JJ

Yep I stop by their shop and drool also over their take down guide guns . They do an excellence job on their rifles and revolvers . I also am going to get the big loop for my guide gun , my hands are to big for the little loop that comes with them . Nice guns indeed !!!!!!

RR:D

Thought I would post a pic of the latest bullet I have been casting . It is a 700gr double cavity WFNGC from Dan at Mountain moulds . Love to launch these down range , what a wallop.
This is a stack of 700gr with a lone 44mag 230gr.
RR

Cool stuff. Hay, check this out.

http://www.paladinrepublic.com/xmagnum1.jpg

http://www.paladinrepublic.com/500autocc.jpg

It's a design i've been working on and it looks like I am going to be getting some help in making a couple working models.
It's a roller-lock action design with an impact system like you wouldn't belive ti eliminate damage to the gun from recoil impact on heavy loads ( in other words, built to eat up anything you put in it.

I shot one about a month ago
 

I am not a big guy, about 5 ft 8 inches and 160 lbs. fairly light build. The Guys at the club seem to like seeing me shoot their big stuff. Since I will try anything once, I shot it and no it did not bust me between the eyes.
However when your wrist starts tingling and your wrist watch comes unsnapped, you ought to know when you have had enough. Don shot it 5 times and had to quit because the mirror came loose in his red dot.
My opinion of the .500 is it should be a single shot(maybe a Contender).
Shot once and reach for your skinning knife.

It is more than I care to shoot.
But if your a masochist have a ball, I enjoy shooting too much to have to give it up due to carpal tunnel syndrome brought on by excessive recoil.

Re: I shot one about a month ago
 

Yeah, that's a likely excuse.:D

Why?
 

I'v seen two people buy 500 S&W and both of them injured themselves the same day. Both injuries were to the hand or wrist. I think the shooting range where I go is selling and buying the same gun again and again. Much more sense to buy a 45-70 carbine. It weighs less, has more range, and is easier to shoot.

Unfortunately men will always test the limits of endurance, strength, common sense, and sanity. The only difference between men and boys is the price of there toys. :rolleyes:

Humm, I have a 8 3/8 500, I shoot 500 gr Hornady factory stuff and I love it. Dead on accurate! I shot 3 boxes over the course of say 90 min and felt no worse for it?

Not trying to pick a fight, but, Hell I love the thing.

I dont see the problem either. I didnt read the whole thread word for word, but did get the tone.

Have all you guys that have talked of how much injury these things can cause actually shot one? Or is it speculation?

I have shot alot of big bore handguns over the years, not as much as some of you, Im sure, but more than your average Joe. Recently, I got the chance to shoot a 454 Casual. It was violent. Almost too much. As I write this, I have a 500 SW with a 4" bbl in my safe. Just got it the other day. Borrowed it from a friend to take on a bear hunt. I was more than nervous the first time I fired it. Its not bad at all, for what it is.

I know for a fact that gun doesnt do to me what the 454 did. Not even close. And I have shot 44 Mags that I would dread shooting agian, much more than the 500 SW that I got right now. Matter of fact, Im going this evening to bust a few more caps in it. Nice gun.

Andy

I got to shoot one of these beasts yesturday.

It's not as bad as i expected, but definately a handful.
I'm not a big guy either, 5'7" and about 195 lbs.

recoil: she lets you knwo you pulled the trigger for sure, but i have fired .44 mags and .454 freedom arms that recoiled harder.

If i was going to shoot more than three or four at a time, i'd damn sure wear a glove on my firing hand. Not so much for recoil, but you keep from having the checkering on the grip from eating into your hand.

Single action it fired great, and very accurate. fired 3 rounds at 20 yards, 1st was damn near dead center of target, 2nd about an inch and a half high and right, 3rd split the difference bewteen the first two. considerign the recoil, i dont think it was bad at all.

dbl action was a bear. trigger pull undewr dbl action was the worst i have ever seen. i meanit worked fine, it was just incredibly heavy. i couldn't hold the weapons centered on target while pullign the trigger dbl action.

fired three rounds dbl action, 1st 4-1/2 high and left, 2nd 6 high-2 right, 3rd 2 high-4 right.
and it wasent really recoil throwing me off, it was the damn trigger pull.

fired 4 more single action after that for a total of 10, and single action it's beautiful, but dbl action i was not impressed by anything but the shear amount of weight they managed to put into it.

I don't know if i would buy one or not. It might be great for hundgun hunting big piggies, but if i wanna do that, i'm personally using a shotgun or rifle, but thats just me.