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500 S&W Magnum hunting load with 500 gr. SP bullet by Hornady. The .500 S&W Magnum was originally designed to be primarily a handgun hunting cartridge. It also serves a secondary purpose as a back-up survival handgun cartridge as a defense against the large bears of North America. [16] Size comparison of a 500 S&W round and a human hand
Commercial loadings are available in bullet weights ranging from 275 gr to 700 gr. [5] The Model 500 is capable of firing the shorter .500 S&W Special cartridge. Instead of a traditional barrel, the S&W 500 uses a rifled tube inside a barrel shroud that is secured by tension from the front.
Common rifle cartridges, from the largest .50 BMG to the smallest .22 Long Rifle with a $1 United States dollar bill in the background as a reference point.. This is a table of selected pistol/submachine gun and rifle/machine gun cartridges by common name.
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.
.500 A-Square.500 Auto Max.500 Black Powder Express.500 Jeffery.500 Nitro Express.500 S&W.500 Bushwhacker.500/450 Magnum Black Powder Express.502 Thunder Sabre.505/.404 Stewart.510 Beck.577/450 Martini–Henry.577/500 Nitro Express.577/500 No 2 Black Powder Express.505 Gibbs.510 DTC Europ.510 Whisper.55 Boys.56-56 Spencer.575 Miller & Greiss
Federal significantly expanded the number of .224 Valkyrie loads it offers. The Varmint and Predator load hold 60-grain Hornady V-MAX bullets. The 80.5-grain Gold Medal Berger Match was designed for long-range target shooting. The 78-grain Barnes TSX copper hollow point is a hunting round for large game such as deer. [17]
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 ...
.500 Bushwhacker, a revolver cartridge.500 Nitro Express, a big-game rifle cartridge.500 Jeffery, a big-game rifle cartridge.500 Whisper, a subsonic rifle cartridge.500 Black Powder Express, a black powder rifle cartridge.500, an even winning percentage in sports, where a team or player has won the same number of games as they have lost