.44 & 500 Smith&Wesson Showoff
- Thread starter Carlow
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^lol. Your semi auto collecting dust wow 
. That good eh. Ya going to add to some for sure. I always had a thing for wheel guns.
Here is another question for you guys. Would the 50 AE cartridge from the desert eagle work with 500. I know the casing is a little shorter but thats all I know.
. That good eh. Ya going to add to some for sure. I always had a thing for wheel guns. Here is another question for you guys. Would the 50 AE cartridge from the desert eagle work with 500. I know the casing is a little shorter but thats all I know.
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Ya so I now realize that ammo is scarce. No biggy to me. The 500 is for when I go to the range I will just blast off a box or 2 sloooooowwwwllllyyyy. Lol. Also to kinda show it off.
As for reloading doing alot of research and trying to make room at the house for the whole setup. As for now I have a friend that is completely setup for reloading and has been doing it for years. I use his equipment every now and then.
The 50AE is a rimless cartridge. So you can't shoot it in your revolver since there's no way to hold the case back so the firing pin can hit the primer.
Somewhere along the way you'll likely find a casing for a .50AE. Try it in your cylinder to see what I mean. Also without a rim even if it did stop in the cylinder correctly there's nothing to engage the ejector star.
For the .500 and even the .44Mag reloading is the way to go. If you shoot much with either gun at all you'll pay for the cost of the reloading gear in no time at all with these rounds. For example .44Mag is usually up around a buck a pop. I can reload for around .25 cents a pop. And even with full power loads I should be able to get around 20 firings from a casing before the brass splits. And when I was doing some .500S&W reloads the cost was around a buck a pop.
Most of that buck was due to the 70 cents per bullet cost. If you were to get into casting your own like riderrick above does the cost for both would drop by quite a bit.
Somewhere along the way you'll likely find a casing for a .50AE. Try it in your cylinder to see what I mean. Also without a rim even if it did stop in the cylinder correctly there's nothing to engage the ejector star.
For the .500 and even the .44Mag reloading is the way to go. If you shoot much with either gun at all you'll pay for the cost of the reloading gear in no time at all with these rounds. For example .44Mag is usually up around a buck a pop. I can reload for around .25 cents a pop. And even with full power loads I should be able to get around 20 firings from a casing before the brass splits. And when I was doing some .500S&W reloads the cost was around a buck a pop.
Most of that buck was due to the 70 cents per bullet cost. If you were to get into casting your own like riderrick above does the cost for both would drop by quite a bit.
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50AE is a rimless cartridge so it won't work in a revolver unless you can find moon clips for it. Lol.
Chuckbuster
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Try The Shooters Den in Sudbury. I think he may have a box or two kicking around.
i've had my 500 mag for just under a year now and put 1000 rounds though it, 35 of which were factory rounds. the rest were reloads using 95% cast bullets from 350gr up to the max (for S&W revolvers) 700gr. with my current lead costs it's about 25 cents a shot. i was reloading before i got the gun, but this round is a must to reload, even if you buy high end jacketed projectiles.
here is a picture of a 22lr, 700gr solid, 650gr conical HP, 675gr Penta HP.
here is a picture of a 22lr, 700gr solid, 650gr conical HP, 675gr Penta HP.
