucky that all those drop-beat baiting programs had some success.

Especially after all the incidents when they tried to cull them with groups of hunters. A few of those turned out bad for the guys involved...

Well as soon as the push to move to the suburbs occured in the seventies something had to be done, without all the traffic noise and lights to make them move on it was just one big food pool for them and numbers exploded.

They did a good job in the end, but as you said most of the amateurs did a good job but a few weren't properly prepared. A bounty without any education beforehand simply wasn't good politics.

Very rare to see or even hear of an incident, just the odd backpacker, tourist or habitual drunk who got careless.

[Turkle]

They shouldn't have taken the drop bear section out of our firearms safety courses I don't reckon.

Guess they were trying to reduce concern over them, but made it more dangerous in the process.

[Warrigul]

They shouldn't have taken the drop bear section out of our firearms safety courses I don't reckon.

Guess they were trying to reduce concern over them, but made it more dangerous in the process.

Yep, wound a drop bear and you have one very pissed off creature to deal with.......................................