rifle ballistics on 500 S&W?

[biscuit jake]

Anyone have ballistics figures on the 500 Smith from a rifle barrel? Maybe I am using the wrong search engines but I can't find any. Looks like a good little biscuit to shoot.

[James B]

Most of the guys on the NEF site that have chronograph ed them, claim they don't get much velocity increase with the 22 Inch Handi Rifle. I think they are pretty much loaded to their potential in the 10 inch revolvers.

A friend of mine has one in a custom built Encore and took a very large Alaskan Brown Bear with it. I believe he used the 375 Grain X bullet. One Shot.

In a rifle, I don't see it offering anything that you can't achieve with the 450 Marlin or hand loaded 45-70.

[bigmatty65]

well the 500 smith would make a little bigger hole on the way in.

[fornra@yahoo.com]

Yep but I doubt that penetration would be near equal.

[James B]

I think that would depend on the bullet used. A hard cast bullet from the 50 cal should have good penetration as long as the velocity was kept down a bit. More bullets come out all the time and the 50 has potentail. However I still don't think it will do anything that the handloaded 45-70 won't do as well.( In a Rifle that is )

[pricedo]

Originally Posted by James B

I think that would depend on the bullet used. A hard cast bullet from the 50 cal should have good penetration as long as the velocity was kept down a bit. More bullets come out all the time and the 50 has potentail. However I still don't think it will do anything that the handloaded 45-70 won't do as well.( In a Rifle that is )

Opinions & conjecture are great but has anyone actually chronographed a .500 S&W from a rifle?

I know the .454 Casull ballistics from my Rossi Puma with a 20" barrel are head over heels superior to the same ammo shot from my Ruger Super Redhawk revolver with a 7.5" vented barrel.

I can't believe that .500 S&W ballistics from a 22" closed system wouldn't be superior to those from a 6-7" vented revolver.

It doesn't make sense.