50-cal. cartridge. The S&W X-frame Model 500 is a brawny handgun designed to master the most rigorous hunting fields in the world. It is not a revolver one would, or likely could, tuck into a ...

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 ...

Given that the rifle already weighs ten pounds and five rounds of .500 S&W can weigh up to half a pound, ammunition weight becomes an issue. The AR-500 is identical functionally to other AR rifles ...