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<blockquote data-quote="calling4life" data-source="post: 2469175" data-attributes="member: 48454"><p>The 500 S&W reduced recoil 440gr hardcast load is equivalent to the big bore revolver full power loads like the 340gr +p+ 44 mag and the 454 casull's biggest and best.</p><p></p><p>500 S&W reduced is 440gr @ 1325fps with 1715 ft/lbs and .251 sectional density.</p><p>454 casull big boy load is 360gr @ 1425fps with 1623 ft/lbs and .251 sectional density.</p><p>44 mag dangerously big 340gr +p+ @ 1425fps with 1533 ft/lbs and .264 sectional density.</p><p></p><p>To note, because it's crazy, John Ross with his custom 5" 500 S&W got 1740fps out of his 93% MEPLAT 510gr hardcast, which is a crazy 3428 ft/lbs.</p><p></p><p>Yes, out of a carryable 5" gun... Likely brutal to shoot, in the truest definition of the word brutal, not unlike that +p+ 44mag load would be, depending upon the gun size of course. But that's what a full-house 500 load can do.</p><p></p><p>That reduced recoil 500 S&W load will be fine for about anyone with hands big enough to hold the gun, to shoot.</p><p></p><p>I carry the 4" myself, but with normal full power 440gr wide flat nose hardcasts, I carry it in a chest holster and a drop leg. Drop leg gets used when musky fishing as it keeps the gun completely out of the way of hooksets and such, setting a hook into a big musky to find yourself punching 4lbs of steel and lead isn't fun.</p><p></p><p>The chest rig has been worn felling trees, dragging trees and brush by hand, milling lumber, using said lumber to build my shooting house, amongst many other things.</p><p></p><p>The right holsters and I haven't found it an issue to carry, though you'll want to wear hearing protection, got some decent in-ears for $400, looking at $2500 custom molded in-ears now.</p><p></p><p>Suppose the reality is the hearing protection is a wise investment that should have been made long ago.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="calling4life, post: 2469175, member: 48454"] The 500 S&W reduced recoil 440gr hardcast load is equivalent to the big bore revolver full power loads like the 340gr +p+ 44 mag and the 454 casull's biggest and best. 500 S&W reduced is 440gr @ 1325fps with 1715 ft/lbs and .251 sectional density. 454 casull big boy load is 360gr @ 1425fps with 1623 ft/lbs and .251 sectional density. 44 mag dangerously big 340gr +p+ @ 1425fps with 1533 ft/lbs and .264 sectional density. To note, because it's crazy, John Ross with his custom 5" 500 S&W got 1740fps out of his 93% MEPLAT 510gr hardcast, which is a crazy 3428 ft/lbs. Yes, out of a carryable 5" gun... Likely brutal to shoot, in the truest definition of the word brutal, not unlike that +p+ 44mag load would be, depending upon the gun size of course. But that's what a full-house 500 load can do. That reduced recoil 500 S&W load will be fine for about anyone with hands big enough to hold the gun, to shoot. I carry the 4" myself, but with normal full power 440gr wide flat nose hardcasts, I carry it in a chest holster and a drop leg. Drop leg gets used when musky fishing as it keeps the gun completely out of the way of hooksets and such, setting a hook into a big musky to find yourself punching 4lbs of steel and lead isn't fun. The chest rig has been worn felling trees, dragging trees and brush by hand, milling lumber, using said lumber to build my shooting house, amongst many other things. The right holsters and I haven't found it an issue to carry, though you'll want to wear hearing protection, got some decent in-ears for $400, looking at $2500 custom molded in-ears now. Suppose the reality is the hearing protection is a wise investment that should have been made long ago. [/QUOTE]
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