This article appeared originally as ".500 S&W Magnum" in the May 2003 issue of American Rifleman. To subscribe to the magazine, visit the NRA membership page here and select American Rifleman ...

To say the field was getting crowded would not be an overstatement. A .500 S&W Mag. cartridge, compared against .450 S&W Mag., .454 Casull and .45 Colt. Nonetheless, the granddaddy that brought us ...