Talk:.500 Linebaugh

Sectional Density

No such bullet weight for the .500 Linebaugh is mentioned so it is hardly clear to me from the bullet weight listings in Wikipedia for both bullets that the .500 Linebaugh has more sectional density than the .454 Casull. At 335 gr the Casull has equal sectional density (and also significantly more velocity). At 360 gr and 400 gr the Casull has more sectional density than the 400 gr or 435 gr Linebaugh. One can argue that the 525 gr .500 Linebaugh bullet, which is not listed in the ballistics table, offers more sectional density (though at 1100 fps with one factory load) but that seem to be kind of going out of your way to find such a bullet so it is not very meaningful. Smaller diameter bullets generally have a sectional density advantage for the same velocity. The statement can be changed to say "frontal area" instead of "sectional density" if desired but that would go without saying.Halconen (talk) 16:23, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

.510" bullet?

I don't get it. On the page for the .500 S&W Magnum, it says "The .500 S&W Magnum was designed to fire a bullet with a diameter of .500 in (12.7 mm) unlike the .500 Linebaugh, which fires a .510 in (12.9 mm) bullet. This was done so as not to run afoul of the National Firearms Act and be considered a Destructive Device as had happened to Whildin’s .50 AE cartridge, which at first was designed to fire a .510 in (12.9 mm) but had to be redesigned to fire a .500 in (12.7 mm) instead." If the .500 S&W was designed to be .500" because it's illegal to use bullets more than .500", and the .50AE was forced to be re-designed for the same reason, how is it that the .500 Linebaugh uses a bullet of .510"? Doesn't that make it a "Destructive Device"? O.o .45Colt 02:29, 4 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Linebaugh bullet is measured to the groove, while 500 S&W + 50 AE are measured off the Land. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.238.83.116 (talk) 01:06, 31 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]