I posted about a new 500 that I received for my 50th; bias alert!

As other posts have noted in this thread and others (search is your friend), the 500 is a unique platform and round.

After shooting my 8-3/8" 500 S&W Magnum, others pale in comparison. I will be reloading so I can feed this addiction without selling organs to pay the bills. There's something about the scale of this firearm, and the rounds it launches that just works. I'm 6'-4" and 220#, easily palm a basketball and bowl with a 16# ball.

The 500 FITS me.

Accuracy is limited by my skill, or lack there of.

Power and recoil varies and can be influenced by loading; wad cutter cream puffs all the way to Mammoth slayers.

I cannot speak highly enough of this platform.

Experimenting with optics is a new adventure for me on this beast. I'm running an Aimpoint H-2... they say their scopes aren't bothered by the recoil - it's the mount that is the weak link. So far, I've found the aimpoint picatinny mount isn't up to the challenge. I'm on an American Defense QD mount now and it's promising.