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Originally Posted by barnbwt
You mean like the 500 Alaskan? Thanks for the tip, hadn't heard of that one before, sounds pretty cool. Sounds like I'd need a sling
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You really need to go check out
Gary Reeder's Wildcat page and then check
SSK industries JDJ cartridges. The more I think about it, I think the Reeder cartridges will be too high pressure for your application but it is still nice to see what can be done. The JDJ cartridges will be right up your alley if you use the ones based on the .444 case, I had a .375 JDJ that would push a 260 grain bullet 2400 fps from a 26" Encore barrel, 235 grain bullets were just over 2600 fps. To me the JDJ's are pretty impressive and they do it with less pressure than the GNR's.
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Originally Posted by Pond, James Pond
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Originally Posted by alex0535
Its a handgun cartridge, so in a 8+ pound rifle the recoil is going to be stout, and its going to be loud but I don't think it would be unmanageable.
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Without wishing to hijack, could someone explain this to me?
I'm still learning so some things don't make immediate sense.
I'd have thought that a handgun cartridge out of a rifle would be more manageable than the same cartridge out of a handgun.
Is this not the case? If not, why not?
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Here you can read this on the
.500 S&W. I know your thinking pistol, what gives? We as Americans like to be bigger and badder than everyone else especially with modern firearms, just search for the 12ga from Hell thread. However since the .500 S&W operates at 60,000 PSI it probably isn't safe to chamber in the rifle we are talking about.
Just to put it in perspective in an 8lb rifle a .500 S&W shooting a 500 grain bullet @ 1400 fps will recoil with just over 27 ft-lbs of energy, the .308 with a 150 grain bullet @ 2900 fps will recoil with 15.5 ft-lbs of energy in the same weight rifle. I used data from
Hogdon's Reloading page and this is the
Recoil Calculator I used to come up with these figures. I compared the .308 to the .500 because I know you just recently purchased the .308 and its recoil surprised you when you first shot it.
Here is a good article on recoil and its effects, the author states that anything over 20 ft-lbs of recoil will more than likely cause a shooter to develop a flinch.
To answer your question it is more manageable to shoot a .500 S&W out of a rifle, but it doesn't mean it is going to be any more fun to do so. I hope that answers some of your questions.