I love these 500's... Especially the 2 3/4" and slightly longer barreled versions for defense in bear country!
After a couple screws backed out under recoil from full house .44mags on my 629 I decided that damned lock needed to go! Maybe I was paranoid that the internet rumor of it locking up under heavy recoil had a ring of truth after my yoke and cylinder release screws backed out but I'm happy I did the lock delete. I see these beautiful, useful, and intriguing 500's and say to myself, "If ever a caliber/revolver needed a lock delete it's a .460 & the bad boy 500magnum!" YMMV, and to each his own. Thanks for posting pics of your 500's. I'll have one someday!