Gotta have 6 rounds even if it is chambered in the anti- everything .500 Magnum. That is really the only reason I haven't purchased a 500.

A six-round 500 would need to have a cylinder with an additional .6-.65 inch of circumference on the circle that runs through the centers of the charge holes. That pushes the diameter of the cylinder out nearly another two-tenths of an inch, which means the frame window for the cylinder has to get a quarter inch taller too. Suddely you are not talking about an X frame, but an XX frame.

You could get six .44 magnum chambers into an X-frame cylinder, but why bother? If you are going for max power per round, five rounds will be your limit. If you want at least six loaded chambers at one time, you are going to have to buy two X-frames and carry them both. The upside is that you will then have 10 rounds.

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"You gotta ask yourself one question, did I fire 10 shots or only 9?". Love it! But could you imagine going guns akimbo with two 500s? Holy cow! I did consider after posting I should have wrote: 6 shot 500 magnum not 6 shot X-Frame but here is hoping for a Y-Frame!

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ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ- COME AND TAKE IT!

WHile I do not own a 500 Magnum, I have fired a few hundred rounds out of two different guns. Honestly, UNLESS you are a handgun hunter or you live in the wilderness, I see little use for one.

I severely damaged my hearing (even more than it was already) because of the 4" ported barrel at an indoor Range a few years back - and I was wearing both plugs and a head set together. Not blaming anyone, as I should have been astute enough to stop but did not.

The S&W 500 Mag is a hoot to shoot for a few shots, but the ammo is costly, the noise is unbearable (indoors) and other than for wild game I see little reason to own one - but that's just me.