500 Linebaugh!!!!

[tdoyka]

i've got it!!!! it came to me from a brown truck with yellow letters.

now the tc encore has its own 500 linebaugh. its a 23" MGM heavy factory barrel that is matte finished. it is a 1 in 28" twist. i'm going to a 450gr(weighed about 460gr) lfn gc from montana bullets. the 500L also has Skinner sights, both front and back. right now i have unique and 2400, but next month i'll order some hs-6. i wish(boy do i ever!!!) that 500L goes at least about 1200fps+/- .

my distance should be around 100-125 yards, but it will be an in-close rifle. that means 50 yards should be the most i get out of her. but if you know me, a 100 yards should be dead on. i'll have to find out what load, but it will be +2-3" at 50 yards and -8-10" at 125 yards(i think, but i don't know).





the yorkie queen buttons says "the 500L need to be bigger."

[KMac]

That is pretty nice. I would very interested to know the velocity from that 23" inch barrel for the .500 Linebaugh.
And how the recoil is on that Encore.
Please give a range report and lots of data and pictures. Been wanting an encore pretty bad. A 23" inch MGM .500 Linebaugh barrel on it would make it even better.

[curator]

I have a similar rig in .500S&W. It do jump around a bit when you touch one off! I was shooting the Lee 440 grain GC boolit at about 1400 fps and wisely downloaded to 350 grain custom boolit at 1200 fps to save my remaining dental fillings. I do love a .50 caliber rifle! So far the Piney woods rooters have been safe, but their time is comming! Lyman's .50-70 Gov't loads seem to be manageable recoil and both accurate and effective based on my wet newspaper experiments. No need to go "full-bore." Let the half-inch, one ounce lead slug do all the work.

[John Taylor]

All you need to do is re-chamber it to 50 EX and then you would be able to reach the 100 mark much easier.

[54bore]

tdoyka, I like it!! Nice lookin gun! Would be interested to hear Chronograph numbers as well

[tdoyka]

tdoyka, I like it!! Nice lookin gun! Would be interested to hear Chronograph numbers as well

thanks!!!

unfortunately, i don't have a chrono anymore. i ummmm......shot it, quite a few years ago. someday i'll buy another one. i've been looking at a magnetospeed sporter chrono but i'm still undecided.

[sharps4590]

td, thank you for that confession. It always makes me feel better to know I'm not the only one who killed a trophy chronograph. It was rather amazing what a 520 gr. bullet ahead of 120 grs. of BP did to that little yellow Chrony....at 10 ft.

[KMac]

td, thank you for that confession. It always makes me feel better to know I'm not the only one who killed a trophy chronograph. It was rather amazing what a 520 gr. bullet ahead of 120 grs. of BP did to that little yellow Chrony....at 10 ft.

Did the Chrony survive long enough to clock itself going down range?

[tdoyka]

well i'm sure that the chrony failed itself when shot by a 130gr bt

[tdoyka]

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