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Originally Posted by ArchAngelCD
IMO Longshot will make a middle load powder. Longshot is a really good powder that's usually overlooked by most reloaders. Also, Hodgdon has Longshot load data for the 460 & 500 Magnum on their Load Data Site.
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A lot of manuals and websites concencrate on copper plated bullets....
The John ross page has the following statement on the 500 S&W "
For medium power loads try 4895, H335, BLC-2, H322, 4759, or 4198 powders. Put in as much as will fit and you'll have a uniform, mid-power load with any lead or jacketed bullet. With 100%+ loading density, velocity will be slowest with 4895 and H335, and fastest with 4759 and 4198. No 100% density load with any of these six powders fired in the S&W revolver will be near maximum allowable chamber pressure with any bullet unless the bullet is constructed of a material more dense than lead.". He's the guy who has his own custom 5" 500S&W so he probably knows his stuff.
All of them are RIFLE powders and all would be 100% loads, not much to go wrong there.