.500 Wyoming Express

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.500 Wyoming Express
Type	Handgun
Place of origin	USA
Production history
Designer	Freedom Arms
Designed	2005
Manufacturer	Freedom Arms
Specifications
Case type	Belted magnum
Bullet diameter	.500 in (12.7 mm)
Case length	1.37 in (35 mm)
Overall length	1.765 in (44.8 mm)
Primer type	Large rifle
Ballistic performance
Bullet weight/type	Velocity	Energy
350 gr (23 g) XTP	831 ft/s (253 m/s)	537 ft·lbf (728 J)
370 gr (24 g) WFNGC	1,607 ft/s (490 m/s)	2,122 ft·lbf (2,877 J)
400 gr (26 g) WFNGC	1,589 ft/s (484 m/s)	2,242 ft·lbf (3,040 J)
440 gr (29 g) WFNGC	1,450 ft/s (440 m/s)	2,054 ft·lbf (2,785 J)
Source: Cartridges of the World ^[1]

The .500 Wyoming Express or .500 WE is a "big bore" handgun cartridge. It was introduced in 2005 by Freedom Arms for their Model 83 revolver.^[2] Like most handgun cartridges of this size, it is used almost exclusively in revolvers. It is designed mainly for hunting rather than self defense or tactical usage.

1 Overview
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Overview

The cartridge is comparable in size to the .50 Action Express, but has higher powder loads and normally a lower velocity.^[3] Though not as powerful as the .500 S&W Magnum, the .500 Wyoming Express is one of the most powerful handgun cartridges commercially available today and is capable of taking any large game animal.^[4] Other similar cartridges are the .500 Linebaugh, and the .50 Beowulf.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ Barnes, Frank C. [1965] (2006). in Skinner, Stan: Cartridges of the World, 11th Edition, Iola, WI, USA: Gun Digest Books, 280. ISBN 0-89689-297-2.
^ The .500 Wyoming Express from Freedom Arms by Jeff Quinn, November 7, 2005
^ Taffin, John. "Freedom Arms' Biggest Big Bore", Guns magazine, FMG Publications, April 2006, pp. 46-51. Retrieved on 2006-07-07. (English)
^ The .500 Wyoming Express by Brian Pearce in Guns & Ammo Handguns