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<blockquote data-quote="Mike Matteson" data-source="post: 2085193" data-attributes="member: 101791"><p>I have a 500 Smith in a 4" Ported from factory. A friend and I develop loads for it years ago. It's matches with what shown in the reloading books now. It's a hell of a hand cannon for sure. I got it when Bow hunting in Montana. I had a flip holster built for. They now build a holster for it. Which is set to be in middle of your chest or there about. I wouldn't get a 6" or 8" do it being so long its isn't funny. It's a two handed pistol for sure. If I remember correctly Hornady had the first reloading manual out. I gotten a hunting or shooting magazine that wrote about the 500 Smith. They had changed to Larger Rifle Primers instead of Large Pistol primes. I get about 2100fps in velocity with a 350 grain berry bullet. It has about 3100 foot pound of Energy. The biggest thing is the recoil will lift your hands up. Some people were getting hit in the head with it by some stories I read. I have had that problem. The 4" and the overall length of it is more than enough for a sign ramp. It's longer than most pistol to start with in a 4". The muzzle flash isn't that bad. If you hand load, besure that you sight it in before going hunting. The higher velocity changes the point of aim I have founded. Unless someone else is building a 500 Smith, they all have a muzzle brake that come on all of them. I kind of wonder if the person that made some statement above has really use one. What made my determination was I shot both a 44 Mag and the 500 at show. the 500 wasn't that much over a 44 mag in recoil. That was with factory ammo. You can drop a 44 mag case inside a 500 Smith case, just to have ideal on size difference there is. A 44 mag will work also on Black Bears too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike Matteson, post: 2085193, member: 101791"] I have a 500 Smith in a 4" Ported from factory. A friend and I develop loads for it years ago. It's matches with what shown in the reloading books now. It's a hell of a hand cannon for sure. I got it when Bow hunting in Montana. I had a flip holster built for. They now build a holster for it. Which is set to be in middle of your chest or there about. I wouldn't get a 6" or 8" do it being so long its isn't funny. It's a two handed pistol for sure. If I remember correctly Hornady had the first reloading manual out. I gotten a hunting or shooting magazine that wrote about the 500 Smith. They had changed to Larger Rifle Primers instead of Large Pistol primes. I get about 2100fps in velocity with a 350 grain berry bullet. It has about 3100 foot pound of Energy. The biggest thing is the recoil will lift your hands up. Some people were getting hit in the head with it by some stories I read. I have had that problem. The 4" and the overall length of it is more than enough for a sign ramp. It's longer than most pistol to start with in a 4". The muzzle flash isn't that bad. If you hand load, besure that you sight it in before going hunting. The higher velocity changes the point of aim I have founded. Unless someone else is building a 500 Smith, they all have a muzzle brake that come on all of them. I kind of wonder if the person that made some statement above has really use one. What made my determination was I shot both a 44 Mag and the 500 at show. the 500 wasn't that much over a 44 mag in recoil. That was with factory ammo. You can drop a 44 mag case inside a 500 Smith case, just to have ideal on size difference there is. A 44 mag will work also on Black Bears too. [/QUOTE]
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