S&w .500

[Long Range Canuck]

Just thinking of purchasing a S&W .500. Just wondering what you guys who have one think of it, and where would you purchase one. Also considdering a Taurus Raging Bull .454 which would you choose and why?

 

[JohnC]

I would go for the .500 given the choice.

actually I would choose , the S&W .460 which allows the use of .45LC and .454 Cassull as lighter loads

 

[Long Range Canuck]

Excellent suggestion, just read up on it and am sold on the .460 Thanks

 

[Johnn Peterson]

I have a 500 and to say the least, with 'full house' loads, they are a handful. I have loaded & 'tried' a number of cast & jacketed bullets from 350gr - 440gr. To help tame the recoil I've modified a set of Herrett's Jordan Trooper stocks I had for a S&W model 29. At least now, it is bareable. I picked up some Hornady 500gr jacketed bullets to try next & with info I've received from Hornady, you can push them out @ 1350 f/sec. They might hurt a little, at both ends. I'm looking into the possibility of taking it to Alaska for Moose about 2008.

 

[viper]

I got a 460 and i love being able to shoot the 45lc 454 out of the same gun.

 

[prosper]

Of the two, I'd say go .460.

Plus, finding .500 bullets is a biatch

 

[Johnn Peterson]

Nothing against the 460 & eventually, I will get one. IF IF I want to shoot a, .45LC, Thats what I'll shoot! I also 'like' the 44 Mag but I didn't get one so I could also shoot, 44 Special.

 

[prosper]

I hear you. Thet's why I got a 500. The 460 is cool. Probably cheaper to shoot, flatter trajectory, a lot more versatile, and really more useful overall.



But it's not a 500.


mine's bigger. 'nuff said.

 

[NAA]

Aren't S&W 500's & such for fellas with 'adequacy issues' ?

 

[Silverback]

Aren't S&W 500's & such for fellas with 'adequacy issues' ?

No it's for guys with the cahonies to own and shoot one, not for guys who keep their 9mm's in their purses.

 

[Grizz Axxemann]

i fired a 500 back in january.... they're FUN when I'm rich, I will own one.

 

[Rubikahn]

There is a 460 XR listed for sale on Ellwood Epps. I checked the Smith&Wesson site and they don't have an XR. Is there such a beast or did Ellwoods probably mean 460 XVR?

 

[prosper]

D-eagle 50AE vs S&W 500. In the words of Peter Griffon: "Gimme the biggest freakin gun ya got"