[ArkansasFatboy]

Anyone load the .500 s&w mag? A friend of mine has one and at 50.00 a box I told him I would look in to Reloading for him. He has a new england single shot handi rifle. And he would benifit from shooting more if it cost less to shoot any input appreciated

[EddieCoyle]

I have a 4" .500 S&W revolver, an 8-3/8" .500 S&W revolver, as well as a Handi-Rifle in .500 S&W. I shot reloads in all three today. What is your friend looking for? Plinking loads? Hunting? Full power?

[ArkansasFatboy]

Hunting rounds he lives in Mississippi and as I understand they let you shoot a single shot rifle during muzzleloader season so he bought the .500 as an all season gun

[cmidkiff]

There's an excellent article on the .500s&w available at:
http://www.john-ross.net/pdfs/maghist.pdf

Not just reloading, though he does talk about reloads quite a bit. John Ross is a huge fan of the .500 smith... and an all around good guy.

[1911user]

That's one of those cartridges that if you aren't reloading for it, you should be. If you shoot much with exotic calibers, it doesn't take long to pay for a nice reloading setup.

[Grumulkin]

Mine has never seen anything but reloads. My best load uses H110/Win. 296 & Sierra 400 grain Sports Master bullets. My 15 inch Encore gets 1.5 inch or less 3 shot groups at 100 yards with this load.

[EddieCoyle]

I agree with Grumulkin, H110 (same as Win 296) or Lil' Gun are great powders for this round, and burn slow enough to work well in a rifle. You can get plenty of good load data here:
http://data.hodgdon.com/main_menu.asp

[dmftoy1]

I've had good luck with 16.5 grains of titegroup under a 335 grain bullet for a plinking load. I use H110 for the one's when I want to show off and I'm working on a project now where I'm going to load homemade 440 Grain GC bullets over some trailboss.

FWIW.

Have a good one,
Dave