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 ...

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 ...

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 ...