Larger Cal hand guns

Did some looking around in to Gun shop this weekend. Been looking for a larger hand gun. Right now it's between a .460 or .500 S&W. I understand that the 460 has a higher FPS but the .500 has .100grams of weight over the .460

At what distance is the .500 good to?

Has anyone tried the revolvers that use rifle rounds, like the 30-30, 300mag, 30-6?

The question is Jones WHY does someone need a Cannon? and beside you have a truck to put together. spend that $1000 on it....instead of something that has no use.... you will be happier with the truck....


Randy

I'm just looking around, I just been wanting to go wild bore hunting. Like the Coug said I can't find any priced less than $1,400 and I am not about to spend that amount of money right now. The guy that owns the shop was telling me that he can hook me up with a guy that goes hunting with a big knife, so I going to try to do that instead of the hand gun.

The Big Smith's are great handguns, IMO. Both the .460 & .500 S&W's are hard hitters well beyond the limits of most shooters. Even the .44 Magnum is a very good longer range pistol in the right hands. Back in '97, I took a whitetail buck near my house at 320 yds with a scoped .44 Magnum. It's been proven that the .460 is a better all around cartridge than the .500, & it doesn't have as much recoil. Around here more guys are using the .460 than the .500 for those reasons. As for the rifle rounds, they're pretty much rendered useless in the handgun chamberings due to the short barrels. As for being chambered in revolvers, only straight walled cartridges are chmbered in a revolver. If you're hunting, there IS a place for thr Big Smith's, but for defense, the good 'ol .357 Magnum is tough to beat. If you just want one to have one, I'd go with the .460. Besides, the nomenclature is more fitting, don't you think?






Doug...

Yup, I have a .45 long colt, but a box of ammo is $47-60 where a box of ammo for the .460 is $22!!! Go figure?

I have been told that a lot of guy that by the .500 only end-up shooting them one or two times because it hurts their wrist. I could imagine if you aren't holding on for life you could hurt yourself.

jones if you allready have the 45 long colt use it.... no need for a bigger gun.... as for ammo buy you some new brass and reload it your self......the other guns are useless for anything but saying you have one..... I had a 44 mag and used it some but sold it cuz I didn't shoot it enough to warrant having it collecting dust......it shot nice but it still was a wrist workout everytime I pulled the trigger.....I still have some reloading stuff for the 44 but have been reloading it and sending it to Fabio....


Randy

460 all the way, the numbers speak for themselves on that cannon. The 460 can use all of the .45 rimmed ammo out there too. Kinda like a .38/.357, the 460 can use the 45LC/ 454Casul/ 460 S&W. Use the big stuff when needed, and use the baby boomers for the rest.

Why not a longslide 1911 in .45 Super?

the Coug wrote:jones if you allready have the 45 long colt use it.... no need for a bigger gun.... as for ammo buy you some new brass and reload it your self......the other guns are useless for anything but saying you have one..... I had a 44 mag and used it some but sold it cuz I didn't shoot it enough to warrant having it collecting dust......it shot nice but it still was a wrist workout everytime I pulled the trigger.....I still have some reloading stuff for the 44 but have been reloading it and sending it to Fabio....


Randy

Fabio likes the .44 mag.................

richter69 wrote:

the Coug wrote:jones if you allready have the 45 long colt use it.... no need for a bigger gun.... as for ammo buy you some new brass and reload it your self......the other guns are useless for anything but saying you have one..... I had a 44 mag and used it some but sold it cuz I didn't shoot it enough to warrant having it collecting dust......it shot nice but it still was a wrist workout everytime I pulled the trigger.....I still have some reloading stuff for the 44 but have been reloading it and sending it to Fabio....


Randy

Fabio likes the .44 mag.................

Hey Coug, share the wealth, if your handing out .44 Mag ammo, I'll take a box or two. I love my Dirty Harry Mag.

"It'll blow you head clean off."

Bill

billandlori wrote:"It'll blow you head clean off."

Bill

Yep, did that with a possum, skunk, and prarie dog. Come to think of it, the prairie poodle just plain vaporized.

I'm doing a bit of reloading, with a friend, who has a S&W .500. He's asked if a lighter bullet would cut down on the recoil so were trying the 325 grain JHP's with minimum charge. He only weighs 150/160 soaking wet.

I'm a pretty big guy and have larger than normal hands, yet was amazed how small the grips felt on the 460 and 500. I could imagine it being a pain in the wrist. Best shooting hand cannon I have shot to date is the Desert Eagle .50 The slide seamed to soak a lot of the recoil.

Might just resort to a 12ga military style shotgun

When I would hunt in FL. If I was carrying a shotgun, thats all I took. If I carried my .270, I took my Ruger P97 (.45). The hogs like to hide in the palmetos. That hunting them with a knife deal would be pretty interesting!!


Boo Boo

A guy made me a .30-06 chambered pistol with Leupold scope and it worked okay but damn it hurt to shoot. I finally sat down one day and said WHY KEEP DOING THIS. I sold it for a grand about 10 years ago. I kind of wish I had it back now.

One of my worst fears is facing down an injured Hog with no cover and no convincing argument.

I plan to buy another .357 Mag snubby as I think 2 hands full of .357s should be a water tight argument.