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->"[[CompensatingForSomething Putting it down your pants]] compensates not only for your own penis, but for every penis within a twenty five mile radius."
-->-- '''Ben Thompson''', talking about the [[http://www.badassoftheweek.com/500magnum.html S&W .500 Magnum]].

* ''{{Cyberpunk}}'''s weaponry supplements have many examples of this, as they're intended for use by and against cyber-enhanced combatants. One of the most memorable is the 'Hellbringer,' a 3-round .666 calibre magnum revolver. There's also the Colt AMT, an eight-shot revolver that fires... large bullets. (The exact caliber is unknown, but it being rather damaging, it's probably big).

* ''{{Cyberpunk}}'''s weaponry supplements have many examples of this. One of the most memorable is the 'Hellbringer,' a 3-round .666 calibre magnum revolver. There's also the Colt AMT, an eight-shot revolver that fires... large bullets. (The exact caliber is unknown, but it being rather damaging, it's probably big).

-->'''Ben Thompson''', talking about the [[http://www.badassoftheweek.com/500magnum.html S&W .500 Magnum]].

-->'''TeamFortress2''', on the [[http://www.teamfortress.com/sniper_vs_spy/day06_english.htm Spy's unlockable revolver]]

* ''SoldierOfFortune'' has the Silver Talon .44, an {{AKA 47}} version of the Desert Eagle .44, that can blow a {{Mook}}'s [{BoomHeadshot head clean off]] [[SniperPistol at ridiculously long range]]. And it's fired [[OneHandedIsCool with only one hand]].

* ''SoldierOfFortune'' has the Silver Talon .44, an {{AKA 47}} version of the Desert Eagle .44, that can blow a {{Mook}}'s head clean off [[SniperPistol at ridiculously long range]]. And it's fired [[OneHandedIsCool with only one hand]].

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* The toon revolver in ''WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' is abnormally large. Possibly because all of it's bullets are sentient.
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* ''WickedCity'' protagonist Taki wields a revolver with an undisclosed modifcation specifically for demon hunting. The resulting force from every shot in the entire film throws him into walls, and unlike some animes the shots always have devastating results.

* A character in ''{{Guyver}}'' has a pistol which has been "modified" so that it can damage Zoanoids, who are normally ImmuneToBullets--it has a very large stock and its bullets are high-calibre, armour-piercing ''and'' explosive.

* In PoliceAcademy 4, Citizens On Patrol!, gun nut Tackleberry gets to take the recruits to the range. By far the most enthusiastic recruit is Mrs. Feldman, an 80 year old who is raring to become a [[BadAssGrandPa badass grandma]] and bust some criminal heads. She takes a particular liking to Tackleberry, and demands to wrap her hands around his [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean immense, rigid, manly instrument]]. The recoil blows her across the room, and she promptly declares "Damn, that was FUN!"
* Every agent in ''TheMatrix'' spawns (literally) with a Desert Eagle in their jacket pocket. (Some are even outfitted with BottomlessMagazines.)

* ''BlackLagoon'' has its own vicious way with this trope using a GiantMook neo-Nazi who claims that only a man of his gigantic proportions can handle his gold-plated Luger chambered for .454 Casull. Revy guns him down while he's still ranting about the capabilities of his weapon. She then points out (while sitting on his chest, which is still bleeding from her shooting him) that having a weapon that huge isn't even necessary, because all a bullet needs to do is hit the target to kill it. She proves her point by shooting him in the face at point blank range. Black Lagoon also has plenty of other characters (most of them villains) with oversized weapons, including Yolanda, the old nun from the Church of Violence who fires a gold-plated .50 AE Desert Eagle one handed; Gretel, a small girl and one of a pair of truly CreepyTwins, who fires a BAR from the hip; and even a ''Terminator 2''-style minigun-wielder.

* The Colt [=SAA=] Buntline Special, anyone?

* The M6 series of pistols in {{Halo}} is chambered for 12.7x40mm (necked-down .50 BMG) high explosive armor piercing rounds.

* The [[http://www.bungie.net/projects/halo3/content.aspx?link=h3pistol M6 series]] of handguns from ''{{Halo}}'' are roughly the size of a Desert Eagle, weigh even more, and use .50 caliber ammunition. .50 caliber ''explosive'' ammunition. Seems like overkill at first, perhaps, but against the [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Covenant]], it might just be justified.

* Roland's revolvers in ''TheDarkTower'' series are described as being hand cannons. One minor character refers to them as ancient blunderbusses.