The Triple Action Thunder is a

breech-loading A breechloader is a firearm in which the user loads the ammunition from the breech end of the barrel (i.e., from the rearward, open end of the gun's barrel), as opposed to a muzzleloader, in which the user loads the ammunition from the ( muzzle ...

, single shot handgun designed to fire the .50 BMG cartridge. It was developed by Triple Action LLC, an FFL based in

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. It was introduced at the 2004

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as a prototype, and never made it out of that stage. To help counter the strong recoil, the Thunder had a

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and a hydraulic recoil reduction system called the nitrogen recoil controller.https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2016/02/10/50-bmg-single-shot-handgun/

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