01-04-2018, 09:47 AM | #1 | |
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Smith & Wesson 500: The Gun That Has As Much Firepower As a Rifle
No, I don't want one.
As heavy (or nearly so) as a Walker Colt is not ideal for scrawny little me. Quote:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/smith-wes...145000567.html
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01-04-2018, 10:28 AM | #2 |
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Yeah, that was a pretty poorly written article.
It was likely put out there to get the attention of gun-banning politicians and activists to try to get them to go after it.
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01-04-2018, 11:23 AM | #3 |
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$1,149 on Guns International for the 8 3/8 in barrel. Not real bad for that much gun. A woman on the Netflix series that runs an airport and hunting camp in way up N. Alaska has a shoulder injury and now carries a S&W .44 mag. mod. 29.
She can't shoot high powered rifles. So it could have some applications? The shorter barrel one you can bet you would have to be a foot away from your target to hit?
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01-04-2018, 11:26 AM | #4 |
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If I owned one, it would definitely make a trip to Mag-Na-Port for some "taming".
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01-04-2018, 12:28 PM | #5 |
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Those hurt your hands when firing...as in painful....A guy at the range let me shoot his......its more of a novelty /bravado/machismo piece IMO.
Makes my 29 feel like a 9mm
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Quote:
https://www.gunbroker.com/Smith-and-...and+Wesson+500
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01-07-2018, 12:38 PM | #7 |
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I had a chance to buy one for $750 and turned it down. I can't imagine walking around with a 4.5 pound gun on my hip. Nor do I want a handgun that is going to tear up my wrist and elbow. A hot 45 LC is my maximum.
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01-08-2018, 10:26 AM | #9 |
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That must have stung a little.
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01-08-2018, 11:18 AM | #10 |
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I saw that one awhile back too funny and just spent the last 30 minutes looking at more gun fails...I don't think most of them are funny actually.
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02-09-2018, 11:13 PM | #11 |
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I used to have a 6.5" 500 Performance Center Lew Horton model. What I loved about the revolver was that you could hand-load WAY across the spectrum. Want to keep the Tyrannasaurs out of the garden? Load up some 700gr rounds that would make a grown man's wrist break in anticipation of the hammer dropping. Want to swat flies? Press in a 325gr. bullet over a load of Trail Boss and have a plinker that kicks less than a .357Mag (what with the weight of the revolver).
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