Big Ugly Russian guns

View · by **Lumpy** on Wed Jan 04, 2017 9:52 pm

It'll probably never happen, but I'd love to own the following two Russian firearms (are they even legal to import?)

1. KS-23

The KS-23 is a Russian shotgun, although because it uses a rifled barrel it is officially designated by the Russian military as a carbine. KS stands for Karabin Spetsialniy, "Special Carbine". It is renowned for its large caliber, firing a 23 mm round, equating to 6.27 gauge using the British and American standards of shotgun gauges and approximately 4 gauge using the current European standards (based on the metric CIP tables), making it the largest-bore shotgun in use today.

2. The RSh-12 revolver

For whatever reason, Russian designers took to creating a revolver to fire their 12.7x55mm cartridge

"Heavy is good, heavy is reliable. If it doesn't work you can always hit him with it."
-Boris the Blade, Snatch

View · by **Holland&Holland** on Wed Jan 04, 2017 10:13 pm

Nice!

The shotgun does not do it for me plus I have seen a 4 gauge for sale in Pluglassi's which I would much rather have. But I do have a soft spot for ridiculously large revolvers.

View · by **David** on Wed Jan 04, 2017 11:06 pm

I'm kinda partial to the biggest, ugliest Russian gun I have:

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View · by **fine ape** on Wed Jan 04, 2017 11:20 pm

Holland&Holland wrote:Nice!

The shotgun does not do it for me..... But I do have a soft spot for ridiculously large revolvers.

I agree, the shotgun is pretty fugly, but that revolver.... WOW :shock:

I must have one.

View · by **BigDog58** on Thu Jan 05, 2017 12:47 am

I've only shot a 10ga shotgun once. I gave it back to the owner and explained how to "store" it. I can't imagine shooting a 6 ga in pistol form. I know my wrist could not tolerate it.

The 12.7 (50 Cal) pistol does look cool though.

View · by **INOR** on Thu Jan 05, 2017 10:55 am

Either one would dispatch a zombie nicely.

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View · by **LarryFlew** on Thu Jan 05, 2017 2:03 pm

David wrote:I'm kinda partial to the biggest, ugliest Russian gun I have:

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Have to disagree. Big maybe, ugly not way.

View · by **Lumpy** on Thu Jan 05, 2017 6:53 pm

BigDog58 wrote:I've only shot a 10ga shotgun once. I gave it back to the owner and explained how to "store" it. I can't imagine shooting a 6 ga in pistol form. I know my wrist could not tolerate it.

That's the KS-23m variant; there is a version with a stock:

The magazine only holds three shells because they're so large!

View · by **Holland&Holland** on Thu Jan 05, 2017 10:16 pm

So 12.7x55 is that about a .500 sw then?

View · by **gbono23** on Fri Jan 06, 2017 8:27 am

I saw a double barrel 4 gauge hanging on the wall in a sporting goods store in Bemidji years ago, was a commercial hunting gun!

View · by **Lumpy** on Sat Jan 07, 2017 10:11 pm

gbono23 wrote:I saw a double barrel 4 gauge hanging on the wall in a sporting goods store in Bemidji years ago, was a commercial hunting gun!

Was it a shotgun or was it a classic elephant gun, double barreled 4-"bore" rifle?

View · by **Lumpy** on Sat Jan 07, 2017 10:12 pm

Holland&Holland wrote:So 12.7x55 is that about a .500 sw then?

Close, possibly even a little bigger.

View · by **atomic41** on Sat Jan 07, 2017 10:46 pm

Lumpy wrote:
BigDog58 wrote:I've only shot a 10ga shotgun once. I gave it back to the owner and explained how to "store" it. I can't imagine shooting a 6 ga in pistol form. I know my wrist could not tolerate it.
That's the KS-23m variant; there is a version with a stock:

The magazine only holds three shells because they're so large!

Now THIS is exciting! How do I get one?