The .512 club

[frankenfab]

Show me your gun that shoots a .512 boolet, +/- .002"!

:bigsmyl2:

Ok, .476 or .512 boolet!

:bigsmyl2:

[Whitworth]

You've seen this one recently, but here is my .500 Linebaugh SRH:

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/MarkoR/P1000039-1.jpg

Here is my .50 Alaskan custom:

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/MarkoR/50AKJRHJPG-2.jpg

And my .500 JRH BFR:

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/MarkoR/P1000390.jpg

And a picture of the .50 Alaskan next to a .500 S&W Magnum:

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/MarkoR/500Smithand50AK.jpg

[ole 5 hole group]

Sure wish I knew how to post big pictures like Whitworth.

Here's my 500 JRH - next to that small cannon is a 475 Linebaugh followed by the 500 Linebaugh Maximum. Last but not least is a 500 S&W

Where are your hand cannons Frankenfab???

[Lloyd Smale]

stainless gun is a 4 inch round barrel 500 that john built. Grips by dustin scrimshaw by twyla taylor. Bluded on is a 4 inch oct barrel gun dusting linebaugh did.

[frankenfab]

I gotta get outside during daylight and get some better pics. .500 Linebaugh built by John on a Super Blackhawk. My favorite handgun. I have carried and shot it alot, and killed a deer with it last year. There was a patch of hair as big as a softball on the ground where I shot the deer. I have the 430 gr. Ballisticast mold and a 450 Kieth MM.

I think this 425 HP would be neat for deer:
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showpost.php?p=761464&postcount=61


Freedom Arms .475 ordered for me with gold bead and action job from the factory.

Whitworth, I have heard the horror stories about the .50 Alaskan, but I still want one.



http://i846.photobucket.com/albums/ab26/444slayer/GUNZ/BIGGUNS.jpg

[dubber123]

F/A .475, 4-3/4": http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh83/dubber123/IMG_0011.jpg

Bullberry 6-1/2" 50-70 Contender: http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh83/dubber123/IMG_3023.jpg

[Whitworth]

Beautiful revolvers, gentlemen!!

Frankenfab, the .50 Alaskan is a bear! Will be playing with some loads for it soon. Will keep you posted!

[sixshot]

Beautiful guns guys, I tip my hat to all of you that can shoot those cannons, my wrists just won't do it anymore. Heavy loads in the 5 shot 480 are enough for me.

Dick

[Lloyd Smale]

heres a couple more ive owned and foolishly parted with. the 4 5/8s gun i won at the linebaugh seminar and the 5.5 inch gun i bought used off my buddys brother while my stainless gun was being built and sold it to pay for some other gun deal that has probably been traded off as well. Its the second gun in that picture. by the way the first gun in that picture is a 5 shot 45 seville that is my buddys. Its one of the first guns that john did.

[Whitworth]

Very nice, Lloyd!

[DukeInFlorida]

Actually, I have just started loading my S&W .500 Magnum ( 6 1/2" barrel) with 8 grains of Trail Boss for a 370 grain bullet. Recoil is about the same as a starting load in my 357 magnum. VERY LIGHT recoil, for my .502" bullets.


Beautiful guns guys, I tip my hat to all of you that can shoot those cannons, my wrists just won't do it anymore. Heavy loads in the 5 shot 480 are enough for me.

Dick

[lamina1982]

heres my 4" 500, makes the 500 encore feel like a 44
http://www.handgunhunt.com/photopost/data/500/500_2.jpg

[Whitworth]

Beautiful guns guys, I tip my hat to all of you that can shoot those cannons, my wrists just won't do it anymore. Heavy loads in the 5 shot 480 are enough for me.

Dick

Dick, the most pleasant of my .50 cals to shoot is my BFR in .500 JRH. The other two can be outright uncomfortable at times, but fun nonetheless (in a masochistic kind of way!).

[Lloyd Smale]

thats kind of the beauty of them. You dont have to stand on them to have an effecient killing machine. A 440 out of a 500 linebaugh at a 1000 fps recoils less then a full house 44 mag heavy load and kills just as well or better. On deer you may not ever notice the difference but on truely big game those loads seem to kill better then heavy 44 mag and 45 colt loads. You only have to put up with the ammount of recoil you yourself deem nessisary. then another thing is that even with full power loadings in the 500 line you dont have the sharp muzzle blast you have with the smaller bores.
Beautiful guns guys, I tip my hat to all of you that can shoot those cannons, my wrists just won't do it anymore. Heavy loads in the 5 shot 480 are enough for me.

Dick

[odis]

thats kind of the beauty of them. You dont have to stand on them to have an effecient killing machine. A 440 out of a 500 linebaugh at a 1000 fps recoils less then a full house 44 mag heavy load and kills just as well or better. On deer you may not ever notice the difference but on truely big game those loads seem to kill better then heavy 44 mag and 45 colt loads. You only have to put up with the ammount of recoil you yourself deem nessisary. then another thing is that even with full power loadings in the 500 line you dont have the sharp muzzle blast you have with the smaller bores.Don't know if this thread is dead but do you feel the same about the 475, last year when I ordered my BFR I toyed with the Idea of a 475 but decided against it for lack of need and not wanting to add to my reloading operation, but in the future who knows.

[Lloyd Smale]

you bet it applys to the 475 too.

[frankenfab]

.500 Linebaugh on deer----I always tell people it's like throwin' a piece of gravel through 'em.:bigsmyl2:

[500bfrman]

A rather pathetic display compared to the custom linebaugh's and huntington's but here is my 475 bfr that I just got back from the factory yesterday. It still hasn't been fired except at the factory. 6.5 inch barrel.

25848

[Whitworth]

A rather pathetic display compared to the custom linebaugh's and huntington's but here is my 475 bfr that I just got back from the factory yesterday. It still hasn't been fired except at the factory. 6.5 inch barrel.

25848


Nothing pathetic in the least and one of my favorite revolvers and calibers. Share it with pride!

[82nd airborne]

.50 HP and .50 Razorback

[82nd airborne]

Im doing a 10" encore in .50HP too. You guys with the sixshootin versions are real mans.

[jlnel2]

Lol, nothing like reviving a super old thread!!

I just was searching and thought I would post mine and see who would chime in.

It's a Gary Reeder Ultimate Encore in 500 maximum. ..190275

[Good Cheer]

Oh wow.
My .512 gun has a bit more barrel. As in 38" worth.

[lar45]

Here is my .700 cal double pistol.
http://www.lsstuff.com/howdah/pics/howda/70cal-01.jpg

[Good Cheer]

Bet that one will slow down a piney rooter.

[tdoyka]

youse guys with your tiny .510" bullets. this heres a MAN gun!!!:lol::lol::lol:

.950 JDJ - Largest Centerfire Rifle Ever Made - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rKHXTsDcco)

[jlnel2]

I'm working on paperwork to get my barrel from JD. It's a 13", 2" break, .620 JDJ for my Encore.

[Whiterabbit]

not a revolver, but a big .512 nonetheless.

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=113393&d=1407896316

510 wells express, 460 Bee blown open to 50 cal.

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=188031&d=1487038593

I shoot the 850 grain NOE bullet. 1500 fps feels like a shotgun, 1900 fps gives me a sinus headache at round 7 and leaves me a little punch drunk, and I'm not in any hurry to try anything full power.


:)

[44man]

I never fell to the odd .512" and prefer the .501" The BFR .500 JRH might be the best ever. Everything is easier from brass to boolits. More power then needed. and easier to work then a .500 S&W. The .475 Linebaugh is an exception and is love.
I have shot most of Whitworth's guns except the 50 Alaskan. Shiny, smooth grips of Micarta. Even he had trouble with gloves.190933 My friends head with the gun. We have lost touch. Now Whit's BFR in .500 JRH. 190934 Yes, 50 yards from a mold I made. I bought my own BFR.
You can keep a revolver or any rifle in a 50 Alaskan.

[tdoyka]

i'm going to try to get mine next month. it will be a 23" MGM heavy factory barrel in 500L. a skinner back and front sights will be put on it. a 450gr+/- cast boolit which goes 1100-1300fps will be my deer/black bear gun out to 100 yards. 525gr+/- which goes 900-1200fps will be a rocks and soda/beer can type of thing.

[jlnel2]

MGM makes great barrels!

[tdoyka]

MGM sure does!!! i own a 20 vartarg, 6.5 creedmoor and a 444 marlin, all of them go sub accuracy at 100 yards. the 20vt is .2" at 100 yards(5 shots), it can do a .1" at 100 yards if the sun's out, moon is right, stars line up.....:-)

[John Allen]

Ugh, I really need a 50 caliber handgun.

[John Allen]

ok, now that is awesome


Here is my .700 cal double pistol.
http://www.lsstuff.com/howdah/pics/howda/70cal-01.jpg

[Whiterabbit]

Ugh, I really need a 50 caliber handgun.

I think I would have liked the 50 JRH alot better with a 7.5 inch barrel, maybe even 10. 5.5 was not fun to shoot, which I say as a guy who likes to shoot high recoil guns (stupid youth, all that...)

I much prefer my 460 S&W BFR.

The only problem with it is it is not a 50 cal!

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Maybe one day a 454 or 44 mag BFR will fall into my lap for cheap and I can buy some pacnor barrels and have the cylinder punched out.

[ole 5 hole group]

Some like the 0.501 and others go for the 0.512 - both can pound the snot out of you but the 0.512 really gets the snot flowing.;) The Linebaugh calibers in light weight handguns can almost make a grown man whimper in pain. The 50 Alaskan single-action revolver, loaded stout is something I thought about for a New York second, haven't thought about it since.

510 Wells Express - I can only imagine what that feels like, as I had both the 378 and 460 Weatherby's, both without a brake and that 378 loaded full-on was an attention getter compared to the 460. Took the 378 into Canada for moose and got a whole lot of ribbing over that cartridge.