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No real way to answer, since there ar a number of pistols that fire rifle caliber ammunition. There has even been a bolt action pistol mde in caliber .50 BMG, and a revolver in .600 Nitro Express (an elephant rifle cartridge). In the traditional revolver type, among the MORE powerful may be the .500 S&W, the .460, and some of the Linebaugh and Cassul cartridges. There is a point reached where a cartridge may be possible, but have no practical use. If a handgun has so much recoil that it cannot be fired, or weighs more than a rifle- what's the point?

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