Thread: Model 500 anyone?

Too big for me. Looks interesting. But, if I ever do get a revolver 1 day, it would be a 45 ACP or a 357 mag. I don't want anything more powerful than that.

I want one just to many $$$$ for me now.

A .45 is big enough for me. I am a big boy. 5' 10 at 200 +. :-D A 45 is plenty for home protection, a five-hundered is for shooting Big Bears, bad boars and stopping small vehicles or showing off !!

Trip before last to the range - some guy next to me in the indoor range was shooting a 500. Good god - indoors, it had a huge pressure wave and made a ton of noise. I had to wait until he finished his cylinder each time before I resumed firing. Each shot had to cost at least $2 each

WOW!! Must be a very strong backstop. My handgun range wouldn't even let me shoot a .50AE Freedom Arms revolver let alone a .500 S&W magnum. :P When I took my hunter safty course there I had to shoot a .22 and a 12 gauge in the indoor range. The 12 gauge was loud as heck.

My local range rents a .500. $25 and it comes with 5 rounds. I've considered it, but... I'll wait. Of course you can shoot up to 7.62x54 there, rifle ammo just has to be soft point or hollow point. All pistol rounds allowed (except AP, tracer, etc). No field loads or steel shot for shotguns.


-=Whittey=-

Originally Posted by Shipwreck

Each shot had to cost at least $2 each

Actually, it's $3 a round. The store/range I work at rents one for $15 and the bullets cost $3 a piece. Not that many put more than one round through it. But we do require renters to sign a seperate waver for it, too.

I've taken it out a few times. The one we have on the range doesn't have a compensator for some reason, but I don't think it is awful. The three on the sales floor are conversational pieces, though, that's for darn sure.

I'd love to own one, personally. But you couldn't pay me enough to take out the one with the 4" barrel. Does anyone have any experience with that bad boy?

I have a 4 inch, 500. The recoil is not that bad. The noise and blast is what fools ya'. Tried both, reduced loads and full loads. The longer barrels have more recoil, because of the longer burning time. The 325 grain JHP goes through 4 inches of concrete. A real concrete buster. Makes the famous 44 Magnum look like a punie girly man.

One other thing. One can find ammo at a cost of about a buck. UltraMax is $25 for a box of 20. Also "Cabelas"., sells about a buck, with their "bulk" 500 Magnum ammo.

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...equestid=55094

nice gun