.500 S＆W Magnum (no ontology)

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.500 S&W Magnum (also known as .500 Magnum, more rarely 12.7x41mm SR) is a pistol cartridge designed and introduced in 2003 as a joint effort between firearms manufacturer Smith & Wesson and ammunition manufacturer Cor-Bon. The cartridge was developed for Smith & Wesson's then new X-frame revolver line, most notably the Model 500. The purpose of this cartridge is to be a big game hunting cartridge that would be suitable for hunting any game species in North America. In parallel, it was also designed to be the most powerful production handgun cartridge in the world (in terms of muzzle energy).

.500 Magnum develops a tremendously high amount of energy at the muzzle of a revolver, being able to push a 400 grain projectile at well over 1750 ft/s (~533 m/s) out of a 8.75 inch barrel, thus developing muzzle energy approaching 3700 Joule (~2730 foot-pounds force). Such performance is in fact greater than many rifles, at the cost of also developing extreme recoil.

Mazeworld overview

Type	LDV	C1	C2	C3	A1	A2	A3	A4	A5
Bullet	+5	189%	180%	170%	151%	123%	95%	47%	14%

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Available for purchase in a gun shop or a weapon shop in boxes of 20 or bulk cans of 200.
Available brands and projectile types:
- Standard (Regular, SP): FMJ, Lead, JHP, JSP
Retail value of a standard round (Reg/FMJ/SP): 7 P$ /round
Recoil level: 6 - Brutal

Handloading information

Primer type: Large rifle
Powder type: Pistol
Projectile type: .500, 400 grain
Standard load: 318 pwdr
- -P load: 286 pwdr
- +P load: 350 pwdr
- +P+ load: 382 pwdr

Cost of a 50 case box: 53 P$ (1.06 P$/case)
Estimated cost to handload 1 standard round (Reg/FMJ/SP): 3.562 P$

Weapons compatible

Standard weapons

Total amount of standard weapons available in this caliber: 3

Class 1 weapons:

Big Horn Armory Model 89, conventional rifle

Class 3 weapons:

Smith & Wesson Model 500, DA/SA revolver
Smith & Wesson Model 500ES, DA/SA revolver

Maze Customs

Customs weapon families: None.
Minor services: None.

Barrel length groups

Depending on the barrel length of the firearm, a multiplier to Pain and Limb damage is applied. Please refer to the lists of weapons or to the event lines to know your particular weapons' barrel length.

Group name	Length range	Damage multiplier
Short handgun	Up to 5"	0.4x
Long handgun	5.1" to 10"	1x
Rifle	10.1" and beyond	1.25x

Gallery

.500 Magnum JSP