This is the S&W model 500 -- a cannon of a pistol.

Here at the USVS we carry quite an assortment of things that bugs don’t like.  We’ve got all types of machineguns, flamethrowers, heavy rifles, and other such weapons to help bugs sleep for good.

We’ve even got a really powerful sidearm in the Desert Eagle .41 magnum.

But when it gets down to the wire — the last stand, if you will — we need a gun that will absolutely, positively work every time we pull the trigger.  Likewise, we need a gun that can pour a whole lot of hate into a bug.  If it doesn’t we’re dead.

This is Dirty's Harry's wimpy little .44 magnum round (left) stacked up next to our .500 S&W! (right)

That’s why we use the Smith & Wesson model 500 as our backup pistol.  This beast of a wheelgun carries five rounds of ammo chambered in Smith’s own .500 S&W.  It’s one of the most powerful production pistols in the world and does an obscene amount of damage to the undead.

We customize ours by sawing down the barrel to about an inch or so long.  Sure, that hurts the accuracy of the gun, but if we have to use it the bugs are probably already chewing on our armor.  We like to think of these pistols as stapleguns on steroids — as you’re basically pushing the gun up to the bug’s head and pulling the trigger.

Check out the photos to the right and you can see why we’re happy to carry these beasts!

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