New S&W 500 compensator

[Moonclips]

Has anybody fired the S&W 500 with the new compensator shown here? I wonder how effective it is compared to the old type?

 

[Standing Wolf]

If it were made of plastic, I'd have to figure that's a sex toy from some pornographic site. Why don't Smith & Wessons look like guns any more?

 

[KaceCoyote]

If it were made of plastic, I'd have to figure that's a sex toy from some pornographic site. Why don't Smith & Wessons look like guns any more?

"Form Follows Function" Dr. F. Porsche.

 

[Moonclips]

Forget the looks department. How effective is the new-style comp in taming the recoil?

 

[Tom C.]

That is one of the Performance Center 500 PC Hunter Models with a 6 1/2" barrel. I got one about 14 Months ago. Without a scope, it weighs about 70 oz. I have shot it with full power loads and with much milder loads. Don't know how effective it is compared to the others because I haven't tried them. It works pretty well, though. It still smacks your hand pretty good with full power loads. It is a real pussy cat with milder loads.
I have a Weaver 2x scope in removable Warne mounts. It is very accurate. The weight of scope helps to dampen recoil, but makes it pretty heavy for unsupported shooting.
To get it zeroed with the iron sights, I had to get a higher front sight from the factory.
I load with H4227 for approaching full power loads and intermediate loads. I use Universal Clays for mild loads. The comp is effective enough to blow back unburned powder and get it in your hair.

 

[Standing Wolf]

"Form Follows Function" Dr. F. Porsche.

I wonder whether that's the same Dr. Porsche who cribbed his design for the Volkswagen from a Czech car.

Seriously: on the whole, I concur that form ought to be at least closely related to function. That said™, I'd be embarrassed to own a gun that ugly. The bottom of the barrel looks like the designer couldn't decide between straight and angled, so he did both. The front sight looks like an after-thought. I like unfluted cylinders, although I'll be the first to concede that's probably primarily because a.) most revolvers still include fluted cylinders, and b.) unfluted cylinders leave more room for engravers to enhance guns. The barrel's finish doesn't seem to match the frame's or the cylinder's. The top line of the frame stops abruptly, and is abandoned by the top line of the barrel.

It looks to my eye like something thrown together by a committee, or else a designer who dilly-dallied, then muttered and swore and slopped through the job late in the afternoon of the day before it was due. It looks careless, especially in comparison to, say, the model 29, which was once a proud company's flagship firearm.

 

[patrol120]

I think the gun a incredibly attractive. it is a tool, not a piece of art, and is attractive in the same way a H Farmall tractor, or a vintage Bridgeport mill is. For me, the more utilitarian a gun is, the more the looks are attained through practicality, the more attractive it is.