500 wyoming express case?

[crowmag]

Thinking about getting a FA 500we and was wondering what the out side demition of a sized 500we case is and if the lee 440g bullet mold will work to make bullets for the FA in 500we?

[IronAir]

This might answer a lot of your questions...

http://www.freedomarms.com/500weda.pdf

[gp911]

I love looking at the load data on that pdf, always makes me curious to shoot a .500 WE gun with those Trailboss loads. Beeeg boolits moving sloooow...


gp911

[crowmag]

I got the 500 Wyoming Express I have 300 rounds threw it now shooting 446g hard cast bullets with 8.2g WW231 850 fps 14.5g long shot 1150 fps and 28g 296 1320 fps the heavy loads take some concentration on my part and some tape on my middle finger. The light loads are quite light in recoil and I could shoot them all day.

[paul105]

crowmag you dog !  You snagged that .500 from the Ft Worth Cabellas' didn't you?   I called and called, couldn't get a live person just voice mail .  I can't get that gun out of my head -- what a beauty.

Paul

[doghawg]

 Hey crowmag! There was a .44 special twin sister to your .500 WE and it was snatched up within a couple of hours of being listed. Do you know anything about that??? HMMM??

 Congratulations on a terrific gun!

[crowmag]

Got to be fast on the I will take it when a deal like this comes around

The 44 special was from the same collection I was just interested in the 500 WE.

[WL44]

Crowmag,

What grip material is that? Do you know who made them? Really nice!

Thanks.

WL44

[crowmag]

Freedom arms makes the grips Black Micarta Grips with Rounded Grip Butt and Grip Frame form the factory

[WL44]

Thanks. Didn't look like micarta to my untrained eye. Thought it was similar to the Linebaugh "linen finish".

WL

[Lloyd Smale]

true micarta is linen micarta. Lots of grip makers make plastic grips they  call micarta. true micarta like dustin linebaugh uses is as expensive as fine walnut and about indestuctable. Looking at those grips im betting there linen micarta.

[Wiking]

So, does that mean that the micarta half of us have on our guns is not the real thing?

[Lloyd Smale]

Yup. Bottom line is if you didnt pay 2-300 bucks for your grips id bet a dime to a dollar that its not micarta its either plastic or some other polymer. Only a couple grip makers use real stuff. FA guns have real micarta and dustin linebaugh uses the real deal. Other then that i dont know of anyone else right now doing them.

[Wiking]

Ohhh... you had me going there for a sec... have a FA, and couldn't quite understand if those good looking grips weren't real 

[WL44]

Thanks for clearing that up Lloyd. I had no idea at all. Don't think I've ever seen or touched the real thing (sad admission!). The other pics that I've seen of the FA's with "micarta" weren't so distinctively "linen-ish". Thanks. Looks great.