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My new squirrel gun! .500S&W
« on: March 09, 2014, 10:20:17 PM »
I picked up my new bear tamer today. Little scary it feels like it's about the same weight as my .44 Ruger Redhawk. Has a 4" barrel with interchangeable breaks! It's a beast can't wait to try it out...
If you shoot the first one you will never get that true trophy.

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Re: My new squirrel gun! .500S&W
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2014, 10:23:51 PM »
 :tup: Should be able to kill, gut, and butcher a squirrel all at once with just one trigger squeeze!!


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Re: My new squirrel gun! .500S&W
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2014, 10:27:30 PM »
Pray you never have to shoot it without head phones and or plugs in. They are nice guns. I have never loved them but the ones I have shot have been pretty decent.
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Re: My new squirrel gun! .500S&W
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2014, 10:28:24 PM »
You should enjoy that, I've never shot the short barrel 500 S&W but I have owned the full size. A stout handload from a S&W .44 Mag Mountain pistol recoiled more than full house loads in the full sized .500. Let us know how it recoils. I wonder if it's on par with a Ruger Alaskan .454, I bet the porting tames the recoil a bit. It's going to be loud and there may be a chance of brush fires with the muzzle blast! :tup:

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Re: My new squirrel gun! .500S&W
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2014, 10:16:42 AM »
:tup: Should be able to kill, gut, and butcher a squirrel all at once with just one trigger squeeze!!

 :yeah: And, excavate a hole behind him to bury him in!  :chuckle:
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Re: My new squirrel gun! .500S&W
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2014, 10:21:41 AM »
I have heard the mosquitos in Alaska are huge, but maybe the squirrels are, too?  It must be a huge rodent to need all 6 rounds of that!   :tup:
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Re: My new squirrel gun! .500S&W
« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2014, 10:39:48 AM »
OUCH is all I can say..............
I couldn't care less about what anybody says..............

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Re: My new squirrel gun! .500S&W
« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2014, 10:43:24 AM »
I have heard the mosquitos in Alaska are huge, but maybe the squirrels are, too?  It must be a huge rodent to need all 6 rounds of that!   :tup:

Only holds 5 bullets are to big for 6 lol
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Re: My new squirrel gun! .500S&W
« Reply #8 on: March 10, 2014, 10:44:48 AM »
OUCH is all I can say..............

You talking about the squirrel, or the shooter?  :chuckle:
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Re: My new squirrel gun! .500S&W
« Reply #9 on: March 10, 2014, 10:45:57 AM »
Owned one for a couple years!  Deadly accurate if you can stand the recoil.   550 grains are deadly!!!
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Re: My new squirrel gun! .500S&W
« Reply #10 on: March 28, 2014, 11:17:28 AM »
I know this thread is a couple weeks old but have you shot your 4in. 500 yet?

I have the exact same 4in. 500 and love mine.  It's pretty heavy on the recoil side of things but it's so much fun to shoot I just work thru it.  The 500 S&W, IMO, is much like shooting a .50 BMG.  They both are a lot of fun to shoot and you can just feel/sense the power of them both but neither is something I'd want to spend all do doing.  The muzzle blast is pretty substantial.  Can you say "headache".

I bought my 500 back in 2006 from Sportsman Warehouse and they also had a 2 1/2in. 500 that came in sort of a kit with a real nice Pelican case.  I think they called it The Bear Defense 500 or something like that.  They had two of those Bear Defense 500 kits there.  Both only had a 2.5 inch barrel and one had orange grips the other kit had black.  I almost bought one of them but I thought the gun looked kind of odd with that huge frame and such a short barrel and I figured the recoil on a 2.5 inch 500 S&W had to be brutal.  I've never seen one of those kits since.  Maybe I should have bought one as a collector item.

I did notice the very first time I shot mine that if I didn't use an extremely tight grip the cylinder would come unlocked and I'd have to click it back shut every firing.  Has anyone else ever had this problem shooting a short barreled 500 SW????

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Re: My new squirrel gun! .500S&W
« Reply #11 on: March 28, 2014, 01:09:56 PM »

I did notice the very first time I shot mine that if I didn't use an extremely tight grip the cylinder would come unlocked and I'd have to click it back shut every firing.  Has anyone else ever had this problem shooting a short barreled 500 SW????

Are you sure your thumb isn't directly behind the cylinder release button?  The recoil could be causing you to push the button....  :dunno:
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Re: My new squirrel gun! .500S&W
« Reply #12 on: March 28, 2014, 04:17:11 PM »

I did notice the very first time I shot mine that if I didn't use an extremely tight grip the cylinder would come unlocked and I'd have to click it back shut every firing.  Has anyone else ever had this problem shooting a short barreled 500 SW????

Are you sure your thumb isn't directly behind the cylinder release button?  The recoil could be causing you to push the button....  :dunno:

It's been some time since I shot it so I honestly don't remember.   :dunno:

 


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