Elephant Pistol 🐘

This review by hickok45 delves into the Ruger No. 1 rifle chambered in the potent .375 H&H Magnum cartridge. The video highlights the rifle's classic falling block action, its historical significance for African big game hunting, and the substantial recoil associated with the cartridge. hickok45 emphasizes the unique challenge and romance of hunting with a single-shot rifle, where the first shot is paramount.

This video tests the stopping power of various firearms against Stretch Armstrong toys. The Ruger 57 and Glock 31 showed limited penetration, while the S&W 41 Magnum and the custom .375 H&H Magnum 'Elephant Pistol' demonstrated significant destructive capability. The Elephant Pistol, especially with solid brass rounds, achieved impressive penetration, even damaging a cinder block.

This video reviews the extreme 'Elephant Pistol,' a MOA Corp single-shot handgun chambered in .375 H&H Magnum. It demonstrates the immense power of this dangerous game cartridge through penetration tests on cinder blocks and expansion tests using nacho cheese. The review highlights the pistol's 16-inch barrel, compensator, and unique safety mechanism, comparing its .375 H&H Magnum round to common rifle cartridges.

This video showcases the destructive power of various large-caliber elephant guns, culminating in the .700 Nitro Express, against 'zombie head' targets. Scott from Kentucky Ballistics demonstrates the escalating damage from .375 H&H Magnum up to the .700 Nitro Express, highlighting bullet types and weights. The .460 Weatherby Magnum and .700 Nitro Express are shown to completely obliterate their targets, emphasizing the extreme capabilities of these big bore rifles.

This review of the CZ 550 in .375 H&H Magnum highlights its capability as a versatile 'elephant rifle' for dangerous game. The .375 H&H Magnum, introduced in 1912, is shown to be a legal minimum for many dangerous game scenarios. Ballistic tests demonstrate impressive penetration through cinder blocks and significant destructive power on soft targets, even causing a table to break from hydraulic shock via exploding nacho cheese cans.

This video tests the terminal ballistics of a .375 H&H Magnum 'elephant gun' against a realistic human torso. Using a 300-grain expanding round, it demonstrated massive tissue damage and rib destruction. A solid .375 H&H round showed extreme penetration, while a .45-70 and a .50 caliber rifle were also tested for comparison, with the .50 caliber causing catastrophic damage.

This video details a catastrophic failure of a Serbu RN-50 rifle chambered in .50 BMG, which exploded due to extreme pressure exceeding 85,000 PSI. The incident resulted in severe injuries to the shooter, Scott, including a broken orbital bone, nose, lacerated jugular vein, and punctured lung. The analysis points to the breech cap shearing off its threads as the failure point, highlighting the dangers of exceeding firearm pressure limits.

This video from Kentucky Ballistics puts the Desert Eagle Mark XIX through a series of extreme environmental torture tests. The firearm demonstrates impressive initial resilience, functioning perfectly after water submersion and snow exposure. However, it encounters significant malfunctions when subjected to mud and sand, highlighting potential failure points in extreme conditions. The test is conducted by Scott, a recognized authority in destructive firearm testing.

This video features a series of extreme caliber tests using a zombie torso dummy. The .700 Nitro Express is tested with a 1000-grain soft point round, followed by .600, .500, and .470 Nitro Express calibers. Additional tests include the .460 Weatherby Magnum and .500 Jeffery, showcasing the immense power and recoil of these large-bore firearms.

This Liberty Safe National Classic Select underwent extreme torture tests, including a flamethrower fire simulation and ballistic impacts. While it withstood .45 ACP, .50 AE, .500 S&W Magnum, and .450 Marlin rounds, a .308 Win round penetrated, and .50 BMG rounds easily breached the safe. Despite significant damage, the safe's frame remained intact against mechanical force.