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Advantage of revolversBuy it. Everyone needs a large caliber handgun.
FIFYYes, you do.
It's up there with a Desert Eagle (in .50AE) in "stupidawesome things I want and should have"
Talk me out of it.
I've seen one being shot. Funny story.
A friend and I pulled up to shoot at a spot. There were two guys in their sixties or seventies shooting. This was in the summer in NH. One of the guys was wearing full cowboy action regalia. Hat. Boots. Chaps. In NH. In Summer. While shooting. The other one was bare-tiddies shirtless. Both had their own shooting bench that Cowboy Action guy brought.
Cowboy Action guy had one of those revolvers. It made a nice thud but it wasn't massively impressive. Granted, I wasn't shooting it, but it wasn't more impressive than realizing "oh, that's a .500S&W." It got worse.
I eventually started shooting my 16" FAL carbine. This gun has a M4-72 compensator on it, which does make a nice concussive blast. I wasn't paying attention to the old guys, but my friend overheard Cowboy Action .500S&W guy say "that gun's too f-cking loud!" Then, he packed up his shooting bench and went home, leaving his shirtless companion there, who eventually told me that he thought I wasn't shooting an AR "because the mag was straight."
So, if you're over 60, cranky, can't shoot without a shooting bench, inappropriately dressed, and intolerant of others' guns, that .500S&W is for you. Run around shirtless and with chaps and complain about "those damned kids and their loud guns." While ironically owning a large handgun. Otherwise, its a boat anchor gun, just like a Desert Eagle:
Talk me out of a Desert Eagle 44 magnum....
You obviously are a smart, experienced man.
Do we all buy things we need?Does that mean we can expect your moob and S&W pics?
Its a horribly, horribly impractical gun outside of a few narrow situations like hog hunting in the South or where you have a legitimate concern about having to fend off bears and you actually have the skills to draw and fire that enormous gun and get on target. Some guys like @greencobra mentioned that competitions with handguns like that or more usually T/C Contenders were more common around here, but I can't think of a club doing that in New England now.
If you want one, buy one. None of us can stop you. Its your money.
Exactly
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Commercial ammo for these guns is not great.Buy it, but remember... Walmart don't sell .500 S&W OR .460mag ammo...
I am eh~60, and I can shoot 44mag, 50, off hand.I've seen one being shot. Funny story.
A friend and I pulled up to shoot at a spot. There were two guys in their sixties or seventies shooting. This was in the summer in NH. One of the guys was wearing full cowboy action regalia. Hat. Boots. Chaps. In NH. In Summer. While shooting. The other one was bare-tiddies shirtless. Both had their own shooting bench that Cowboy Action guy brought.
Cowboy Action guy had one of those revolvers. It made a nice thud but it wasn't massively impressive. Granted, I wasn't shooting it, but it wasn't more impressive than realizing "oh, that's a .500S&W." It got worse.
I eventually started shooting my 16" FAL carbine. This gun has a M4-72 compensator on it, which does make a nice concussive blast. I wasn't paying attention to the old guys, but my friend overheard Cowboy Action .500S&W guy say "that gun's too f-cking loud!" Then, he packed up his shooting bench and went home, leaving his shirtless companion there, who eventually told me that he thought I wasn't shooting an AR "because the mag was straight."
So, if you're over 60, cranky, can't shoot without a shooting bench, inappropriately dressed, and intolerant of others' guns, that .500S&W is for you. Run around shirtless and with chaps and complain about "those damned kids and their loud guns." While ironically owning a large handgun. Otherwise, its a boat anchor gun, just like a Desert Eagle:
Talk me out of a Desert Eagle 44 magnum....
I am eh~60, and I can shoot 44mag, 50, off hand.
Don’t underestimate old dude.