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500 S&W is in!
« on: December 16, 2010, 10:48:19 AM »
At least my FFL has it!   ;D  I don't know when I'll pick it up... Next gun show maybe...  :-\  No hurry.  Got no dies, brass, bullets or suitable powder.   :(  Don't got no money either... even the funds I had saved up to send my M7 to Shaw got gone...  :'(  This addiction sure be gettin 'spensive...  :(

But there's a bright side!  My boy will be bringing down the .223 Heavy Barrel I bought when he comes home for Christmas!   ;D  And I got 3 or 4 K of 5.56 ammo!  WE DON'T NEED NO STINKIN' DIES!   :D
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Re: 500 S&W is in!
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2010, 10:57:21 AM »
New toys drain the bankin' 'count fast.  I'm in the same boat.  I haven't been able to buy any new toys in a couple of years. 
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Re: 500 S&W is in!
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2010, 11:41:51 AM »
Well congrats Richard, at least you're buying a Handi in the logical sequence of a purchase, I was shopping at BiMart one day, and they put a bunch of clearance items on the gun counter while I was there, an RCBS 500S&W steel die set for $12  and a couple boxes of Hornady 350gr .500" XTPs for $11 each among the other bullets I just had to have, at the time I didn't even have any intention of buying a 500 S&W, but I couldn't pass it up, I bought a barrel from the classifieds here not much later!  ::) :D

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« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2010, 01:12:52 PM »
when the projects end up being a case of the "tail wagging the dog"?
Never in my life did it occur to me to have or even contemplate a .303 British ANYTHING.
Ended up having a fella give me (as in zero dollars) a Smellie the other day.  Occured to me that I actually had an ancient set of RCBS dies, but no guts, so I needed to buy parts to get them up to snuff.  Then I discovered a baggie in a box-o-stuff that had 13 once fired cases, and an unopened box of Hornady 150 gr. spire points......and I don't even LIKE the stinkin' thing!
Then there was the time I was given a McMillan stainless .22-250 Ackley Imp. barrel for a 1903 Springfield......$140 for a set of dies and a whole pile of brass and then a stock, and then glass...
And NOW, one of my sons got a letter from the city tellin' him he's gotta get rid of a couple of cars, and I'm the proud owner of a '69 Mustang shell.  At LEAST there's a title for the thing, and this time, Mrs. Walton has decided that she'd look good in a bright red Mustang.  This project might get pricey!!!
Oh, yeah, almost forgot, you'll LIKE the .500!
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Re: 500 S&W is in!
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2010, 01:21:24 PM »
Richard,

You gotta' .500?  You gonna' make that 45-120 jealous!  I guess next you'll have to ream it to 50-90.  In the meantime, If you want I'll be glad to babysit some of those lonesome barrels you got.......like a 45-120.  Now THAT would get some attention from the guys at the range.  Of course none of them will shoot my stuff anymore.........don't know why. ???

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Re: 500 S&W is in!
« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2010, 09:39:42 AM »
When you get tired of the 500...some kind of 50-somethingorother Sharps in a handi?
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Re: 500 S&W is in!
« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2010, 05:23:03 PM »
My FFL emailed me today.  His words were: "the bore on that thing is huge!  I don't know which end would hurt more!"   :D

The 500 S&W is a little to stubby for my taste.   :-\  But the .500 bore diameter stops me from reaming it out to one of the Sharps cart-a-ges since they are around .510 bore.   :(  That's really a shame since I'd settle for a 50-90 in a heartbeat!   ;D

I'd consider reaming it to the 50 B&M Alaskan which is the 50 Alaskan necked down to .500 caliber.  BTW, they call it B&M for "bowel" and "movement" 'cause it kicks the crap outa you!   ::)  Hi-ebber, and day always be a hi-ebber, there's no need to even consider that since there aren't any .500 diameter, 550 +/- gr. solids around anyway.   :(  Darn S&W  >:(  Why couldn't they have made it with a .510 bore!   :(

Guess I'll just use it for squirrels and such...  :-\

Look at it compared to some real 50 cals!   ;D
http://ammoguide.com/cgi-bin/aicompare.cgi?sn=BgxMuEEHDo
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Re: 500 S&W is in!
« Reply #7 on: December 17, 2010, 05:34:52 PM »
Quote from: guns-o-fun on December 17, 2010, 09:39:42 AM
When you get tired of the 500...some kind of (50-somethingorother) Sharps in a handi?

Guns-o-fun, your post made me think of a name for Richards rechamber. 50-StompMeO'Brother  ;D

GOOD SHOOTING!
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Re: 500 S&W is in!
« Reply #8 on: December 17, 2010, 05:36:45 PM »
Add the 500 Martin to your list of big .50's too Richard!  ;)

Tim

http://www.singleactions.com/500Martin.pdf
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Re: 500 S&W is in!
« Reply #9 on: December 17, 2010, 08:56:13 PM »
The White brand muzzleloading boolits are .501 diameter and weigh 440 grs. They are dead soft lead but under 10 grains of Unique powder and a Winchester rifle primer, the gun is a creampuff to shoot and
will cut a ragged hole. It's hard to say how small the group is when your boolit is half an inch across and the holes are all touching one way or the other!
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Re: 500 S&W is in!
« Reply #10 on: December 17, 2010, 09:11:38 PM »
I use the lee die for muzzleloaders ...the improved mini ball...does a great job...and yes it hurts on both ends of the gun...
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Re: 500 S&W is in!
« Reply #11 on: December 18, 2010, 04:55:11 AM »
If all you are going to do is ream, then that 50 bowel movement Alaskan sounds good.  But, try it as a 500 Smith for a while, you might like it.  If any pistol cartridge should be in a rifle, this is it.
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Re: 500 S&W is in!
« Reply #12 on: December 18, 2010, 06:06:08 AM »
Quote from: quickdtoo on December 17, 2010, 05:36:45 PM
Add the 500 Martin to your list

Done!   ;D

http://ammoguide.com/cgi-bin/aicompare.cgi?sn=BgdCQSRIpk&editord=1

That's an interesting round.  I thought it was the same as the B&M but AmmoGuide shows it more if a streight taper then necked.   :-\  If so, I LIKE IT!   ;D

But we still have the problem of no .500 diameter solids with a SD of around 300...  :(  Without that our 45-120's are still the big DG thumpers!

'course, like JeffD and YM point out there is plenty of oportunity for lite loads.   :-\  So I'm gonna do like G-o-F says and play with the factory round.  No doubt I will like it!   ;D  'sides, it'll be nice to have a soft kicking big bore...  8)
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Re: 500 S&W is in!
« Reply #13 on: December 18, 2010, 06:49:36 AM »
The Ranger Rick 700gr .500" has an SD of .400 according to this calculator, the 610gr is .349!  :o

Tim

http://www.lsstuff.com/ranger-rick/

http://www.beartoothbullets.com/rescources/calculators/php/density.htm?bw=700&bd=.500

The "little" bullet is a Cast Performance 440gr
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Re: 500 S&W is in!
« Reply #14 on: December 18, 2010, 08:20:40 AM »
You are starting to make me feel like Im undergunned with my .577Snider......
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Re: 500 S&W is in!
« Reply #15 on: December 18, 2010, 09:44:28 AM »
That 700 gr Ranger Rick in the 500 S&W rifle should make a dandy car gun. That is, if you have wild packs of Buicks and Oldsmobiles roaming your neighborhood! ;D
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Re: 500 S&W is in!
« Reply #16 on: December 18, 2010, 11:48:09 AM »
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Re: 500 S&W is in!
« Reply #17 on: December 19, 2010, 05:27:12 AM »
Okay, so they got heavy, hard bullets...  ::)  Now, if they was jacketed solids and you could drive them to, say 1800 fps outa the S&W, then I might be interested... (yawn...  8))

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Re: 500 S&W is in!
« Reply #18 on: December 25, 2010, 08:31:23 AM »
So,
 Did you pick up this boomer yet Rich??

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Re: 500 S&W is in!
« Reply #19 on: December 26, 2010, 05:07:21 AM »
No Brie, not yet.   :(  My FFL has it and I'll pick it up from him at the next gun show.  I gotta get set up to reload and do some stock switching so I won't be able to shoot it for a while anyway...  :(  I'm gonna put the stock from my 45-120 on it, the one you put the Limbsaver on, and the stock from the 500 on my 223 and get another stock from GSI for the 45-120!   ;D 

I got it all figured out!   :D

Wait...  :-\  I got another stock coming from a member...  :-\  I was going to cut it down for my eldest G'son and put it on my BC Carbine... But I should do that next year just before season...  :-\  I guess I gotta rethink this a bit...  ::)

'course in the meantime I could just get another barrel and action to go on the stock set...   ;D
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Re: 500 S&W is in!
« Reply #20 on: December 26, 2010, 02:44:38 PM »
Richard,
 with a set of custom dies and a custom reamer  you could make this for your Handi to go with the 45-120.Just order the reamer and dies to fit the barrel bore. Maybe call it the 500 Atlaw ;D
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Re: 500 S&W is in!
« Reply #21 on: December 26, 2010, 03:07:34 PM »
I can not think of a single thing I could use a .500 S&W for. But I want one. Pete
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Re: 500 S&W is in!
« Reply #22 on: December 26, 2010, 03:16:47 PM »
A single thing, no.........a couple of things,
A tremendous noise,
and a mighty thwack!
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