Top Gun [Smith and Wesson .500 Magnum]

Popular Mechanics ^ | 2003 | CHRIS CHRISTIAN

[Squantos]

KEWL........CZ is a fine tewl !

I like the 458 Lott for it's ability to chamber the Win Mag also. Not sure if I can validate another big bore. My Ruger Number 1 in 460 Weatherby Mag if fine for feral hogs and such for lower 48 but do I really "need" the Lott ?

Stay Safe .........:o)

[Squantos]

Got ta carry and waste ammo with a HK 51A3 for a while...........aka flame thrower. looked a lot like that. The Armspistol aka Bushmaster aka IMP gun looked like this............

Biggerhammer.net has some great pics of this old IMP gun.

Stay Safe !

[Squantos]

Boat gun to go with the Shark gun........:o)

Stay safe !

[spodefly]

"My wrist started hurting just looking at the picture."

Sounds sorta kinky..... 8~)

Well, this is a gun porn thread ...

Actually, if I ever got a chance to shoot one of these beasts, I would take it. But I doubt I would ever drop the $$ to own one.

I used to hunt with a Ruger SuperBlackhawk .44. Loved it. Even put some hot loads thru it from time to time. But during that time, I broke my navicular (a bone in the middle of the wrist) in a motorcycle get-off, and after that, the Ruger just wasn't that much fun anymore. I would probably be fine these days, but back then I was developing a bad habit of flinching to protect my wrist from that Ruger. Don't have that prob with anything less beastly.

[Jeff Gordon]

Do they still make those things into a belt buckle? Yes, they do. It currently on promotional sale. You get the buckle, a nice grip and an NRA pin for $39.00.

[Jeff Gordon]

Custom .500 Linebaugh built from Ruger Blackhawk

Oh yeah! You don't like my tiny .22 short pistol huh? My other pistol is a Nuke50. So there. :-)

[wardaddy]

Man...now you've got me all misty-eyed. I've seen a few for sale now....they fetch high dollar.

I think they went for around 300 mid 80s.

That was my first black gun I ever bought.

[Squantos]

That's one rig IMHO that only sings and screams in select fire mode. If I find one I'd love it to be a NFA/Class III toy. Nice little bullet hose !

Stay Safe WD !

[DoctorMichael]

Hmmmmmm.............Maybe THIS is what I'll be carrying next summer on my yearly trip into the wilds of Montana. My .357 this year was DEFINITELY not enough gun for griz.

[BooBoo1000]

How would you go about shooting a Griz with a 357 Mag. Head shot or what? I am interested, being from Montana, I wonder the proper way to tie into a Griz.

[DoctorMichael]

In the case of a front-profile bear, shoot for the mouth with a less than adequate round in hopes of the round penetrating the palate into the brain, or severing the spinal chord as it exits.......or so I've been counceled.

[Shooter 2.5]

I took the Montana Grizzly/Black Bear test in the hopes of getting a Black Bear last Fall. It's on-line at their website.

I didn't make the trip but the bottom line of taking the test was to make it absolutely, positively impossible of making the mistake of shooting a Grizzly instead of a Black Bear.

[Shooter 2.5]

[Tijeras_Slim]

How would you go about shooting a Griz with a 357 Mag.

Shoot the bear 5 times but save one for yourself.

[wardaddy]

I note gloves are de riguer with these fellows and the wheelguns.

[Hank Rearden]

I carry that exact little bit of jewelry in my change pocket every single day! In .22Mag (your photo is a .22 Short), 'cause I don't want to be thought a weenie.

It's so handy; just toss it in there with the change. Not as, ummmmm, "hurtful" as my other hardware, but always there when the others may not be.

Better to have and not need, than need and not have. I love this little gun.

[Jeff Gordon]

Better to have and not need, than need and not have.

You do not often need a gun, but when you do need a gun you really need a gun.

I also have the black powder version of this pistol. It is magnum sized. The best thing about the black powder version is that it can be purchased without getting governments involved. No paper work to fill out, no registration, no tracking of the purchase - even in Kalifornia.

[Shooter 2.5]

Yep, and the little device called a Finger-EEZ. It saves your knuckle when the trigger guard slams into it.

I do try to tell people that gloves and smooth grips are the way to go instead of rubber grips and no gloves. That's a disaster. I only did that once.

Once.

[wardaddy]

even my wife's little 11 oz. SW PD38 will blister your hand if you don't have a firm squeeze on it.