# What makes a gun a "Magnum" ?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-gun-a-magnum/160666>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 11, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-gun-a-magnum/160666 "2003-03-11T22:02:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-gun-a-magnum/160666/21 "2003-03-14T22:45:08Z")

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…nice to know that Clint wasn’t lying. Somehow, one wants to believe that the firearms details came courtesy of the star, not the writer…

🙂

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