New 500 S&W, is this normal?

[poprivit]

I've owned a S&W Performance Center 500 with a 10.5 inch barrel. It has been to South Africa and Zimbabwe. I shoot mostly 440-gr hardhats. In the past five years I have taken an old stink bull giraffe and a lion. I'm 75, and found that lots of rounds through the gun helped me overcome recoil..
If you are going to own one, shoot it.

My maximum load is a 700-gr hardcast at 1300fps. You DO know when the gun goes off.

Next year I'm going after a Cape buffalo with the same gun.

 

[mod34]

That is not a snub nose, Texas or otherwise.


This is the Factory produced snub nose . . . . . 2 3/4" Model 500

...If THIS spoiled your day, you don't get out much.

 

[Dieselrob]

I've owned a S&W Performance Center 500 with a 10.5 inch barrel. It has been to South Africa and Zimbabwe. I shoot mostly 440-gr hardhats. In the past five years I have taken an old stink bull giraffe and a lion. I'm 75, and found that lots of rounds through the gun helped me overcome recoil..
If you are going to own one, shoot it.

My maximum load is a 700-gr hardcast at 1300fps. You DO know when the gun goes off.

Next year I'm going after a Cape buffalo with the same gun.

Those are some excellent photos, thank you for sharing. 440 grain is what I got currently, I am going to eventually order some 700 grain but my next goal is to figure out reloading, doing it safely etc. Because while I can afford it, it's silly to pay $50-70 for 20 rounds when you can get the cost down doing it yourself.

 

[buck460XVR]

Here's the thumb release on mine. The gun feels solid, the release feels sorta cheap when compared to the rest of the revolver. It has some minor play etc.

Is the screw tight? If the srcew is loose, the release has lot more play in it. I have loc-tited all my releases as like the ejector rod, they tend to loosen up with shooting.

 

[JDinAZ]

I just picked this up and didn't notice it until I got it home. I have other revolvers that have it, but I have extensively shot them so the mark makes sense.

Being a new revolver, do they work the cylinder that much in the factory for the ejector rod to mark like this? I understand why it does it, but a brand new revolver?

I also wish the release button wasn't so cheap feeling but overall the gun works and feels great.




Thank you

a little clean up of the edges of the ejector rod will make that much better. there is a little burr on the edge once its gone it will be way smoother. i do that to every smith i buy. drag your thumb nail across the edge youll feel it. dont do much with a stone or wet dry paper just enough to smooth the burr from machining.

 

[poprivit]

500 Mag

If any of you 500 owners desire to relinquish ownership and step down one level, I have an unfired M69 Combat Magnum in .44 Mag that I would trade - of course with a significant infusion of cash from my side.