Shooting the S&W 500 for the first time.

[SR-71 BLACKBIRD]

Some back story. My Uncles wife bought a S&W 500 for my uncles 40th birthday recently. Yesterday was the first time we have been able to make it to the range with this monster.

My first impressions are the thing is heavy and over sized. I was expecting to need some chiropractic service or maybe expect a trip to the emergency room to repair my wrists due to the recoil.

So you can see how big the round is, check out the side by side. The round of the right is a .45.



Well the recoil wasn't as bad as I thought is was going to be. I myself will probably never own one because the cost of ammunition. 12 rounds were close to 50 bucks with tax.

Here are a few videos of us having some fun with his new present.

Me:



Uncle Jason:



Here is what this monster does to watermelons:



Cheers

[den888]

Very cool!

[IVC]

What kind of load? Many manufacturers these days load .500 S&W to the .500 Special level for recoil control . Look up the velocity and bullet weight.

Hot loads will push your arm higher no matter how you hold it and will show a flash even in the daylight due to all the unburned powder in the short barrel and the muzzle brake.

[MajorMalphunction]

Try shooting the 2 inch barrel. My wrists were not happy with me.

[TKM]

Ballistically, it's just about the same as a 3 inch 12 gauge slug. Just easier to carry.

It is the perfect home defense round.

Close your eyes and crank one off. Everybody else in the house will go deaf and blind. You will only be deaf..



P.S. I use speedloaders, you never can tell when you are going to run into those "28 days later" fast watermelons.

[damngato]

How many watermelons must die??!!! Pretty awesome man

[misterjake]

You can reload for it and it will pay for itself within the first 100 rounds.

[DPC]

Shooting paper with .500 doesn't make sense, watermelons on the other hand.

[Ulis_m86]

Awesome watermelon damage!

[llamatrnr]

Often seen for sale "like new with ammo included" (box minus - 5 rounds)

[mAd mOrdigan]

awesome! i shot my friends a couple months ago. I was expecting to go blind deaf and dumb and not hit anywhere i wanted to but i was more accurate than i expected, i still can see and hear.. turns out i was dumb to begin with though.

[chozenfew805]

[willerfortheworld]

Crazy power, it explodes the watermelons to juice and small chunks...I would not want to be the sad sob, that try to rob your house... Lord have mercy...

On the other hand it's perfect for CA, there will be nothing left to try and explain them selfs..

How much per bullet??

[dholla]

How much per bullet??

Depends on what you get.

I just got 50 700gr lead bullets for $15 so .30 a pop big a good hunk of lead.

[mindwreck]

where from? i've been looking for a place to get lead bullets for reloading