| .500 Wyoming Express | ||||||||||||||||
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| Type | Revolver | |||||||||||||||
| Place of origin | United States | |||||||||||||||
| Production history | ||||||||||||||||
| Designer | Freedom Arms | |||||||||||||||
| Designed | 2005 | |||||||||||||||
| Manufacturer | Freedom Arms | |||||||||||||||
| Produced | 2005–present | |||||||||||||||
| Specifications | ||||||||||||||||
| Case type | Belted straight | |||||||||||||||
| Bullet diameter | .500 in (12.7 mm) | |||||||||||||||
| Base diameter | .525 in (13.3 mm) | |||||||||||||||
| Rim diameter | .543 in (13.8 mm) | |||||||||||||||
| Case length | 1.37 in (35 mm) | |||||||||||||||
| Overall length | 1.765 in (44.8 mm) | |||||||||||||||
| Rifling twist | 1:20 | |||||||||||||||
| Primer type | Large rifle | |||||||||||||||
| Maximum pressure | 50,000 psi | |||||||||||||||
| Ballistic performance | ||||||||||||||||
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| Test barrel length: 7.5 Source(s): https://tiiarmory.com/ammunition | ||||||||||||||||
The .500 Wyoming Express or .500 WE is a "big bore" handgun cartridge. Freedom Arms introduced the cartridge in 2005 for their Model 83 .500 WE revolver.[1]
Like most handgun cartridges of this size, it is used almost exclusively in revolvers. It is designed mainly for hunting and wilderness defense against medium to heavy North American game.