[RegaMaro]

What's the next part you're buying? Suspension, driveline, motor, cup holder?







Next thing I'm buying is a set of file fit moly rings from either Albert and childs or Speed Pro.

[trackbird]

I looked at the .500. It is a nice piece. There are 2 things I don't care for about it (not that it is bad). It weighs about 8 lbs (oof, my .454 was about 5 lbs maybe slightly less). If I were carrying it very far, I'd consider the lighter one (unless it was a really big, ugly, "biting" critter that I was looking for).

The other thing I like about the .454 is the ability to use 45 long colt (actually "45 colt") rounds. They start about the same as a .45 acp and can be loaded to just short of a .44 mag, then you can use "light" casull rounds and go clear up to "heavy" loads. This gives you a range of about 300 ft lbs of muzzle energy to nearly 2000 ft lbs. Other than being a very large firearm, it is just about as flexible as any handgun you could own.

But, the .500 has a place in big game hunting and Smith & Wesson build outstanding weapons. The quality is amazing.

I've not fired a .500 yet, but I will soon. I've already played with the Desert Eagle 50 AE (3 times the recoil of the .454 at 2/3 the energy....big, noisy fun, but I'd not buy one) and will make my rounds of the "other" big bore handguns soon.

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