The 500 S&W Magnum: Most Powerful Handgun Round in the World

[Annihilator]

Here is one for you big bore hand cannon guys....

An Official Journal Of The NRA | The .500 S&W Magnum: Most Powerful Handgun Round In The World

In 2002, Smith & Wesson developed the .500 S&W Magnum, the most powerful handgun round in the world. Here's how it was done.

www.americanrifleman.org

 

[HansGruber]

I love mine.

Don’t shoot it much anymore, though.

 

[BangBang]

That’s a lotta gun.

 

[Tactical-Reviews]

 

[HansGruber]

Oh—and, I can state, from experience:

A 440gr Hardcast WFN (factory Cor-Bon load) will penetrate a round hay bale, and will be found laying on the ground about 10 feet beyond.

Found 3 out of 5 bullets within 2’ of each other...

The same load will also take a bowling pin and throw it 20-odd feet into the soybean field beyond...for comparison, a .44 Magnum will knock it back about a foot.

 

[HansGruber]

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500 grainers?

 

[papa]

Warning , warning , warning ...... Anni .... do not try to shoot one of these. I'm just thinking of your li'l ole wrist that hurts when you fire a .45ACP.

 

[papa]

I have to admit , I don't think I would want anything to do with that 440 gr load. When I was young probably but not these days.

 

[Annihilator]

Warning , warning , warning ...... Anni .... do not try to shoot one of these. I'm just thinking of your li'l ole wrist that hurts when you fire a .45ACP.

 

[Susquash]

It is a lot of gun. Also one of three I have shot that I don't care if I shoot them again. Shot my son's 500 S&W a few years back in Alaska. The other two are a 45 Magnum in a Contender and a .444 Marlin in a Contender. All three were not fun to shoot and physically hurt my hands. In the same light I do love my Dan Wesson in .445 SuperMag. Although recoil from it is nothing to sneeze at. it is both accurate and bearable.

 

[HansGruber]

So...

Honestly? I found the .500 less punishing than, say, a lightweight .44 mag.

If you’ve ever fired a full-Magnum load out of a 329PD, you know what I mean...that recoil is sharp, fast, and vicious.

The .500 is more of a slower roll, imho, until you really hotrod it...

 

[Keystone19250]

I think I’ll pass.

 

[adam sr]

I have the 460 S&W love it. Hunted deer and elk with it. I went for the speed it has.

 

[BangBang]

I have the 460 S&W love it. Hunted deer and elk with it. I went for the speed it has.

In the big boy revolvers, that’s what I like, along with the versatility. The S&W 500 is fun to pull the trigger on a couple times and a great revolver to own, if one hunted big game, all the time. African big game....

 

[HansGruber]

In the big boy revolvers, that’s what I like, along with the versatility. The S&W 500 is fun to pull the trigger on a couple times and a great revolver to own, if one hunted big game, all the time. African big game....

The 325gr XTP or the 275gr Hawk CHP whack whitetail deer with aplomb...

 

[BangBang]

The 325gr XTP or the 275gr Hawk CHP whack whitetail deer with aplomb...

I truly don’t doubt it. It’s an awesome gun and one of those in my “I’d like to have” categories once I fulfill my other desires.

 

[Tactical-Reviews]

500 grainers?

Those are 700 grain

 

[HansGruber]

Those are 700 grain

That’s...gonna leave a MARK.

 

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[KLGunner]

Fluffy Bunny round huh kinda curious what the story behind that is.