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Offline Slufoot

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500 S&W owners?
« on: December 10, 2007, 10:58:00 AM »
Have any of you that own the 500 Handi slugged your bore to see what the measurements are?
If so, what were they?

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Re: 500 S&W owners?
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2007, 03:40:18 AM »
Sorry, I would post but I couldn't dig into the back stop enough to recover some cast performace, I recently test fired.  It's been raining for weeks here and I'll bet it was deeper than a foot.  I gave up trying.  If I get another chance I'll try again.  Maybe I'll take a shovel. ;D


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Re: 500 S&W owners?
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2007, 04:17:18 AM »
Hi Jerry, Thanks for the reply.
I was just wondering if anyone has taken one of the egg shaped lead sinkers and pushed them into and back out of the bore and measured the lands and grooves from the sinker.
Don't go through all of that trouble trying to find one of those Cast Performance bullets, it might take a back-hoe to actually find one!

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Re: 500 S&W owners?
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2007, 05:31:38 AM »
I did one when I got mine last year, finally found it!! .495" lands and .5015" to .502" groove, depending on where I measure it.

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Re: 500 S&W owners?
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2007, 06:48:43 AM »
I did one when I got mine last year, finally found it!! .495" lands and .5015" to .502" groove, depending on where I measure it.

Tim

Thanks Tim!
I kinda thought you would have the answer to this. I really appreciate it!

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Re: 500 S&W owners?
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2007, 06:54:57 AM »
The groove size is why I want to try the 385gr Rem Core-lokt Ultras, they're indentical in diameter to the groove depth. ;)

Tim

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