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Patriots · November 14, 2008, 02:08 PM

The 500 S&W and 500JRH are different when you buy them from the factory at their standard pressures they were loaded with. A S&W 500 hard cast from Corbon, Grizzly Cartridge, BuffaloBore are loaded to very extreme pressures which make the bullets more suitable and start to come into their own at pretty far distances for handguns, around 200+ yards and beyond is where the 500 S&W, 460 S&W, 475 Linebaugh, 30/30 Winchester, 444 Marlin start to shine because of their flatter trajectory. Such high velocity in a handgun round for a hard cast bullet will in many cases deform the bullet when fired at close range against very large heavy boned game.
The 500JRH ammo is loaded to less pressures, it's a slower moving bullet and does a better job at stopping power and doing more internal damage than a ultra high velocity bullet does of the same caliber and size. Jack designed the 500JRH to be the 45acp for the animal world, a heavy slow moving hard hitting bullet for "up close tight situations" and not for hunting. A slower moving heavy 45acp will stop an attacker in your home more than a ultra fast 45acp will of the same size and Jack and many others proved the same for animals as they tested it themselves. The 500JRH was designed to do that and has worked.
Jack and many others went out and wanted to simulate what close quarters self-defense situations are like and why animals are attacking people so close and wanted to design a bullet to "STOP" animals with one shot. His 500JRH 425gr truncated cone penetrator is designed specifically for "close self-defense situations" for stopping power, NOT for hunting and his penetrator round does a better job at stopping animals with one shot "close up" than a high velocity LBT hard cast bullet does. BUT the high velocity LBT hard cast is superior at long range hunting at over 200+ yards.

November 14, 2008, 02:08 PM	#13
Patriots Member Join Date: November 18, 2007 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 68	The 500 S&W and 500JRH are different when you buy them from the factory at their standard pressures they were loaded with. A S&W 500 hard cast from Corbon, Grizzly Cartridge, BuffaloBore are loaded to very extreme pressures which make the bullets more suitable and start to come into their own at pretty far distances for handguns, around 200+ yards and beyond is where the 500 S&W, 460 S&W, 475 Linebaugh, 30/30 Winchester, 444 Marlin start to shine because of their flatter trajectory. Such high velocity in a handgun round for a hard cast bullet will in many cases deform the bullet when fired at close range against very large heavy boned game. The 500JRH ammo is loaded to less pressures, it's a slower moving bullet and does a better job at stopping power and doing more internal damage than a ultra high velocity bullet does of the same caliber and size. Jack designed the 500JRH to be the 45acp for the animal world, a heavy slow moving hard hitting bullet for "up close tight situations" and not for hunting. A slower moving heavy 45acp will stop an attacker in your home more than a ultra fast 45acp will of the same size and Jack and many others proved the same for animals as they tested it themselves. The 500JRH was designed to do that and has worked. Jack and many others went out and wanted to simulate what close quarters self-defense situations are like and why animals are attacking people so close and wanted to design a bullet to "STOP" animals with one shot. His 500JRH 425gr truncated cone penetrator is designed specifically for "close self-defense situations" for stopping power, NOT for hunting and his penetrator round does a better job at stopping animals with one shot "close up" than a high velocity LBT hard cast bullet does. BUT the high velocity LBT hard cast is superior at long range hunting at over 200+ yards.