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The .500 S&W Magnum or 12.7×41mmSR is a .50 caliber semi-rimmed revolver cartridge developed by Cor-Bon in partnership with the Smith & Wesson "X-Gun" engineering team for use in the Smith & Wesson Model 500 X-frame revolver and introduced in February 2003 at the SHOT Show. [3]
Specifications; Mass: 56 oz (1.59 kg) to 79.6 oz (2.26 kg) [1] Barrel length: ... An example is the John Ross Performance Center 5″ .500 S&W Magnum, which features ...
It is a shorter version of the .500 S&W Magnum, with a drastically reduced load, much as the .38 Special is to the .357 Magnum.However, unlike the .357 Magnum being developed from the less powerful .38 Special, the .500 Special was designed after the more powerful .500 Magnum.
The .500 Bushwhacker is a .50 caliber semi-rimmed revolver cartridge developed by TII Armory for the Magnum Research BFR revolvers. It is currently the most powerful revolver cartridge in the world, offering a similar level of ballistic performance to African stopping rifles, such as the .416 Rigby and .470 Nitro Express.
The JTL-E .500 S&W Magnum 12-inch is a German 5-shot double-action revolver chambered for the .500 S&W Magnum cartridge, developed by Janz-Präzisionstechnik GmbH. The revolver has a 12 in (300 mm) barrel with no muzzle brake or ports. It is able to fire even the heaviest .500 S&W Magnum bullets weighing 725 gr (47.0 g).
The smaller .500" diameter was further popularized by the development of the .500 S&W Magnum in 2003. [2] There are semi-automatic, revolver, and single-shot.50 caliber handgun designs. Handguns of this caliber tend to be larger and heavier than most others of their type with the exception of the Linebaugh line of revolvers.
Although not originally designed for handguns, several rifle and shotgun cartridges have also been chambered in a number of large handguns, primarily in revolvers like the Phelps Heritage revolver, Century Arms revolver, Thompson/Centre Contender break-open pistol, Magnum Research BFR, and the Pfeifer Zeliska revolvers.
Specifications; Parent case ... The .460 S&W Magnum round is a powerful revolver cartridge ... Hornady's 9249 load for the .500 S&W Magnum cartridge offers slightly ...