Sometimes you can get really addicted to big hand guns. I owned 357 and 44 mags for a long time and then a few years back I bought my 454 Casull. Anyway, I am seriously considering buying S&W's new 500 Mag. WOW, 2200 footfounds at the muzzle.
To my question, Do you know of anyones who's making the dies, brass, ect? I wonder how hard it will be to load? Also, do you think S&W went to far? Myself I dont think so. The more the better.

Cor-Bon is developing the ammo for Smith & Wesson.

S&W 500M Ammo

I have not seen any reference to reloading tools yet...

Hope this helps...

boomstick

Having fired 454's, 475's and 500's, and owning a 480, I'd say S&W went to far.

They are certainly catering to paticular market, but that market isn't one that carries a revolver into the field to hunt.

Wow, what a beautiful sight the 500 S@W Mag is! Let the factory Big Bore Hand Cannon Wars begin .

There's going to be lots of them for sale on the used market before too long. How many rounds do you think the will have through them too? My guess would be, veeeeery few! They will probably come with about 15 rounds of ammo too.

It will not be bad with an efficient muzzle brake. I think that most of us will like it once we have a chance to shoot one. Keep us updated when you have one. Thanks.

They have a write up on it in the April issue of Shooting Times. And guess what. It is the centerfold picture. They have it shown actual size. Man that gun is Big! I put my Ruger SRH .454 on top of the life size photo and that S&W pretty well Dwarfs it. That is gonna be some kind of fun.

Acording to my dealer the big Smith is going to set me back $900, $1100 if I go with the Performance Center custom. As a hand loader I care less how many rounds are in a box. I just want to be sure the dies and cases are available before I invest. I know they will be in the future but I wanr to be able to shoot my new toy, ALOT.

The 15 rounds in the box I mentioned was refering to a box of 20 having 15 left in it, as most will likely have enough after a full cylinder.

Some guys on the other hand will be there reap the reward of getting a good deal on the used one that is really brand new, much like the Ultra Mags which are for sale all over the place on used racks.

I will get one when everyone consensus is that they will hold up better than the 629 does, until then I'll just watch. I have already wasted money on two 629's in the past and was utterly disgusted with their durability, I sold them before they were totally useless. They DO NOT handle max loads and will be hammered by them.

I personaly think that the recoil on the big smith may not be that bad. For example, the Raging Bull in 454 Casull. I shoot mine all the time one handed with 300 grain ammo. I'm sure Smith did enouph homework to to figure out that they want to sell the big revolver so I'm sure the recoil will be managable. Then again after some of the really dumb decissions Smith made in the past politaly?????

AN after thought here....... As a handloader, once the componets are available I'm sure there will be a lot of reduced loads fired down field. Tailered to the shooters ability to handle recoil.