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Other variants are available through the Smith & Wesson's Performance Center. 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 ...
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 ...
It is possible that firearms chambered for only the .500 S&W Special will be developed by Smith & Wesson. [3] The Magnum Research BFR is offered in a .500 S&W Special only variant. [4] Smith & Wesson has been urged by author and gun rights activist John Ross to produce their largest "X-Frame" in a shorter version to handle this cartridge. [5]
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]
Smith & Wesson Model 60: Smith & Wesson.38 Special.357 Magnum: 5 United States: 1965–present Smith & Wesson Safety Hammerless: Smith & Wesson.38 S&W.32 S&W: 5 United States: 1887-1940 Smith & Wesson Triple Lock: Smith & Wesson.44 Special.455 Webley: 6 United States: 1908-1915 Starr revolver: Starr Arms Company: Ball, percussion cap #11 6 ...
The Smith & Wesson SW series, most commonly referred to as the Smith & Wesson Sigma, was Smith & Wesson's first venture into using synthetic materials in pistol construction, with high-strength polymer material for the frame. The Smith & Wesson Sigma is somewhat infamous in the gun community due to its controversial history.
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The basic design of the Model 460 is based on another X-frame revolver, its counterpart, the Smith & Wesson Model 500, a .50 caliber revolver. [2] [4]Aside from the .460 S&W Magnum cartridge, the revolver can also chamber .454 Casull, .45 Colt, and .45 Schofield ammunition.