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To: oldirtybastard who wrote (291840)	7/27/2004 12:45:03 PM
From: redfish	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

When you absolutely, positively need to kill every rhino in the room: 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 waistband. In fact, to call it massive is an understatement. With its 8-3/8-in. barrel, the overall length of the Model 500 is 15 in. and the empty weight is 4.5 pounds. The cylinder alone is almost 2 in. in diameter and approaches 2.25 in. in length. Thumb the cylinder open and five charge holes await. Each is 1/2 in. in diameter, and the .50-cal. cartridges they hold are almost 2 in. long. Load five of them and the total weight of the handgun climbs to 5 pounds. You don't just casually pick up a Model 500. You have to lift it. Fire even one of those big cartridges and you'll appreciate why the weight and mass are there. When the .44 Magnum laid claim to being the most powerful handgun in the world, its standard load produced about 900 ft.-lb. of muzzle energy. Several new loads have since eclipsed that, but the handgun most commonly used by big game hunters is the .454 Casull, which will generate about 1900 ft.-lb. The 500 S&W Magnum will produce almost 2600 ft.-lb. with its heaviest load, and more powerful loads may well be on the way. popularmechanics.com

To: oldirtybastard who wrote (291840)	7/27/2004 2:03:20 PM
From: Knighty Tin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

odb, What I like about that gun is, if you shoot at a home intruder, you can also kill the obnoxious kid who lives next door and the guy down the street who grills with stinky gas, all with one round. <G>