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Like all Smith & Wesson revolvers, "custom" variants are available on special production runs with a minimum order of 500 units. An example is the John Ross Performance Center 5″ .500 S&W Magnum, which features a 5-inch barrel with an external muzzle nut instead of a muzzle brake or compensator and a Millet dovetail front sight. [10]
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]
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 .
Model 416: .41 Magnum caliber. Model 45: .45 Colt caliber only and featured a six-round cylinder; Model 480: .480 Ruger caliber. Model 500: .500 S&W Magnum caliber, can also fire the shorter .500 S&W Special. Model 513 Ultralite (Raging Judge Magnum): .454 Casull, .45 Colt, .410 shot shell - featured a light weight frame, 3 inch barrel and 7 ...
Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. (S&W) is an American firearm manufacturer headquartered in Maryville, Tennessee, United States. Smith & Wesson was founded by Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson as the "Smith & Wesson Revolver Company" in 1856, after their previous company, also called the "Smith & Wesson Company" and later renamed as "Volcanic Repeating Arms", was sold to Oliver Winchester and ...
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 purpose of the .500 Special is to be able to shoot less punishing loads, with a muzzle energy closer to that of the .44 Magnum cartridge, in firearms chambered for the .500 S&W Magnum.
The .500 Linebaugh utilizes a bore diameter of .500" with the corresponding bullet diameter of .510", the same as the .50 BMG and other .50 caliber rifles, while the .50 Action Express, .500 S&W Magnum, and .500 S&W Special use .490" bore diameters and correspondingly smaller .500" bullet diameters. The smaller .500" diameter was further ...
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).