So there I am at the range...

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So Im setting up my AR-15 at the range. Laying out the ammo, targets etc. When off to my right I hear the loudest most deafening bang Ive heard at the gun range. I look over to see these kids my age shooting a 500 S&W magnum. The asked me to try it. I said that the ammo is expensive and that they should shoot. But they insisited. MY GOD! Was that one of the coolest things I have ever done. I had a scab on my hand from work...not after I shot that thing! I hit the target at about 15 yards in the torso. Not bad for the first time shooting that behemoth. Just thought Id share. :D
 
I guarentee that if you try shooting five rounds in a row of their 450 gr JSP, you will not hit the target by the fifth round. You will be flinching WAY to much trying to anticipate the recoil. I tried it with mine. DAMN did it hurt! OUCH!!! The 325 gr rounds are much easier to shoot.
 
I'm not too surprised your first shot went well. I would be interested in seeing how your accuracy changes on followup shots though. :) I'd like to try out the S&W 500 someday...just for "kicks". :D
 
Yes, they are quite impressive to shoot. A buddy at our club let me squeeze off a couple rounds from his S&W 500. The muzzle blast was knocking dust from the covered firing position!

I'd liken the experiece to firing a pistol-gripped shotgun. Manageable, but rapidly becomes un-bearable
 
S&W or Ruger?

I have been debating getting a big bore like that. I was going to get the Ruger Alaskan in .454casull or .480 but it was a monster to shoot due to the 2.5" barrel. I have been considering a Ruger SRH .454casull with the 7.5" barrel but wonder if the S&W .500 would be better. :)
 
Hitting something at 15 yards.....

is not so hard......you aline that blade thingie on the end of the barrel with that notch thingie on the other end of the gun, then pull the trigger..............chris3
 
I've been lucky enough to shoot several, in different barel lengths.

Ammo is just too expensive for me to feed one regularly, or I'd have one for sure. Way too much fun.

I wouldn't carry one, heck, I carry itty bitty guns, that mamoth, even with a short tube, weighs several times more than one of my carry guns. Good thing too, a 15oz .500s&w snubby would probably break your hand, as well as blowing the chamber out.
 
Playboy Penguin, you should also take a look at the new S&W 460. It can shoot the new 460 rnd or it can be loaded with 45 Long Colt and the 454 Casull. According to some of the mags you can get 2300 fps with a 200 gr rnd. At 200 yards it's getting an average of 3.5 in groups. Not bad for a handgun with an 8.5 inch bbl. I'm having a hard time convincing myself though that I need the 500 and the 460. But, I would really love to get my hands on the 460 just to try it out.
 
Playboy, go to the S&W forum www.smith-wessonforum.com/ and check out what people have to say about the S&W 460, instead of the 500.

I know you like "bigger is better", but the 460 is the FASTEST shooting, most accurate handgun out there right now, and has about 50% more power than the .454 Cassul. It can also be loaded down with .45 Long Colt I believe, for fun plinking.

Friends I know who have both, in 4' and 8' versions, say they like the 460 better.
 
I rented a Magnum research BFR in a 45-70 govt with 10 rounds of soft points of some sort from Davi’s in Raleigh. I set the target to about 15 yards and had at it. What I found interesting is that the concussion wasn’t a “crack” like some of the smaller calibers but more like a very abrupt “whoosh.” Like the difference of someone slapping a hard tabletop with a ruler then someone slapping it with a five-pound textbook. I enjoyed it very much, and am hoping for a fist cannon to make it’s way to my home in the future.
 
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I know you like "bigger is better", but the 460 is the FASTEST shooting, most accurate handgun out there right now
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Actually I decided against the Alaskan because I decide bigger was not better if you cannot hit anything with it. If it is just for fun then nothing else really matters but if I am planning to carry it backpacking in Alaska I would rather hit a predator with a .357 mag than miss him with a .50 caliber. :)

The .460 sounds very intersting from what you and Rockrivr1 have said so far.
 
I shot the 500. First round right in the bulls eye. Second round, who knows. Could not hit anything with any weapon the rest of the day. It really messed me up.
I think that is why there are so many people carrying them around at gun shows trying to sell them.
Give me the 44 mag, powerful enough for anything that I am going to run into, and managable to shoot.
 
I got the opportunity to shoot a .500mag and .454Casull side by side.

The .480 is a pussycat compared to either of those two.


If I was buying I'd be hard pressed to decide between a .500 and a .460 (because the .460 will shoot .454 and .45 Colt).



Hell, I just bought my first .44 mag ... let me put a few boxes through that one first ;)
 
i've shot a 460, with the longest standard barrel and a red dot on top, and I must stay I have shot 44 mags that were on relatively light frames taht recoiled more than the 460 did.
 
WHHHHOOOOOO!

All the brass and junk on the shooting bench is flying up into the air on the rebound.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL! :evil:
 
A guy at my club has one (8-3/8" barrel) that I've fired a number of times. I found the recoil to be stout but manageable, and the concussion from the sides of the gun to be awe-inspiring (stand to the side of one - you can feel it from 40' away).

However, I tried one of his "hot" handloads and the gun almost torqued out of my hands. I can deal with recoil going back and up, but I'd never experienced such wrist-wrenching twist in my life.
 
guarentee that if you try shooting five rounds in a row of their 450 gr JSP, you will not hit the target by the fifth round. You will be flinching WAY to much trying to anticipate the recoil. I tried it with mine. DAMN did it hurt! OUCH!!! The 325 gr rounds are much easier to shoot.
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I guarantee I won't. Mind over matter. I concentrate on what the gun is going to do to the target, not me.:)

BTDT, and shot bigger rounds. How about handloaded hot .45-70s' from a Contender?:what:

[Eamon's Dad, in Braveheart ]That'll wake ye up in th' mornin' ![/Eamon's Dad]

Cool that they let you try the .500, DBMF!

When off to my right I hear the loudest most deafening bang Ive heard at the gun range.
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I've heard that about my Mosins a couple times!:D
 
I agree about the 'deafening bang'. About a year ago a group of us were at the local indoor range, and the younger group in the lane next to us rented the 8-inch barrel version of the Model 500. When the first round got touched off, I put down my Browning, and took a controlled peek around the divider. The young fellow (musta been maybe 23-24) looked like he had just lost bladder control, and gotten caught with his hand in the cookie jar. As I pulled back from the divider, I looked up and here was a vertical 'prarie-dog city' of shooters from the other side of this 'kid' wondering what kind of monster got touched off. Five rounds was all it took for them to call it a day.

On another trip, one fellow was displaying that he had more disposable recreation fund than the rest of us, by emptying his DE in .50AE as fast as he could pull the trigger. Definitely had enough gun, not much control.
 
I want to shoot that short barrelled Peformance Center 500. You could actually pack it and Im sure people do! Congrats on getting your cherry broken! :evil:
 
guarentee that if you try shooting five rounds in a row of their 450 gr JSP, you will not hit the target by the fifth round. You will be flinching WAY to much trying to anticipate the recoil. I tried it with mine. DAMN did it hurt! OUCH!!! The 325 gr rounds are much easier to shoot.
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Like anything else, it just takes practice. I can put a whole cylinder of .500 500 grain JSP's backed by 33 grains of H110 - (hornady's max listed in their manual) into either a) a half dollar sized group at 7 yards, slow, aimed fire or b) 4 into a half dollar sized group and one flyer typically high about 2 inches.

And I've done better. However, I can repeat this maybe twice. Once I get past 15 rounds, I can generally get good groups from 2 more cylinders. My most rounds shot in a single session is 40, plus the other calibers I shot...

Of course... I've also done worse ;) but it's fun trying.
 
Pretty impressive Smurfslayer. I'm no slouch when it comes to handling pain, but I don't think my wrist could take 40 rounds of pounding from the heavy grain rnds. Hummmm, when I get a couple hundred dollars that I can spare for ammo in the thing, I'll maybe give it a try.

I REALLY need to start reloading!
 
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