Reloading is a must with big bores. That said, reloading the 500 allows for much greater performance envelope over the 460. I can push 300grain FTX bullets from my 5" barrel at 2000fps or 600s at 1200fps.

The gun is a John Ross edition 500. No comp, 1:10 twist, 0.0035 B/C gap. That tight gap shows velocities around the same as a 8-3/8" production line gun. There are still some available if you ask nice.