From: John Cuccia 

On Wed, 30 May 2007 06:12:53 -0400, "Geo."  wrote:

>"Ad"  wrote in message
>news:465bc49c$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>
>> when they say ".50 revolver" is there a cut
down/shortened .50 round in
>> the US or is it a proper .50?
>
>It's not the 6" long .50 shells. It's more like a magnum .45

Yep, like this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.50_Action_Express

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