Recent content by The Clever Set

From our very own forum. These pics are all over the net in about every gun forum. http://smith-wessonforum.com/s-amp%3Bw-revolvers-1980-present/105484-think-ya-used-bit-too-much-powder-butch.html

I'm disappointed to hear about Ballistic Supply. Their reasonably priced ammo was one of the factors I considered when I decided to buy my Model 500. Since their website hadn't been updated in months, I figured that they were not in a big hurry to start producing ammo again. It's too bad...

How were you wearing a loaded gun under your shirt in Illinois? There is NO concealed carry in Illinois and you're very lucky to have had friendly law enforcement around you. Under different circumstances, or unless you were politically connected, you'd most certainly have been arrested and...

My must have is the four inch 500 magnum. Nobody else makes one and it's totally unique. The 460V and 460XVR are also pretty interesting revolvers.

One purpose of the lanyard is to keep the gun from becoming lost or damaged if it falls out of the holster. It also helps keep the pistol from being taken by an unauthorized person.

The guns on hold are not left in the case, they're in the back. So, if you saw something in the case, you'd be more than welcome to buy it.

Here is my original quote, which you apparently didn't read, with the operative phrase highlighted: "I'd guess, and this is certainly an uneducated guess, that forcing cone erosion is actually less of a problem for most loads in the 500 than the 460, because the pressures are generally so much...

I'd be interested to hear if your experience is the exception or the norm. Hopefully some owners of both will chime in with their experiences.

No, my point isn't invalid. I said: "because the pressures are generally so much lower in the 500." This is true because most reloading manuals list loading data that results in lower pressures in the 500 magnum than in the 460 magnum. That the SAAMI maximum is the same for both rounds doesn't...

Well, then the 500 is still a lower pressure round, using the Hodgdon recommended loadings, because the highest pressure loading for the 500 mag. is 51,900 PSI vs. 57,300 for the 460 mag. My point is that on average, for recommended loadings, the pressures generated in the 460 are greater than...

Notice I said with "most loads," not maximum SAAMI pressure loads. I arrived at my conclusion because I looked at the Hodgdens loadings for the 500 S&W magnum listed on their reloading data page. The 52 loadings there range from 13,500 to 51,900 PSI. Note that there are no loadings listed with...

Grit: I talked to S&W when I was considering buying a 460V and the C.S. rep I talked to said in warranty, forcing cone erosion is generally fixed for free, plus the cost of shipping them the gun. He said that out of warranty repairs on the forcing cone are done for a nominal fee, basically the...

I'd love to try some of their ammo, but they seem not to want anyone to be able to contact them. I find this a bad sign.