Talk:Smith & Wesson Model 500
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Jagged Alliance game was made before 2003... Hmm... So, how? --Varnav 18:56, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] the ammo
a picture of a round used in this gun should be included. I don't have one. Kalmia 19:19, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
There, now you have one. Klauth 00:10, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Animals
Is there a reference for the animals taken with this gun? Do elephant poachers go public with their arsenals? matt kane's brain 01:26, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
You don't have to be a poacher to hunt elephant. Most nations with elephant hold lotteries and give out a limited number of hunting license for them. That's assuming one can afford the license if they win the lottery.
Beleive it or not, there are many areas where the elephant are considered overpopulated. This is because despite the fact the elephants are endangered, the areas where they do live are often to small to support what animals that do live there.. (Hence the need for more habitat for the elephants) Also the reason the lotteries are conducted for hunting licenses.
Klauth 09:17, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] pop culture
Please refrain from adding these reference to the page. There are two pages created specifically for this where this type of into can go:
- List of firearms in video games
- List of firearms in films
These types of reference don't really belong in Wikipedia articles, please see Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (specifically "List of trivia"). --Deon Steyn 05:54, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Removed reference to elephants
I removed reference to elephants because its should probably have been documented and because it was inflammatory. No use leading people to think that owners of this revolver go around shooting elephants on a regular basis. --Droll 00:31, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
Let me clarify my propose. Most ethical hunters try to use weapons that will kill the game they are trying to take as cleanly as possible. For example a person can take a mule deer with a .22 Long Rifle and many have been taken that way. Today must hunters will not use a round much smaller than 6 mm. I do not doubt that this round could kill and elephant but would it be the right thing to do. Certainly this revolver was not designed with elephant hunting in mind. I am sure the manufacturer would not recommend such use. Of course if I was being charged by a rouge bull elephant and all I had was a pistol then this would be a good one to have. --Droll 00:59, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Most Powerful??
Is the .500 S&W the most powerful or the .460 S&W? The wiki page on the .460 also states it is the most powerful with more energy than the .500 due to its high velocity of over 2300 fps.
- The last paragraph states that the .460 achieves over "2400 ft-lbs of energy" while the .500 S&W achieves over 2600 ft-lbs of energy". This is at the muzzle and is calculated based on mass and velocity. Using the word "most" is probably ill advised as it can only be true for some undetermined period of time. --Droll 00:04, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Never used to commit a crime?
This I'm unsure of, I'd like someone to cite that statement in the article. I think its a little to bold a statement to make without anything to back it up. (1sttomars 21:19, 3 February 2007 (UTC))
[edit] Citation for "most powerful"
While it MAY be outdated, a citation I came across (ironically, that lead me TO this article) was from http://www.popularmechanics.com/outdoors/sports/1277336.html
It was written in 2003. I'm new to the subject, so things may have changed since then...
- They haven't. The 500 is still the most powerful. Unfortunately I don't have a newer citation handy. But now that I know, I'll keep an eye out. That said, I think this is a situation that so long as we have a citation and no newer evidence to the contrary, there's no reason for a change. —Thernlund (Talk | Contribs) 21:15, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Advertisement
The first section of this article reads like an advert. Man with two legs 10:18, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] backordered?
The place I go has had one or two + .460 for sale sence they were released, I don't think there was much of a back order. (becouse he still has the same ones minus the .460)
