S&W .500 Magnum

Smith & Wesson .500 Magnum

The world's most powerful revolver: S & W .500 Magnum

In February 2003, Smith & Wesson Corporation introduced its new handgun, the Model 500 in .50 caliber. Your business goal was to recapture the concept of being the company that produced "The most powerful handgun in the world", the Model 500 was designed based on a new cartridge, the .500 Smith & Wesson Magnum, developed by the manufacturer Cor-Bon bullets and Glaser.

While it is a gun designed for hunting handgun dangerous species, their introduction caused a great deal of controversy as it was shown to have the ability to pierce body armor employing street cops usually known under the classification of Type IIIA . Even given the ballistic tests conducted thus marketing was banned in several U.S. cities, including Los Angeles, California, the same year.

Version Hunter (Hunter) of the 500 S & W Magnum as it comes out of the Performance Center of the firm. This weapon has a barrel of 10.5 inches (approx. 27 cm) and its total length is 18 inches (approx. 46cm). Its weight is high: 82 ounces (2,324 kg). Includes recoil compensator for greater control of the barrel, action style is softened Performance Center, special Lothar-Walther barrel, cleaning cloth and strap

When it was introduced, it was officially named by the company as "the most powerful production revolver ever made​​". All media in the world of weapons, most respected, echoed this announcement, completely truthful, especially because it was the first that came from the factory with a gun features "custom" and with a caliber no "wildcat" , b

ut a weapon standarizada a commercially available cartridge.