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To: section9
I regularly shoot my .454 Casull at the range. The .454 Casull has an equal amount of recoil as a .300 Ultra Magnum Rifle. My revolver is ported and has a nice set of grips which makes shooting it bearable.

I do not have any concrete information on the recoil of this new .500 S&W but my guess is that it will be untolerable for the vast majority of shooters. Here is a link to a chart showing handgun recoil for various calibers.

Chuck Hawk's recoil table

The .500 Linebaugh is towards the bottom of the page. I can only assume that this .500 S&W is based on the .500 Linebaugh cartridge so it may be comparable with these figures.
20 posted on 02/14/2003 9:29:47 AM PST by RebelDawg
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To: RebelDawg
Thanks for that table .... based on it I think I'd handle the 500 with no problems :)

Just recently finished a batch of 260 grain bullets at 2000 fps (37gr H110) .... and realized it wasn't enough .... shoots nice one handed though :)

34 posted on 02/14/2003 10:42:50 AM PST by Centurion2000 (Chance favors the prepared mind.)
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