took the world’s most powerful handgun cartridge from idea to production in only 10 months. The Origin of the .500 S&W Magnum The story of how the new gun and cartridge came to be is actually a ...

The .500 S&W Magnum is a serious cartridge, and the guns built around it are equally so. The author with a blesbok that he downed with one of his .500 S&W Mag X-Frames in East Cape, South Africa.

In the world of firearms, there are plenty of boutique guns and calibers out there ... The company released the .500 Magnum cartridge and Smith & Wesson Model 500 handgun. The revolver holds ...

Summary: The Smith & Wesson Model 500, introduced in 2003, redefined the concept of power in the handgun world with its .500 Magnum cartridge, becoming the most powerful mass-produced handgun.

You should never be comfortable with the idea that the only thing between you and an attacking bear might be a handgun. Even the behemoth .500 ... Mag. and proved what many hunters already know: The ...

44 Magnum revolver earn ... portable alternative to the Model 500. But for the moment, Smith & Wesson is making—and selling—the bulk of these bulky guns. The question now is how quickly ...

IN HIS Olympic year, Oscar Pistorius steadily became an avid firearms collector, joining a gun-collecting club and purchasing a collection of firearms that included a .500 Magnum pistol dubbed by ...