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Freedom Arms is a Freedom, Wyoming–based firearm manufacturing company, known for producing powerful single-action revolvers. The company was founded in 1978 by Wayne Baker and Dick Casull to produce a mini-revolver, then later a revolver chambered in Casull's powerful .454 Casull revolver cartridge. This five-shot revolver was the Model 83.
Model 83 .500 WE is a single action revolver manufactured by Freedom Arms chambered for the .500 Wyoming Express round. In the 1986 film Armed and Dangerous, John Candy brandishes a Freedom Arms Model 83 chambered in .454 Casull (with scope), claiming it's "a .50 caliber," designed for "hunting buffalo...up close." Candy adds that the firearm ...
The wildcat cartridge went mainstream when Freedom Arms brought a single action five-shot revolver chambered in .454 Casull to the retail firearms market in 1983. Ruger followed in 1997, chambering its Super Redhawk in this caliber. Taurus followed with the Raging Bull model in 1998 and the Taurus Raging Judge Magnum in 2010.
In 1978, Casull became a partner of Wayne Baker in the Freedom, Wyoming–based Freedom Arms firearms manufacturing business to produce a five-shot mini-revolver in .22 LR known as "The Patriot" (later offered in .22 Short and .22 WMR), [8] as well a double action mini-revolver, the Casull CA-2000 Mini. [9]
Freedom Arms Model 83 .500 WE: Freedom Arms.500 Wyoming Express: 5 ... .454 Casull.480 Ruger 10×25mm.480 Ruger.44 Magnum.454 Casull: 5-6
The .500 Wyoming Express or .500 WE is a "big bore" handgun cartridge. Freedom Arms introduced the cartridge in 2005 for their Model 83 .500 WE revolver. [1]Like most handgun cartridges of this size, it is used almost exclusively in revolvers.
Pages in category ".454 Casull firearms" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.454 Casull; M.
However, in 1960, the company's .44 Magnum, which it had developed in partnership with Remington, was eclipsed by the .454 Casull. In 1971, Smith & Wesson experienced a dramatic surge in orders for their Model 29 revolver in the .44 Magnum chambering. As S&W production was not able to keep up with demand, available Model 29 revolvers were being ...