When you pull the trigger, the bolt is pulled back and compressed against the mainspring. Between the bolt and chamber, there's some empty space for air. This air is the gun's propellant. As your finger pulls the trigger all the way back, the bolt is released.
With the introduction of the .500 S&W Magnum and the Model 500 revolver, Smith & Wesson recaptured the title of "most powerful handgun", which once again proved beneficial for the company's sales. The . 500 Smith & Wesson Magnum was designed from the outset to be the most powerful production handgun cartridge.
Well, Smith and Wesson model model 500 is the most powerful commercially available handgun and ammo out there. IE something you could actually walk into a gun store and buy.
The Model 500 can fire a bullet weighing 350 gr (22.7 g; 0.8 oz) at 1,975 feet per second (602 m/s) generating a muzzle energy of over 3,030 foot-pounds force (4.1 kJ), roughly twice that of the . 50 AE Desert Eagle, and a momentum of 13.7 Newton seconds.
The black powder Colt Walker is regarded as the most powerful commercially manufactured repeating handgun from 1847 until the introduction of the . 357 Magnum in 1935, having a muzzle energy nearly exactly the same as a 4-inch-barreled (10 cm) handgun firing a . 357 Magnum.
500 Linebaugh BFR. The “Biggest Finest Revolver” is the only production gun chambered in what is one of the most powerful handgun cartridges. It's available in four versions, with 7.5 inch or 5.5 inch barrel and standard or Bisley grips for you “big-bore” fans!
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