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Gun Control & RKBA

Dial H For Hero

(2,971 posts) Mon Jan 10, 2022, 05:24 PM Jan 2022

New UK-legal .50 revolver marketed as "top of the line" home defense, with "enormous" muzzle energy. [View all]

https://www.umarex.com/products/product-universe/defense/t4e/2.4757.html

It's a CO2 powered airgun, firing a 17 grain .50 rubber ball at 350 feet per second. To put that into perspective, it has roughly 8% of the power of the .25 ACP (an extremely weak cartridge used in tiny pocket pistols).

In this video review, it won't consistently penetrate a cardboard box:

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New UK-legal .50 revolver marketed as "top of the line" home defense, with "enormous" muzzle energy. [View all] Dial H For Hero Jan 2022 OP

How special unweird Jan 2022 #1

Seems like a bad idea on many fronts.... TheRealNorth Jan 2022 #2

Not to mention that the idea of using it for self defense is laughable. Dial H For Hero Jan 2022 #3

Yikes. PTWB Jan 2022 #4

they dont have millions of gun nuts shooting anything that moves nt msongs Jan 2022 #6

Neither do we. Rest assured that if we did, the homicide rate would be thousands of times higher. Dial H For Hero Jan 2022 #7

So would this air rifle (72 cal, hollow point, 500 grain, 1200 foot pounds) be legal in the UK? ret5hd Jan 2022 #5

Anything that generates more the 12 ft lbs requires a Firearms Certificate. Dial H For Hero Jan 2022 #8

Ahhh...I didn't know if it was the "air" part... ret5hd Jan 2022 #9

A half decent punch sarisataka Jan 2022 #10

Self defense in the UK. LiberatedUSA Jan 2022 #11

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2022 #12

Actually, air gun silencers which are permanently attached to the barrel are unregulated in the US Dial H For Hero Feb 2022 #13