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500 S&W SPECIAL cast bullet loads?

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08 August 2023, 17:41
ColoradoMatt
500 S&W SPECIAL cast bullet loads?
I bought a custom blackhawk in this caliber. I have a couple of light loads from the gun maker using cast performance 370 and 440 bullets and 2400 powder. I am looking for other loads with cast bullets that keep pressure low and velocity under 1000 ft./s. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks


Matt
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16 August 2023, 12:43
LeonardC
I have a .500 S&W. I load the 440 grain bullet to 1191 fps average with TightGroup.

I load a 400 grain RCBS bullet to 796 fps average with Unique and 761 fps average with 231. The Unique load is much more accurate. I just started playing with this gun again.

I don't know the "fudge factor" from .500 to special.

There is a lot of discussion out there about using any of the 3 powders in such a large case. Be careful!
16 August 2023, 19:04
ColoradoMatt
quote:
Originally posted by LeonardC:
I have a .500 S&W. I load the 440 grain bullet to 1191 fps average with TightGroup.

I load a 400 grain RCBS bullet to 796 fps average with Unique and 761 fps average with 231. The Unique load is much more accurate. I just started playing with this gun again.

I don't know the "fudge factor" from .500 to special.

There is a lot of discussion out there about using any of the 3 powders in such a large case. Be careful!


Thank you Leonard!


Matt
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Heed the words of Winston Smith in Orwell's 1984:

"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right."
28 August 2023, 03:18
ColoradoMatt
Bump


Matt
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Heed the words of Winston Smith in Orwell's 1984:

"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right."