SMITH & WESSON - 50CAL PISTOL?

[4fifteenRolla]

Woah Boy.. i was reading up on that shit. They have a few models for a 50caliber handgun.. booooooyyyy

N e 1 have any coo pics of it? Only saw 2 pics

 

[Deep Thought]

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Dirty Harry is now outgunned: Smith & Wesson has introduced its biggest handgun ever, a .50-caliber Magnum revolver.

The five-shot Model 500 revolver with an 81/2 inch barrel weighs 721/2 ounces, or about 4 1/2 pounds - roughly a pound more than the big-frame .44-caliber Magnum boasted by Dirty Harry in the movies.

It fires a new .50-caliber cartridge that the company said produces nearly three times the muzzle energy of the .44 Magnum.

Company president Roy C. Cuny said the new revolver builds on the .357 Magnum revolver it introduced in the 1930s and the .44 Magnum that it brought out in the 1950s.

The .50-caliber gun, which sells for $989, is one of nine new models the company introduced this week at a trade show in Orlando, Fla. Cuny said it was the largest number of new introductions in recent years.

Handgun sales have long been on the decline in the United States, and Smith & Wesson has struggled along with other gunmakers.

But Smith & Wesson, long the industry leader, also lost business after a negotiating a settlement with the government over gun safety, agreeing last year to include safety locks on all its guns, as well as to a series of other safety features and marketing changes.

When the other gunmakers decided not to follow Smith & Wesson's lead, gun advocates blamed the company for selling out.

Smith & Wesson Corp., based in Springfield, is a subsidiary of Smith & Wesson Holding Corp., based in Scottsdale, Ariz.

 

[The Duke of Earl]

i seen it on the daily show , they say it can stop a adult bear right in its tracks

 

[BELLY408]

heres some big pic'z of two modelz i've seen...

1.

 

[BELLY408]

Heres the other one...

2.

 

[P-Nut]

Tight, I might have to add it to my collection :classic:

 

[XCHANGO4]

cool i like the d.e. model of a 50cal better something bout revolvers i don't like about it, i like the mags batter easier reloading

 

[P-Nut]

i like the mags batter easier reloading

Very true, but both of'em kick like a ma'fucka.

 

[D-Menace]

rather have a D.E.

 

[BELLY408]

.50 cal...............

1

 

[BELLY408]

.50 cal........

2

 

[BigE916WRM]

You gotta remember the Desert Eagle and others before it are 50 Cal's. This is a 50 magnum and is supposed to have more powder. You get the same capacity except it is much easier to load the Eagle. Your accuracy should be much better with the S&W though. Either way if you get hit, its curtains.

 

[x-kalibur]

i'd rather have the D.E