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Post by magnumwheelman on Jun 29, 2022 12:57:34 GMT -5
companion 20" carbine barrel to go with my 500 JRH BFR... that I had custom made for my Encore... not shot it yet, but guessing this will make for an interesting afternoon... thoughts on glass for this boomer???   |
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Post by magnumwheelman on Jun 29, 2022 13:23:40 GMT -5
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Post by magnumwheelman on Jun 30, 2022 11:31:09 GMT -5
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Post by rjm52 on Jul 7, 2022 5:40:09 GMT -5
Have had a stainless .500 S&W 20" Katahdin barrel for 15+ years and it is a fun gun to shoot. Have the same in blue in .405 Winchester.
Both are scoped with the 1.5-5 Leupold VX-III...have those scope on many of my rifles and never an issue...
Bob
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Post by giblett on Jul 15, 2022 22:01:25 GMT -5
Running a 1×4 leupold on my 450 bushmaster and no problems and its the cheaper one.
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Post by magnumwheelman on Jul 18, 2022 14:37:56 GMT -5
Bought that scope, & some Mark 4 rings today... should be here early next week
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Post by bigbore5 on Jul 20, 2022 5:59:14 GMT -5
companion 20" carbine barrel to go with my 500 JRH BFR... that I had custom made for my Encore... not shot it yet, but guessing this will make for an interesting afternoon... thoughts on glass for this boomer??? Speaking as a certified welder, I am surprised at the poor consistency of the weld joining the barrel to the block. Especially how much it thins towards the breech. It may work fine for years, but I would watch it for cracking none the less. Hopefully I'm just being a picky perfectionist |
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Post by magnumwheelman on Jul 20, 2022 7:44:23 GMT -5
I'll keep an eye on it... if I were to guess, it probably requires no, or less machining to clean up the breach face if the weld terminates before the breach face... I could look, but suspect it goes fully to the muzzle end of the mounting block???
My retired tool & Die buddy used to machine the mounting blocks for contenders, where the barrel just threads into them... when he quit working I got all his tooling & a few examples of the blocks, I passed them on to one of my best buddies thats a fabricator / welder/ machinist, who has an interest in gun smithing... I'm not sure why that isn't a more common meathod to attach the blocks on both Contenders & on Encores, the blocks were realitivly easy to machine
I have several custom Contender barrels with the machined block system, & they work great
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Post by magnumwheelman on Jul 20, 2022 12:14:41 GMT -5
Scope & mount arrived today... a day early  don't remember it saying, but must be an intermeadiate eye relief... 5-6 inches seems about right, just looking through it... aught to be enough to keep me from getting scope eye from the combination 500 Magnum, & light carbine |
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Post by magnumwheelman on Jul 22, 2022 9:25:42 GMT -5
Got my scopes and mounts on the 500 barrel… pin is much tighter on my Encore than on my Contender's, but everything is smooth and nice
Curious if the hammer spur extensions from the Contenders also fit on the Encores??? It’s a little tight around the scope bell
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Post by magnumwheelman on Jul 25, 2022 7:34:25 GMT -5
picture of the carbine, with furniture & glass  any recommendations for a leather butt cuff ( think the recoil pad should be fine ), but I don't like how "sticky" it is... looking for something quick to shoulder, & the tackyness of the rubber, I think, would slow down a quick shot... I had one custom made for my 45-70 Guide Gun, that adds a 1/2", has my initials on one side, backwards ( WAM ) & 5 cartridge loops on the other... been so long since I got that one, I can't remember where I got it... looking for maybe something similar |
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Post by magnumwheelman on Jul 25, 2022 7:45:44 GMT -5
did a deep dive into computer arcives & found these old pictures... still don't know who made this... but think something similar would be perfect for my 500... I'll need to pull it off & see if can find a makers mark
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Post by Encore64 on Jul 25, 2022 7:49:50 GMT -5
Your new setup should work great. I had a 24" Barrel built for the 500 S&W as soon as it was introduced. Put a Burris Timberline 4x on mine. Has 5" of eye relief, so no black eyes...
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Post by magnumwheelman on Jul 25, 2022 15:38:50 GMT -5
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