.500 S&W wildcats?

[DeanWinchester]

Reckon anyone is doing any wildcats based on the .500 case? I was lettin the ole mind wander today and got to thinking; Wonder what a .500 S&W necked down to .358 would be like?

Maybe be I think too much. :razz:

[Mk42gunner]

I think it would be like a very short .348/.358. Might be a lot of fun to play with in an Encore or some thing like that.

The neat thing about a rimmed cartridge is you can get the bugs worked out in a single shot, and find out if the cartridge will do what you envisioned; before having to make it work through a repeating action.

Robert

[Jupiter7]

.40/50 sounds fun, maybe something along the lines of 10mm Ultra Magnum.

[44man]

Should make a great single shot or rifle round!

[vernb]

How about a 30 win super super super short mag:bigsmyl2:

[44man]

How about a 30 win super super super short mag:bigsmyl2:
Naw, how about a .17?

[AggieEE]

check cartridges of the world. J.D. Jones did some work with the 500S&W. When I first saw the 460 and 500 S&Ws I thought that they would work great in a lever action. Is there a current lever action that is big enough and strong enough to convert?

[DeanWinchester]

Browning BLR will handle it.

If anyone sees a 35 caliber wildcat based on this, please post a link. I think it'd be an AWESOME single shot rifle cartridge.

[gsdelong]

Closest I have is the 440 gnr based on the 50 alaskan. It is a Beast.

[Tatume]

Is there a current lever action that is big enough and strong enough to convert?

http://www.bighornarmory.com/catalog/big-horn-armory-products/model-89-carbine-2/

Now, if you had asked about affordable....

[DeanWinchester]

Dang! $3,000
Wow.