=== The .500 S&W magnum was designed to be primarily a hunting cartridge. It is also serves a secondary purpose as a back-up survival handgun cartridge as a defense against the large bears of North America.[16]
As a hunting cartridge the .500 S&W Magnum has been found to be effective against elephant and African buffalo as long as ranges are kept within reasonable limits.[17][18] Bullet selection is extremely important when hunting thick skinned dangerous game. Smith & Wesson bills the Model 500 revolver as "A Hunting Handgun For Any Game Animal Walking".[16] ===
=== Several manufacturers currently produce the Smith & Wesson 500 cartridge, with some of the top-performing rounds delivering 3,032 ft·lbf (4,111 J) of energy with a 350-grain (23 g) bullet traveling at 1,975 feet per second (602 m/s). It is claimed to be the most powerful handgun cartridge commercially manufactured, and provides power similar to long established wildcat cartridges such as the .375 JDJ (J.D. Jones) and pistol loadings of the .45-70 Government. Indeed, some rounds use bullets weighting almost 1 ounce (28 g), which are sent at about 1,500 ft/s (460 m/s) - essentially the same performance of a 12 gauge slugshot. The .500 S&W Magnum has been compared to the .460 S&W Magnum's muzzle velocity and energy.[13][14][15] ===
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The .500 S&W magnum was designed to be primarily a hunting cartridge. It is also serves a secondary purpose as a back-up survival handgun cartridge as a defense against the large bears of North America.[16]
As a hunting cartridge the .500 S&W Magnum has been found to be effective against elephant and African buffalo as long as ranges are kept within reasonable limits.[17][18] Bullet selection is extremely important when hunting thick skinned dangerous game. Smith & Wesson bills the Model 500 revolver as "A Hunting Handgun For Any Game Animal Walking".[16]
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Several manufacturers currently produce the Smith & Wesson 500 cartridge, with some of the top-performing rounds delivering 3,032 ft·lbf (4,111 J) of energy with a 350-grain (23 g) bullet traveling at 1,975 feet per second (602 m/s). It is claimed to be the most powerful handgun cartridge commercially manufactured, and provides power similar to long established wildcat cartridges such as the .375 JDJ (J.D. Jones) and pistol loadings of the .45-70 Government. Indeed, some rounds use bullets weighting almost 1 ounce (28 g), which are sent at about 1,500 ft/s (460 m/s) - essentially the same performance of a 12 gauge slugshot. The .500 S&W Magnum has been compared to the .460 S&W Magnum's muzzle velocity and energy.[13][14][15]
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Это был round, а вот и орудие:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_%26_Wesson_Model_500
Эдак можно и кисть вывихнуть:
Jus kiddin :)