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Post by theshootist1894 on Jan 23, 2015 16:27:26 GMT -5
Picked up this Lew Horton exclusive S&W 500 6.5" Hunter model today. I have shot several 500's & 460's over the years but this is my first foray into owning anything larger than 454. It came with a box or CorBon 275 gr Barnes HP ammo, half shot, half empties, may have been all it has been shot. I would like to hear any advise on good source for bullets, what you guys are using for load data, I have plenty of manuals but would like to know what ya'll found shoots good in them. Would like to acquire more brass, one box ain't much and dies, as well as a few different bullet weights. Won't be looking to load up anything insane, just healthy recoil, and great accuracy, well and the joy of 1/2" holes in the target. Unsure if I will put optics on it yet.
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Post by kaytod on Jan 23, 2015 16:51:51 GMT -5
I loaded IMR SR4759 (I'll have to look but as I remember it was 27 grains) in a 500 S&W with a 410 grain cast SAA/KT. Velocity was 1075 fps from a 4" ported barrel. Very pleasant to shoot in the big gun.
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Post by bigbores on Jan 23, 2015 20:14:36 GMT -5
I treat the 500S&W like a factory 500Max, AA1680 and heavy cast bullets. Favorite load is a 440gr HC and 43GRs of 1680 give me 1400+ FPS, its a compressed load and cases fall out of my guns.
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Post by theshootist1894 on Jan 24, 2015 9:37:12 GMT -5
Good to know, keep em coming guys, any reports on 50yd accuracy or beyond that?
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Post by boatswainsmate on Jan 24, 2015 12:45:40 GMT -5
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Post by unclezeb on Jan 24, 2015 20:15:38 GMT -5
Watch pushing velocitys with 325grain speers they tend to spit a little on some guns. I've shot 6 different smith's with 325's and 2 of the six have spit at me I got bloodied pretty good by a john ross 5 1/2.
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Post by AxeHandle on Jan 24, 2015 21:25:41 GMT -5
My personal experience with the original production 500 Max was good. When my 500 S&W evolved to a Performance Center gun I found that the cast bullet loads that shot good in the production gun shot really bad in the PC gun. When I went to clean the barrel I didn't see lands and grooves. Tried to scrub it out with a bore brush. Turns out the barrel was a Lothar Walther barrel with polygonal rifling. Looked like humps instead of lands. The guys on the S&W forum at that point in time told me that the barrels would not shoot cast bullets well until the bullet weight was over 500 grains... I traded the gun off.
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Post by bradshaw on Jan 24, 2015 22:10:41 GMT -5
Sounds like Axe is Talkin' Turkey! Rather myopic to slap polygonal rifling on a revolver ostensibly designed for big game bullets, with cast a prominent, if not dominant, factor. Perhaps the barrels are made on a hammer forging machine, with polygonal rifling forming more quickly and at less cost than traditional lands & grooves. In any case, such rifling should be part of the up front information supplied the prospective customer. David Bradshaw
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Post by jgt on Jan 25, 2015 12:15:21 GMT -5
Typical "Performance Center" offering.
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Post by mbaneacp on Feb 7, 2015 21:04:03 GMT -5
Hey Axe & Bradshaw…not to hijack the thread, but a I wanted to tell you guys that we're going to do "big bore hunting revolvers" on GUN STORIES WITH JOE MANTEGNA for Season 5, which will premiere first week of July. Joe still hasn't forgiven me for the .410 Bond derringer…I think his hand still hurts!
Michael B
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Post by AxeHandle on Feb 7, 2015 22:26:14 GMT -5
Think we might start a shooting glove fund for those guys? I know the Past glove really helps my hands with those things.
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Post by bradshaw on Feb 8, 2015 1:20:42 GMT -5
Michael.... doubt I'd forgive myself for shooting a .410 derringer.
Stan.... next essay to be posted by Lee shows deer skin gloves better than PAST for recoil and winter warmth.
theshootist1894.... you may want to deep seat bullets in .500 S&W and crimp on ogive for sub-insane loads. Try it. If crimp on ogive doesn't prevent pull, switch back to standard seat, with crimp in cannelure (drawback----beaucoup air space). David Bradshaw
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Post by AxeHandle on Feb 8, 2015 10:38:52 GMT -5
I'd expect the glove thing to be much like the boxer and briefs thing. My personal need is to help support the bone structure. What helps me most is to shoot the beasts on a regular basis. Two plus years away from 40 hours at a desk and now spending 30-40 hours on the range every week I find that the skin in the palms and the bones in my hands can stand a little hammering every once in a while much better. The web of my right hand actually resembles the web of my unlimited government guns, ammo, and expenses days... I still limit my full power big bore stuff to one cylinder maximum. I'm 62 years and plan to shoot another 40.
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Post by Markbo on Feb 8, 2015 12:49:13 GMT -5
David I look forward to reading that only because I dont believe it. Like saying wearing socks gives you the same support and protection of hunting boots. I have some serious doubts.
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Post by whitworth on Feb 9, 2015 9:25:57 GMT -5
I had a .500 Smith X-frame with a 6 1/2-inch barrel and had real trouble warming up to it. As far as recoil is concerned, of all the .50 cals I have owned over the years (4 .500 JRHs, 1 .500 Linebaugh, 1 .500 Maximum, 1 .500 S&W), the least abusive was the X-frame. Even shooting ridiculous loads with 700 grain bullets, it wasn't so bad -- relatively speaking of course. The bulk does a great job of absorption. I use shooting gloves to simply protect what I have left.
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