There are times when a, "Really? I mean really?" moment takes you by surprise. But just have a look at the pics and videos in the provided links.
This is not a joke, but instead, the AF2011-A1 made by Arsenal Firearms and contains sixteen .45 ACP rounds split between two magazines within the handle.
The company says:
“The AF2011-A1 holds amazing and surprising target performance for the shooter: in fact, it will group all the 8 double .45 caliber rounds (16 bullets) held in the duplex, single columns magazines, in a target of the size of an orange at 15 yards and of a water melon at 25.
The stopping power of the AF2011-A1 is tremendous: 2 bullets for a total of 460 Grains weight impacting at 1 to 2 inches apart (depending on the distance of the target) will knock down a bull, while the whole 18 bullets, for a payload exceeding 4000 Grains, can be delivered to the target in about 3 seconds.”
And the news jumps on board:
Arsenal Firearms' Double Barrel Pistol shoots two bullets at once
It's been a popular design for shotguns for over a century, so why not handguns? With a design that looks like two guns were melted together, the new handgun from Arsenal Firearms is definitely a handful. Thanks to the gun's dual barrels though, the AF2011-A1 Double Barrel Pistol is capable of firing 16 rounds in a span of three seconds by shooting two bullets at the same time.
http://www.gizmag.com/...
Arsenal Firearms launches the AF2011-A1 Double Barrel Pistol
Arsenal Firearms, the brand new group of companies established during 2010 and officially debuting at IWA 2012 on March the 9th, proudly announces the first production double barrel semiautomatic pistol in history.
Named AF2011-A1 “Second Century” (reading “Twentyeleven”) as a true commemoration of the legendary Colt 1911, this extraordinary pistol not only adds a second barrel to the the second century life of a myth: it actually opens a whole new world of pistol shooting capabilities and opportunity, both for the collector, the sports shooter and the hunter.
The AF2011-A1 couldn’t initially be offered in any other caliber but the legendary and original .45 ACP: and so it is, a powerful double, simultaneous .45 bullets shooting pistol capable of incredible stopping power, accuracy and target performance.
http://www.ammoland.com/...
Double Barrel Handgun Means You Only Have To Be Half as Accurate
They say one is the loneliest number, and nowhere is that more true than with handguns. So Arsenal Firearms has created a double barrel .45 caliber handgun that delivers two simultaneous rounds every time you pull the triggers.
Besides looking considerably safer than just taping two handguns together, the AF2011-A1 has been engineered with custom parts and components that Arsenal Firearms claims makes it extremely accurate. From a range of 15 yards both rounds will hit a target about the size of an orange, making it perfect for hunting dangerous citrus fruits.
http://gizmodo.com/...
Even in a blog on
Field and Stream entitled
"The Gun Nut" is dubious:
If you had very large hands, didn’t mind recoil, and believed that anything worth shooting was worth shooting twice, this would be your gun.
Otherwise outside of “John Woo action movie prop,” I don’t know what future I see for the 2011-A1. I would like to shoot one once, though.
http://www.fieldandstream.com/...
Really? I mean really? When a self-proclaimed 'Gun Nut' is questioning the viability of the latest in man killing power... perhaps... Perhaps, you have simply gone too far.
Cowen Thorne