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doghawg
02-02-2011, 05:17 PM
I WAS planning to peddle this gun and replace it with a BFR chambered in .500 JRH. So I went to the range to burn up the .500 S&W ammo I had loaded. One of the loads was the 400 gr. RCBS (408 gr. from WW's) over 11.5 gr. of Unique with a Win. LR primer. Velocity averaged 1006 fps. This was at 25 yards. I didn't paper it at 50...it was 17 degrees and windy...but the load hit the same spot on the swinger each shot.

This gun does equally well with 350 XTP's at 1650 fps or 425 LFNGC's at 1300. Maybe I"ll regret selling it???
http://www.myhostedpics.com/images/565apple/andyspics2011014medium.jpg

My beef with the long frame is the amount of "freebore" for the .500 cartridge. This same bullet at 1250 fps gave me some nasty forcing cone leading but I didn't try water dropping yet. This pic shows how far the bullet has to go to hit rifling.
http://www.myhostedpics.com/images/565apple/andyspics2011016medium.jpg
bearcove
02-02-2011, 11:11 PM
That is quite a jump to the barrel. Probably should rechamber it to 500 alaskan, then you'll have room for some powder!
Whitworth
02-03-2011, 08:00 AM
That is quite a jump to the barrel. Probably should rechamber it to 500 alaskan, then you'll have room for some powder!


I have one of those -- not such a good idea! LOL!

Looks to me like the gun is a shooter! Can't hurt to have both!
44man
02-03-2011, 11:14 AM
Keep the gun! Leave well enough alone. Boolit jump is not as important as some think.
Make the boolit harder by water dropping. Softer boolits will skid the rifling.
500bfrman
02-04-2011, 09:23 AM
it's too bad those bfr's aren't accurate. also if you really want to reduce boolit jump then you could get it on the group buy in my sig line. lol
Whitworth
02-04-2011, 10:09 AM
it's too bad those bfr's aren't accurate. also if you really want to reduce boolit jump then you could get it on the group buy in my sig line. lol


Yeah, those inaccurate BFRs, LOL!
doghawg
02-05-2011, 09:02 PM
I should probably keep this gun....if for no other reason than to impress the kids at our Hunters Ed. field day demonstrations. I nailed a water jug with a 350 gr. Sierra HP at 1700 fps and the guy on the camera snapped the shutter at just the right time.
http://www.myhostedpics.com/images/565apple/mg75891medium.jpg
RobS
02-05-2011, 10:38 PM
You have to love the moment when a boolit hits.........a picture is worth a thousands words they say.
44man
02-06-2011, 10:18 AM
What a great picture! What a great gun! Keep it.