My First Contact with S&W: Will it Turn into a New Rifle?
BY Herschel Smith
12 hours, 19 minutes ago
I sent this note to S&W support.
I’m just wondering for the hundredth time if y’all are going to come out with a lever gun in 460 or 500 S&W magnum? I would be happy to do a review of it without any cost to you (I would purchase the gun outright).
This is the first time I have ever gotten a response to my many notes.
Thank you for contacting Smith & Wesson.
I would be glad to relay your interest to our Marketing & Product Development department for review.
If you have any other questions please feel free to contact us at 1-800-331-0852
Thank you and Have a Great Day!
Regards,
Daniel
Back to Daniel (and I tried to locate the email for the S&W CEO, perhaps I got it right), I responded this.
Daniel,Thank you for the offer to forward my request. This is the first time in all of my inquiries that I have actually gotten a response.I would love to talk to your folks about a walnut lever action rifle in 500 S&W magnum. I’m certain that the S&W engineers can handle the development, and I’m also certain that the Performance Center would take an interest in such a project.As I said, I would be happy not only to buy the rifle outright, but also do a review of it.Your engineers might say that the cartridge I am requesting (500 S&W magnum) is a high pressure cartridge and as such might have “sticky extraction” issues, but Rossi has proven that they can handle the .454 Casull and Big Horn Armory can certainly make rifles chambered in 500 S&W magnum. They do so every day.Frankly, it should bother you more than a little that Big Horn Armory is the only manufacturer that makes a rifle chambered in your very own cartridge (500 S&W magnum). Shouldn’t S&W make a rifle chambered in that round too?Herschel Smith, PE
We’ll see if this becomes a chance to get a lever gun in S&W 500 magnum. I have my doubts.
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On May 20, 2025 at 10:49 pm, foot in the forest said:
I will take the second. Would go well with the 8inch barreled pistol I have.
On May 21, 2025 at 2:47 am, Elmo said:
https://gunsamerica.com/digest/500-magnum-lever-action-big-horn-armory-model-89-brush-buster-full-review/
On May 21, 2025 at 4:42 am, jrg said:
Tilting at windmills can sometimes have positive results. All S&W can do is say ‘No’. You made a great point of other gun manufacturers already producing their version.
Good luck ! And thank you for your efforts to make this happen.
On May 21, 2025 at 8:59 am, Herschel Smith said:
@Elmo,
Yes I know about the Big Horn Armory rifle. Way too much $$$.