Looking at some drawings it seems the 500 JRH is a 50 AE with a rim. Is that right?

So use the 348 parent cased pistol cart with a 50 AE dies?

The JRH seems to be an economical cart in terms of recoil and performance. the 500 S&W can do heavies better but it seems the only thing the 500 S&W gets you is more distance and recoil right???

I think the JRH could handle up to 500 grains ok in a smaller package.
here is the 50 AE



are the 510 GNR and the 500 JRH the goldilocks of big bore packing pistols????? .500 or .510 same performance cousins

The 500 JRH is a S&W case shortened with the rim diameter turned down enough to fit in a Freedom Arms Revolver...At a recent Linebaugh Seminar the 425 grain JRH load penetrated the same as a 50 Alaskan revolver with a 525 grain bullet..The 500 JRH loaded to Jack Huntington's specs works extemely well as is....

Alright then I call aircat dibbs on this one

use 50 ae dies and any 348 win parent case to 1.285" with the 348 win parent case shell holder (.610")

Use 500 Linebaugh, 348 Win, 50 Alaskan ect cases to make... what should this be called???

"500 Git'r Done" or 500 G.D.
the "miracle" gun...lol!

about 15 thou bigger casehead.
thanks jwp475

No custom gun, dies or reamer needed

Buy a 50 AE BFR revolver and put a rim on that puppy! no more casemouth headspacing!

This is a lot of money savings over the 500 JRH

Here is the 50 AE BFR revolver that needs a rim cut into it.

Boomie, I believe the JRH case is 1.4-inches long -- the AE is shorter.....

Aah thanks Whitworth

I missread this below...

http://www.buffalobore.com/ammunition/huntington.htm

The 500 G.D. will be the slimmer twin of the 510 GNR and that aint shabby and a whole lot cheaper

since this is built on the BFR medium frame this could be loaded out to Linebaugh overall length for 500 JRH performance cant it?

Most of my ideas have flaws, can anyone see a reason this wont work??? Thanks.

Last summer, I was visiting my brother in law in N. CA, went and visited JRH - note, he prefers to be called first, I just walked in - and he had a prototype BFR in JRH 500. It was a very nice little SA. Looking at the Magnum Research website, I don't see it. Too bad.
Cheers,
Frank

I want Jack to build me one on a Ruger SRH frame.

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Originally posted by frank sauer:
Last summer, I was visiting my brother in law in N. CA, went and visited JRH - note, he prefers to be called first, I just walked in - and he had a prototype BFR in JRH 500. It was a very nice little SA. Looking at the Magnum Research website, I don't see it. Too bad.
Cheers,
Frank

BFR chambers them through the custom shop.... the 500 JRH is avalable through the BFR Custom shop.....

It seems great minds think alike...

Gary Reeder almost did this but from a manufacturers standpoint did not want to get in the frey with all the others doing pretty much the same thing. Since he is having such success with the 510 GNR he figured he would stick with that.

He said he liked the idea and you can do the same thing of the long and short loaded bullets. on this you could load to the canalure or load it out to the full length of the BFR cylinder.

Anyhoo for not much more than a factory 50 AE BFR you could have a heck of a cool cart that does not need to headspace off the mouth like the 50AE so you can crimp the bullet.

Can someone measure the casehead of the 500 Linebaugh brass and let me know what manufacturer it is...

Does anyone have 50AE dies they could run a piece of trimmed linebaugh brass in to measure neck thickness?

Thanks in advance.

I talked to Magnum Research and I need to get those measurements to see if this will work.

ok found a schematic of the 500 linebaugh.

seems like this might work

I seem to remember Jack Huntington telling me 2 years ago his 500 JRH is 1.385 " long with a turned down rim.
Though .015" is not much difference.

Sean

Thanks for the correction 475/480...

From a few sources it seems this project can work but I need to actualy put a piece of 500 linebaugh brass in the 50 AE dies to see and I have neither. If anyone has an old not going to be used anymore piece of 500L brass they are willing to part with lemme know

Having owned and loaded for the .50ae I have to comment that the cartridge is tapered and allows the entirety of the cartridge to used for headspace.
Crimping has never been a problem, I used the BRP 385s in a P&R conversion as well as a FA and the LAR with velocities exceeding 1600fps.

The .50ae is an efficient little fire plug cartridge IMO.

Thanks for the info

Some people like me would want a rim for more security. Glad yer's shoots well