As was stated before, the .500 S&W kicks like a single shot .20 ga, and if he can't hit the broad side of a barn with a rifle that kicks that small, he's not got much business firearm hunting, period, but since the guy has hunted with shotguns before, he should be able to hunt with a rifle, so recoil making flinches isn't an issue here.


You said that every gun/caliber will make a goodblood trail, that's nottrue, and you said it's not the gun/shooter, it's shot placement.
Then, you come out later and say,"Its a combonation of things. Not just bullet, not just placement. When It comes to shooting a living animal, nothing is written in stone. "


We weren't doing the ol' "Magnum" debate, it was entirely different.