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Offline indydave

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500 S&W range report
« on: November 04, 2007, 03:18:09 PM »
well  thanks to all of you here !

   here in indiana  our state lets us use rifles for the first time this year, BUT the had to be certain handgun rounds  only!   I picked up a 500 s&w handi as it was a legal caliber.
 So here goes the prep  100 passes with JB bore paste and oil with patches and a nice fitting jag.A youth stock with a sims recoil pad and a 16 ounce c&h mercury recoil reducer in the stock, REAPER scope mount and a new 1.5x4.5 32mm bsa catseye with a 4A reticle.      I picked a 325 grain barnes XPB spitzer in shooting star once fired brass sized,trimmed,deburred inside and out, using 44.0 grains of lil' gun and a federal large rifle match primer      chrony was 2275fps at muzzle  temp 38 degrees lite breeze     I fired a repeatable 3 shot group of 1 1/4 inches twice so i set my zero at 2inches high @ 100 yrds                wooo hooo    I am sooo ready!!!!!!!!!   thanks one and alll

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Re: 500 S&W range report
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2007, 03:20:15 PM »
oh and the recoil was awesome like a 243 or a bit heavier!!!!!!!!!!  wooooo-hooooo
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Re: 500 S&W range report
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2007, 03:32:15 PM »
Congrats, sounds like you're all ready to make some meat!! ;D

Tim
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Re: 500 S&W range report
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2007, 04:25:40 PM »
I bet the recoil was more than a tad bit heavier than a 243.... ;)
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Re: 500 S&W range report
« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2007, 01:01:42 AM »
no really with the sims lab     recoil pad   and 1 pound mercury reducer  it  was pleasant   to me anyway   
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Re: 500 S&W range report
« Reply #5 on: November 05, 2007, 01:24:29 AM »
Scoot up to the 700 grain lead and pleasant doesn't enter your thoughts.   I really like the versatility of the 500 S&W.  Good luck and good shooting.
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Re: 500 S&W range report
« Reply #6 on: November 12, 2007, 11:10:55 PM »
wow i got a new forend screw that is an allen   instead of the phillips   i torqued it to 30 in lbs  and  it got my 3 shot group  down to 5/8 inch  wooo hoo I am ready to put meaton the table     opening day is sat  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: 500 S&W range report
« Reply #7 on: November 13, 2007, 07:46:27 AM »
Good Luck...  our opening day is this Friday, but still shotgun slugs in IL.  We'll make a lot of noise here in IL on Friday and chase the deer to IN for your shoot on Saturday  ;)
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