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500 A-SQUARE

May 24, 2014 | ,

The A-Square series of cartridges was designed in 1974 by Col. Arthur Alphin after a hunting incident with Cape buffalo using the .458 Winchester Magnum. He first designed the .500 A-Square to provide maximum stopping power. In order to gain more powder capacity and...

500 COLT KYNOCH

Jan 20, 2018 | ,

There are very little notes that survived regarding this cartridge, but the best available info can be found on p.290 of Labbets’s “BRITISH SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION 1964 – 1938.” It appears to have been developed around 1901 and is a semi-rimmed cartridge. There also...

500 CYRUS

May 25, 2014 | ,

The 500 Cyrus was developed by wildcatter Michael Cyrus of Cross Outdoors, Prichard, WV. The idea was to provide a big-bore rifle with a shortened action of less than 3 inches that would be capapble of giving 470 Nitro type stopping power, as well as to take advantage...

500 JEFFERY

May 16, 2015 | ,

From www.realguns.com it states: "The 500 Jeffery made its original appearance in the mid 1920's as the August Schüler Company's 12,7 x 70mm Schuler. As with a number of cartridges of German origin being offered between WWI and WWII, the round was renamed by the...

500 JURRAS

Mar 27, 2019 |

One of a series of cartridges designed by the Late Lee Jurras, one of the greats in handgun hunting. He was very interested in the exploits of the old hunters with their Howdah pistols and in the early 1970’s brought out his own versions chambered in 6 different...

500 MAXIMUM

Mar 27, 2019 | ,

The 500 Maximum was developed by John Linebaugh in 2001 is sometimes called the 500 Linebaugh Long. The parent case is also the 348 Winchester, but the 50 Alaskan cases are more readily available to use. It is 0.2” longer than the ‘standard’ 500 Linebaugh....

500 PHANTOM

Jan 20, 2018 | ,

This was another cartridge developed by Teppo Jutsu as a heavy caliber, hard-hitting law enforcement or special operations cartridge. It was designed by Marty ter Weeme from Teppo Jutsu in 2005 and is based on the 500 Jefferey case that was shortened and necked down...

500 RAFIKI

May 29, 2015 | ,

   RAFIKI means "FRIEND" is Swahili, but that is not the origin of the name for this cartridge. According to THE EXPLORA, it is a remake of the .500 No. 100 4-1/8", which was never produced. The rifle was requested by and named after Rafik Hariri, who was...

500 SMITH & WESSON MAGNUM

Mar 27, 2019 | ,

Developed by Smith & Wesson in 2003 in the X-Frame Model 500 revolver the 500 S&W ranks as one of the most powerful handgun cartridges with almost the same muzzle energy than the .308 Winchester. The "LR" on the Hornady headstamp means large rifle primers used.

500 SPECIAL

Mar 27, 2019 | ,

The 500 Special is a shortened version of the 500 S&W Magnum and was launched after the 500 S&W was released. The idea behind the 500 S&W Special was an alternative cartridge for optimized reduced loads, much like the 38 Spl is to the 357 Magnum, or the 44...

500 WYOMING EXPRESS

Mar 27, 2019 | ,

The 500 Wyoming Express was developed in 1995 for the Freedom Arms Model 83 revolver. It was a new design with a belted case and not based on any existing cases. The reason for the belted case was for the cartridge to headspace on the belt which would allow a heavier...

502 THUNDER SABRE

Jan 20, 2018 | ,

The 502 Thunder Sabre was developed by Robyn Church from Cloud Mountain Armory during 2004 and was another big bore round competing with the 499 LWR and 50 Beowulf in modified AR-10 carbines. The 502 Thunder Sabre is basically a shortened and modified 50 AE case with...