.500 s&w
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Helsinki Cowboy
CGN Regular
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- Upper Canada
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Johnn Peterson
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Chemainus B.C.
A number of years back, my buddy picked one up and invited me out for the test shoot. Long story short, after seeing how well it shot, I decided 
I 'needed' one.
It seems to shoot well with anything I've ever 'fed' it. Hot loads, light loads, cast bullets or jacketed, doesn't seem to make any difference. One change I did make is the grips. With top end loads, it has the ability to inflict pain, at both ends. The Hogue grips it came with didn't seem to help. I modified a set of Jordan Trooper stocks I had made by Herritt's for the S&W model 29. When you touch one off, you still know you have a 'handful' but it made the recoil with the hotter loads bearable.
I 'needed' one.
It seems to shoot well with anything I've ever 'fed' it. Hot loads, light loads, cast bullets or jacketed, doesn't seem to make any difference. One change I did make is the grips. With top end loads, it has the ability to inflict pain, at both ends. The Hogue grips it came with didn't seem to help. I modified a set of Jordan Trooper stocks I had made by Herritt's for the S&W model 29. When you touch one off, you still know you have a 'handful' but it made the recoil with the hotter loads bearable.
A number of years back, my buddy picked one up and invited me out for the test shoot. Long story short, after seeing how well it shot, I decided
I hear ya!
Same result yup, came up from the range to the store front and everyone was asking WTF was that!
Can't imagine the cost of putting a lot of rounds through one.
Reloading your own keeps the cost down to somewhere between 50 cents to a buck a round depending on your bullet and powder choices.
Because of the weight of the gun I actually found the .500 handgun to be less of a smack than the .454Casull.
Helsinki Cowboy
CGN Regular
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- Upper Canada
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Love my 500mag! Really enjoy watching others shoot it for the first time too. i've put about 1700 rounds through mine by now, i need new grips as the handle is starting to rip through the hogue grips lol.
Here is a shot of the various bullets i cast for it, the 700gr and 375gr spire points are my favourites.
i keep reading this, i must get my hands on one! what gun did you shoot the 454 in? ideally i'd love a 460mag so i can shoot all 3 but i suspect the weight of it would mess with the recoil from the 454 unless i got the 5" model.
Here is a shot of the various bullets i cast for it, the 700gr and 375gr spire points are my favourites.
i keep reading this, i must get my hands on one! what gun did you shoot the 454 in? ideally i'd love a 460mag so i can shoot all 3 but i suspect the weight of it would mess with the recoil from the 454 unless i got the 5" model.
Johnn Peterson
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Chemainus B.C.
Here most of what I 'feed' my 500. For cast, these I get from a friend and another 500 S&W owner that's hot & heavy into casting.
Sorry about the poor quality photo. If I had to pick one of the bunch as a favorite cast bullet, it would likely be the 440gr with GC.
And for jacketed
With these, one seems to do as well as any of the others. I did try some 500gr. Hornadys but found my groups started to open up a bit so I never bothered with them. Out of these, my 'favorite', I'd have to say the 350gr Sierra JHP.
Sorry about the poor quality photo. If I had to pick one of the bunch as a favorite cast bullet, it would likely be the 440gr with GC.And for jacketed
With these, one seems to do as well as any of the others. I did try some 500gr. Hornadys but found my groups started to open up a bit so I never bothered with them. Out of these, my 'favorite', I'd have to say the 350gr Sierra JHP.
i got a box of the 400gr sierra jsp's when i got the gun and ended up drilling out the lead to get the bullet down to 275gr hoping to make a massive bang using h110 but it didn't work as good as i had hoped. i pretty much run cast only in mine for cost reasons though, my reloads cost 35 cents give or take 5 cents.
Johnn Peterson
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Chemainus B.C.
In the hotter loads, I use H110 as well. Initially I had the odd round that didn't seem to be getting sufficient ignition from large pistol and even large pistol magnum primers. At that time, for those 'warmer' loads using H110, I went to Starline brass as they were made to accept large rifle primers. Problem solved and I 'believe' now most manufacturers go with large rifle size primers. I keep the older Hornady brass that take large pistol primers for the lighter loads using other powders such as Unique for example.
Urbansherpa
Regular
- Location
- Hamilton, Ont
i've got a 6.5" 500 Mmmmagnum. Fun gun. Last week I shot over *100 rounds* out of it. Felt fine after shooting... because I reload. With a load of TrailBoss and 400gr boolits you can shoot all day for cheap. (I also load with 4227+cast)
I let a guy shoot a few rounds and I think he expected massive recoil, but got what feels like a .38spl. He still had a smile, though!
If you reload, then it's a very versatile shooter.
I let a guy shoot a few rounds and I think he expected massive recoil, but got what feels like a .38spl. He still had a smile, though!
If you reload, then it's a very versatile shooter.
