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  2. .50 Beowulf - Wikipedia

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    The case body is very similar in dimensions to the .500 S&W Magnum revolver cartridge, being slightly longer and fully tapered for automatic feeding in the weapon. The round is intended to improve stopping power greatly at short- to medium-range as compared to the standard 5.56×45mm NATO round. One of its advertised uses is at vehicle ...

  3. .50 Alaskan - Wikipedia

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    The .50 Alaskan / 13x53mmR is a wildcat cartridge developed by Harold Johnson and Harold Fuller of the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska in the 1950s. Johnson based the cartridge on the .348 Winchester in order to create a rifle capable of handling the large bears in Alaska.

  4. .500 S&W Magnum - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. .500 Bushwhacker - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  6. .50 caliber handguns - Wikipedia

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    The smaller .500" diameter was further popularized by the development of the .500 S&W Magnum in 2003. [2] There are semi-automatic, revolver, and single-shot.50 caliber handgun designs. Handguns of this caliber tend to be larger and heavier than most others of their type with the exception of the Linebaugh line of revolvers.

  7. List of revolvers - Wikipedia

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    .460 S&W Magnum.500 S&W Magnum.50 Beowulf.22 Hornet.218 Bee.44 Remington Magnum.454 Casull.480 Ruger.475 Linebaugh.50 GI.50 Action Express.500 JRH: 5 United States: 2000s-? Manurhin MR 73: Matra Manurhin Defense Chapuis Armes.22LR.32 S&W Long 9mm Parabellum.38 Special.357 Magnum: 6 France: 1972-present MAS 1873 revolver Chamelot-Delvigne

  8. List of rifle cartridges - Wikipedia

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    .50 Krater.50 Spotter-Tracer.50-70 Government.50-90 Sharps.50-110 Winchester.50-140 Sharps.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 ...

  9. List of AR platform cartridges - Wikipedia

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    50 Beowulf. Proprietary. The case head and rim dimensions exactly match the .44-Magnum pistol case, and all dimensions from the lower part of the case matches the 50-Action Express (50 AE), which can be described as a .44-Magnum cartridge that has had the body of the case expanded to 50-caliber while leaving the head intact.