Clements built .500 S&W Special
Jan 29, 2023 13:46:21 GMT -5
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Post by bushog on Jan 29, 2023 13:46:21 GMT -5
Been a while since I posted any new guns in the Gallery so here goes....
Not too new but here's a .500 S&W Special that David Clements built. I picked it up from a shop in VA that purchased a large collection of guns from one of David's active customers. Built on a mid-frame flat top it's about as much cartridge as you can get in the medium sized frame. I wrote David about it before the purchase and he indicated that the pistol got "not fun to shoot" in a hurry and recommended nothing more than about 440gr cast bullets at 900fps in the load data he sent along. Same velocities as the .50GI but will take a larger bullet.The gun was full carbona blue by Turnbull and has a 5 shot cylinder. A nice touch is the short base pin to allow full ejection of the long cartridges. Don't know who did the beautiful walnut grips with a blind screw. It's not exactly as I would have had it built and if David was still working it would go back for changes but grateful I get to take care of it for a while. I can add the Bowen rear sight...
This is what David said "It is a shortened .500 S&W. Only built 2 and designed conversion to handle the Corbon factory loads made at the time which are same pressure as .44 Mag. I had to go to an exotic steel for cylinder to make that possible. Both guns are on midframe flattops."
Would like to thank "Rivercane" for trimming the .500 S&W brass down to the correct length for me. He did a great job! Waiting on brass from Starline...
I can't wait to shoot it as soon as things thaw out a little.
Even the hammer is carbona blue and must have had the sides relieved as there's no wear.
That's a big hole and David's lovely crescent head ER is always a welcome sight.
Not ANY more room for the rim....
Finally a look at a loaded dummy round next to a .45 Colt round. Both are loaded with 300gr bullets.
Not too new but here's a .500 S&W Special that David Clements built. I picked it up from a shop in VA that purchased a large collection of guns from one of David's active customers. Built on a mid-frame flat top it's about as much cartridge as you can get in the medium sized frame. I wrote David about it before the purchase and he indicated that the pistol got "not fun to shoot" in a hurry and recommended nothing more than about 440gr cast bullets at 900fps in the load data he sent along. Same velocities as the .50GI but will take a larger bullet.The gun was full carbona blue by Turnbull and has a 5 shot cylinder. A nice touch is the short base pin to allow full ejection of the long cartridges. Don't know who did the beautiful walnut grips with a blind screw. It's not exactly as I would have had it built and if David was still working it would go back for changes but grateful I get to take care of it for a while. I can add the Bowen rear sight...
This is what David said "It is a shortened .500 S&W. Only built 2 and designed conversion to handle the Corbon factory loads made at the time which are same pressure as .44 Mag. I had to go to an exotic steel for cylinder to make that possible. Both guns are on midframe flattops."
Would like to thank "Rivercane" for trimming the .500 S&W brass down to the correct length for me. He did a great job! Waiting on brass from Starline...
I can't wait to shoot it as soon as things thaw out a little.
Even the hammer is carbona blue and must have had the sides relieved as there's no wear.
That's a big hole and David's lovely crescent head ER is always a welcome sight.
Not ANY more room for the rim....
Finally a look at a loaded dummy round next to a .45 Colt round. Both are loaded with 300gr bullets.
