Anyone have both the 500 Smith and 460 Smith, what do you like more and why?

You buy the 500 if you want big you buy 460 if you want speed

With the proper bullets and shot placement they well both kill what you shoot with them.

Does one have more problems with frame wear than the other?

I understand you can shoot 454's, 45 LCs and 45 Schoefields in the 460?

Can you shoot 500 Linbaughs in the 500 Smith?

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Originally posted by Big Wonderful Wyoming:
Does one have more problems with frame wear than the other?

I understand you can shoot 454's, 45 LCs and 45 Schoefields in the 460?

Can you shoot 500 Linbaughs in the 500 Smith?

No, the Linebaugh is 0.512" diameter and the Smith is 0.500".

Ok,

I'll look at that then.

As of right now the 500 is more exciting because is truly a .5 inch gun.

Maybe I'll look into getting both I don't know yet.

Crew-aserved weapons and an answer to a question nobody asked as far as I am concerned. Yes the .460 can reach out a bit further than a .454 but it really doesn't kill any better out in the field, paper ballistics be damned. And, I have yet to meet a .460 Smith that will shoot .454 and .45 Colt well. The bullet has too much of a jump to make -- but you can easily download the .460 is need be. I prefer a bigger hammer personally. If you are going to go through the trouble of toting a behemoth X-frame, you might as well step up to the .500. JMHO. But that would also depend on what you intend to hunt with the revolver. If really big game is on the menu, then .500 is a better choice.

my son has used my 460 extensively. i don't honestly see significant differences. the 500 can be loaded to be quite obnoxious recoil levels if ya choose. my 500 smith is the 6.5" with the half underlug barrel and it's not obnoxious to carry, but i really mostly use my 454. that said the 460 is a comfortable gun to shoot. you can get really wicked numbers out of it and insane results and the last trip to africa we took our ph had remarked that he liked how the 460 killed better than the 500 others had brought but that is more a function of the bullets you use. run a 325 aframe to 1950 fps and it'll kill as good or better than the 500 but if ya use primarily cast bullets the 500 would be my cup of tea. the 460 can be great as a stand gun and is great in africa since most ph's want ya shooting off the sticks anyway. that said the lil 200gr bullets running fast are worthless imho on anything larger than deer, and cast are in no way shape or form tough enough bullets to take advantage of the velocity of the 460 but barnes and aframes make it an absolute killing machine.

I looked at both and ended up buying the 6 1/2 inch 500. The recoil on the 500 is not as sharp (fast) to my hand. Also, I like the Barnes 275 grain XPB for deer to moose size game. Very flat shooting excellent performance and less recoil than my 3 inch SW 29 in .44 mag. with a 300 grain bullet.
As the .45acp guys say, a .454 can expand to .500 but the .500 will not get smaller.

buckeyeshooter, that is part of the beauty of these guns, yes they are large but that 6.5" 500 is really no larger to carry than a srh and you get a very very tame recoil compared to other platforms. my oldest daughter shoots my 500 smith with 500jrh equivalent loads and she has no probs but those same loads out of my sons bfr 500jrh will literally smack her in the head and she cannot shoot them.

Exactly correct. My first 44 mag was a 6 1/2 inch 29 purchased in 1979. When I put on the 500, it feels exactly the same. The grips they put on the gun really tone down the recoil, it is actually pleasant to shoot.

They are both so heavy and cumbersome that they are a PIA to carry.My Son has a Custom Shop 500 that weighs more than my NULA Rifle.I like my 454 and 480 Ruger.

I ordered .500 S&W Performance Center 7.5". I was deciding between 460 and 500 too, but chosen 500. Cheap and very good quality bullets available here (330 and 400gr plastic coated hard cast bullets for about 0.2USD each, no leading etc.). I can load it down with trail boss just for fun shooting, do medium loads with VVN 105 or similar powder I have already for 460 Rowland reloading or load it up with Woodleigh weldcores and H110 for ... I don't know ;-)

I hope it will be fun to reload and shoot.

Jiri

They are too heavy and cumbersome. That is why the 500 S&W or 475 Linebaugh Maximum in a SA revolver makes a lot more sense. I have two 500's and one 475 Max in Reeder BMF and Professional Hunter SA stretch framed revolvers. The best of both worlds.

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Originally posted by Woodrow S:
They are too heavy and cumbersome. That is why the 500 S&W or 475 Linebaugh Maximum in a SA revolver makes a lot more sense. I have two 500's and one 475 Max in Reeder BMF and Professional Hunter SA stretch framed revolvers. The best of both worlds.

Woodrow, I am in the process of having a .475 Max built. Am curious as to the loads you use. I too prefer the Maximums to X-frame S&Ws. Here is a picture of my .500 Maximum - 3 lbs of pure joy.