An Unusual Handgun Question.

[grendelbane]

CCW isn't an issue as Remington's about 6'2"- six three-ish and weighs in just about 210lbs give or take a donut; so fitting a bigger framed auto under his jacket isn't too hard;

Hey! I resemble that! At least I used to, before I lost some weight. In any case, the Grizzly Mark I is concealable for people that size. If your man handloads, he can load the Magtech 230 grain semi-wadcutter bullets over a hefty charge of WW296. This provides good penetration with a sharp edged bullet with a large meplat.

My Mark I is extremely reliable, accurate, and quite controllable for a magnum pistol. I could do better with it if my fingers were a little longer. Perhaps your character's fingers are of above average length?

Many of the parts are interchangeable with the regular M1911 type .45 pistols. Magazines are scarce and expensive. I have 3, so there is no reason your character could not have more.

Winchester loaded a 260 grain bullet cartridge at one time. No reason why your character couldn't find a few boxes laying around small gunshop shelves from time to time. It is the only expanding handgun bullet I would trust if I needed deep penetration also.

 

[Blimp Captain]

i kept thinking Desert Eagle in .44mag while reading your post.

 

[CypherNinja]

In all seriousness, I can't think of anything that would fit better than one of the Dan Wesson 445 SuperMags.

http://www.czusa.com/product_detail.php?id=79

http://www.czusa.com/product_detail.php?id=78


Chambers 44 Special, 44 Magnum, and 445 SuperMag (extra long 44 mag). Interchangable barrels (4-10 inches), name with some history, and good looks. Plus most everyone hears '44' and thinks "BIG". Its what I'd put in the story.



Plus I REALLY want one. :drool:

 

[RyanM]

If he's going to handload, how about an Atomic Glock for the automatic? Takes the same powder charge and bullet weight as the .44 magnum, but in a smaller case with a narrower bullet.

http://www.thehighroad.org/showpost.php?p=1028467&postcount=17

Since the pictures on that post seem to have vanished, here's a couple I just took for the occasion.

Best I could do with a scanner. No camera.

Glocks are common as dirt. The TIG welding of the barrel wasn't too expensive (less than purchasing even the cheapest aftermarket barrel), but it may be difficult to find someone qualified to do the work. Would need some kind of insanely heavy recoil spring to keep the slide from battering the gun to death. Standard .40 S&W ammo is quite common nowadays as well, and the gun would handle it fine with the standard recoil spring. Reliability is just fine. The gun will even feed empty cases, contrary to popular myth, as long as the case isn't the last round in the mag, and you ease it onto the ramp. Or not even "ease," really. Riding the slide down just a little bit is sufficient.

Conceptually similar to the .45 Super thing, but much, much, much, much more powerful. Totally blows away the Coonan too. And if this guy has a gunsmith buddy who's also a competent enough welder/metallurgist to TIG weld a chamber without weakening anything, the gun would be inexpensive and common enough to leave behind if absolutely necessary.

Actually reloading the cases (after firing an atomic load through one) would be impossible since they'd be pretty well ruined, so he would never have to worry about chasing after brass. Just buy super cheap once fired brass on E-bay, and load 'em up.

 

[scottw]

First and foremost is what does the state that you will be in have to say about minimum handgun requirements. Good rule of thumb is 100 ft. lbs. at 100 yards. This would be the absolute least you can use in Wyoming but still need to check other states for sure.

 

[vynx]

Ruger Super Redhawk in .454 w/ 7.5" barrel can also shoot .45 colt and with a little work .45 acp

Then he gets a Ruger Alaskan in .454 for his backup.

IF you decide to go back to an auto the Desert Eagle in .44 magnum but I think uberhero should leave as little behind as possible and revolvers don't eject brass so no self loading pistol.

Definetly a 12 gauge Berretta or Benelli self loading with 3.5" shell ability.

 

[lawboy]

Coonan Arms, .357 Magnum semi-auto in the basic 1911 stye.
Powerful, not too much larger than a standard 1911 so it can be concealed.
357 magum ammo will be found in out of the way places so no stretch of the truth there.
Powerful enough to down big game animals when used by an expert, which your character apparently is.

For a visual ... http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=60394310

 

[Warren]

The more I think about this the more I'm thinking the DW in 445 Supermag is the way to go.

First, the name of the round is great. The not so gun knowledgeble readers will be thinking "Super Magnum!? Dayam!"

Second, the hero can change barrel lengths depending on his mission profile. Again the readers will totally be with the coolness of THAT.

Third, The hero can change the grip type. I don't know why he would but throwing that in would cause the readers to be totally sucked in to the story.

Fourth, the whole reloading thing for that exotic round. All the details that you could add to the story would so sell the character.

Of course you would not throw all these details at the reader in the first story. You parcel them out, letting the readers pick it up as they read the whole series.

The only downside? The gun is not an automatic. Of course what hero these days uses a revolver? So your guy would stand out there as well.