Anyone here have or been around that lever rifle in 500 S&W? Just wondering if it is worth having.
Anyone here have or been around that lever rifle in 500 S&W? Just wondering if it is worth having.
45 AUTO! Because having to shoot someone twice is just silly!
pdawg shooter,
I can only comment on your question from a slightly different position.
I owned a Marlin .44 mag and should never have sold it. I shot my normal RUGER RedHawk loads of a 310gr LFN cast (long flat nose) and it was a thumper!
That load gives me just over 1300fps from the 5.5" RedHawk, so there would have been at least some increase with the longer barrel.
If you already have a 500 handgun, I vote to go for it. If not, my vote would be for the 45/70 just for the fact it is without question one great cartridge with a WFN cast bullet of over 400gr.
Crusty Deary Ol'Coot
I guess I am guilty of the idea, the first builds, the first elk killed with one(or animal period). My involvement with that company is no longer..............
I have shot thousands of rounds in them, cast and jacketed, from sedate to ridiculous loads. Today, I FINALLY got one for me that is mine, all mine. The cartridge is interesting in a rifle, add 500 feet per second to 4" handgun velocities!!!!! What else?
Are we talking about the bighorm armory 500 smith?
yes I am
I hear ya pdawg!
CDOC
Since I live in the neighborhood, I'll be getting a test sample of the BHA rifle in a couple of weeks. When I finish the T&E I'll post the link.
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A pen in the hand of this president is more dangerous than 200 million American citizens armed with semi-automatic rifles.
Do that please. I am interested if the quality is there.
45 AUTO! Because having to shoot someone twice is just silly!
Sorry guys, but all the abreavations seen on the forum posts leave a bunch of us lost.
What is a "BHA"?
I am guessing that T&E means testing and evaluation, but??????????
Crusty Deary Ol'Coot
Big Horn Armory.
45 AUTO! Because having to shoot someone twice is just silly!
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |