THUNDERSTRUCK Two Barrel Revolver - Range Time:

Today, Friday was a bit tough with old shooting friend Col's funeral .. a good crowd turned out to say Goodbye.

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Hmm .. Inconclusive but at last I've seen some video of the S333 being test fired on range by 'Ballistic Mag'.

 - Earlier there have been a couple of youtube 'unboxing' posts by "numpties" - but now there is a more professional review promotion video that shows this revolver in better detail: Link:

https://www.ballisticmag.com/2019/07/10/standard-mfg-s333-thunderstruck-available/

The 'voice over' is a boringly robotic sales pitch - but at least it isn't babbling nonsense like the earlier unboxers.

The recoil appears reasonable but you can't estimate the muzzle blast and loudness through a mike recording.

- They show twin .22"Mags penetrating a ballistic Gel. block placed sideways .. This may be because ..

A/- The wee pills may not penetrate very deep into a full depth block due to low velocity.

B/- They may have needed the width of the sideways Gelatin block to catch the dispersed bullets.

- Someone in USA has to eventually test this "novelty" properly - recording bullet placement on target AND muzzle velocities from the very short barrels. The reviewer may have to load & fire single rounds to record accurate velocities.

The 'Thunderstruck' is made with SIGHTS so it's possible that an honest factual appraisal could be made (at a reasonably close range). - Sure nobody is expecting a precision BULLSEYE performance - but something like "snake-eyes" would be nice?

Now there's no credit to be earned by guessing (except in government) - but my guess would be that the .22" Magnum pills flying from barrels only slightly longer than ONE INCH will be lucky to manage ejaculation at 700 foot per second .. maybe more likely 600 ft./sec.

While you might also guess that two holes are better than one .. those pairs of small size pills would be working hard together to equal properly placed 9x19mm slugs. .. maybe equal to a loaded four subsonic nines?

I see this gun as intriguing - but likely useful to folk missing digits and hand strength .. I once worked with someone who'd lost all fingers of his strong hand .. and I had come VERY close to the same amputation on one of my hands when the safety interlocks failed on an injection-molding machine - the fast closing mould/die actually brushed my hand aside.

Note: It's interesting how the 'Comments' section on American sites work as an "IQ" test eh.

Marty K.