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6.5 S&W 500 What is your opinion
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cal_gunner
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you can also get 45LC shotshells and use it as a snake gun which I have done with the snub model..
I have not seen Shot Shells offered for the 500 Magnum. I am interested in getting some though.
mjr
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I'm a little disappointed. When I saw "6.5 S&W 500" I thought maybe they'd necked down the .500 to 6.5mm. Sounded like it had potential as a coyote gun. 
DonD
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I'm a little disappointed. When I saw "6.5 S&W 500" I thought maybe they'd necked down the .500 to 6.5mm. Sounded like it had potential as a coyote gun.
Why be disappointed??? Load up some lighter weight Hornady SSTs, mount a scope and you could take yodel dogs out quite a ways if you're a good enough shot. Don
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TheKySharpshooter
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What kind of trajectory do the .500s have?
DonD
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Flat enough, with heavy, fast loads, the slugs impact the backstop at ranges up to say 200 yds long before the gun comes out of recoil.
For cal_gunner, I spoke with Speer a long time ago about making shot shells for the .500. They said that they weren't interested. They felt that the costs of new tooling would never be made up in what they thought would be a low sales volume.
I've made them with a load of 11-12gr of Titegroup with a vegetable wad on top of the powder followed by shot and then another wad and a light crimp. Most of them work pretty well and have pretty dramatic effects on cans. If I remember correctly, I got about 200gr of shot in them. A few haven't worked well and dirty up the gun. Some people use gas checks in place of the vegetable wads. I haven't tried that idea yet. Don
TheKySharpshooter
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The more I read about the 500s and the more videos I see of them, the more I want one 
. I really have no true need for one other than target shooting, practicing on coyotes, and maybe some deer hunting.
. I really have no true need for one other than target shooting, practicing on coyotes, and maybe some deer hunting.
AdirondackGal
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No need for a .500 here either, but when I look at one in a store or on a website, I develop a major case of gun envy. It's just embarrassing to have to carry glass cleaner with me to wipe the drool off the display case!
TheKySharpshooter
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LOL. I was looking at ballistics data last night, and the Winchester website said their ammo is still carrying around 2,000 ft. lbs. of energy at 100 yds. Looking at the Remington site at some rifle ammo, it's right on par with a .260 rifle. Slightly more than a .243 and a little less than a .270. Winchester didn't list any trajectory figures, and I haven't looked up any of the other ammo brands yet, but it seems like the .500 S&W would be a good whitetail round that can reach out a little further than a .44 Mag and have a hell of a lot more dropping power. I think Remington ammo was somewhere around 1,000 ft. lbs. of energy on the .44 Mag, but that was at the muzzle. The .500 delivers twice as much power at 100 yds than a .44 Mag has at the muzzle
. I think I'll tell my wife that I need one in case I run across a bear when I'm out squirrel hunting, because you never know what you'll find in KY woods 
.DonD
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LOL. I was looking at ballistics data last night, and the Winchester website said their ammo is still carrying around 2,000 ft. lbs. of energy at 100 yds. Looking at the Remington site at some rifle ammo, it's right on par with a .260 rifle. Slightly more than a .243 and a little less than a .270. Winchester didn't list any trajectory figures, and I haven't looked up any of the other ammo brands yet, but it seems like the .500 S&W would be a good whitetail round that can reach out a little further than a .44 Mag and have a hell of a lot more dropping power. I think Remington ammo was somewhere around 1,000 ft. lbs. of energy on the .44 Mag, but that was at the muzzle. The .500 delivers twice as much power at 100 yds than a .44 Mag has at the muzzle
The game stopping performance of a .500 is far greater than its energy figures suggest. A .500 Mag detonates water jugs in a fashion that makes a .308 Win look like a pipsqueak and VASTLY outpenetrates it. At close range, a full up .500 Mag is in the same league as a .338 or .375 H&H on heavy game.
And your firearms "needs" are immaterial, if you like it and have the $, get it. Don
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Don, I did stumble onto Magsafe who just came out with a 500 Magnum
round that contains 25 Pieces of #2 plated shot suspended in marine epoxy . 210 Grain wt. that travels at 2150 Feet per second with 2155 FT. LBS of energy.
TheKySharpshooter
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I've seen several videos of the .500s now, and the power is awesome. The first problem I'll have is getting the extra $800-$1000 to get one, second problem will be convincing the wife to let me get it
.EDIT: So was it established that the longer the barrel is on these, the more recoil it will generate due to more velocity being produced, or does it kind of even out on the longer barrels because of the extra weight?
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.38 sharpshooter- As for bbl lengths and recoil. I have found that the 4" has less "felt" recoil with 275gr-700gr loads. I really did not notice any difference between the 4 and the 2 3/4". I did notice that the 6.5" felt heavier with all loads and did not balance and carry as well as the 4". The 7.5 and 8 3/4 bring a lot of recoil with the extra barrel length, but they both stabilize the 700 gr out to 100yds, where the 4" keyholes the 700gr at 25 yds. I like the 350 XTP in the 4" out to 100yd
DonD
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I'd suspect that there is some recoil tradeoff between a longer barrel creating more velocity, thus more recoil etc.
I've owned four .500 Mags, my current ones are 6.5" models. I think the 4" ballances exceptionally well. Don
DonD
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Thanks, that's interesting might just have to get some of them for s---s and giggles. Don
TheKySharpshooter
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What kind of grouping can you get at 100 yds with the 4"?
MWAG
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i got my 4" 500 mag for cheap at a gun show in atlanta ga. it is hands down the most exciting and fun to shoot handgun i have ever owned. i heard and saw all the "horror" stories but i tell you what, the first time i shot mine i was surprised how well it handled. sure it's a big boom and a handfull but just hold onto it like ant other handgun. i have replaced the "absorbothane" grip with an aftermarket wood grip with the same size and shape as the factory grip. the wood grip is the only grip i have ever shot this gun with. my choice to replace the grip comes from wanting to carry this gun as a personal defense weapon. the rubber grip was always getting caught on my jacket or the seat in the truck or something. with the wood grip it just slides right over everything. btw, my 500 mag is the gun that got me started reloading because of the high cost of commercial cartidges for this gun.
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TheKySharpshooter
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You're going to carry an X-frame concealed for personal defense? To each their own, but damn. I hope you don't ever need to fire off five as fast as you can pull the trigger.
I don't care for it. I don't like muzzle breaks as they are too loud. I use to remove the break when I shot it, now I just made a plug for it.
Can you purchase this part anywhere for a 460xvr? I looked on S&W web site and didnt find much of anything.
Bad as I hate to admitt it but Im home schooled on this subject. First shot and emergency room here we come. The doctor said I was lucky that it didnt blow up any tendons.
It was on the inside of the hand below the thumb. A few stitches later inside and out and as good as new except for the scar. I have to admitt it does make for a nasty looking wound. Just a big fuzzy opening from the gases about 1.5 inches and its not a clean cut like the carrot
Ill be damned if there wasnt a warnning in the owners manual.
Were just as carefull with the sides as we are with the muzzle.
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