Thread: I knew a "500" S&W was good for something...
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Default I knew a "500" S&W was good for something...
On 8/26/15 1:19 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 26 Aug 2015 12:44:26 -0400, Keyser Söze
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Why would you want to "plink" with it, unless you are into hurting your
wrist/arm and annoying everyone around you?

I think that was what I said ;-)

If you shot the cowboy rounds out of it, you would save yourself a lot
of punishment.
I don't think a .357 is a plinker either, unless you are shooting .38
wad cutters out of it. That was the round I loaded most often. A 148gr
wc in front of about 2.5 gr of Bullseye was a very pleasant load to
shoot, very accurate and easy on the brass.
If I was loading a full power .357 round, the brass takes a beating,
along with the shooter. I was loading some stuff that was a bit hotter
than anything you could buy. I had a 125gr round nose half jacket that
was going 1725 FPS. That is smoking for a .357. It was not pleasant to
shoot tho and I threw the brass away.


I don't reload, so I don't care if my .357 MAG brass takes a beating. I
do dump the "empties" into a plastic box and give them to a buddy, who
does reload. But, actually, he trades the empties I give him to someone
who gives him back brass in a size he uses.

I haven't found my .357 unpleasant to shoot with full power rounds. It's
certainly noisy, though. I wear plugs inside my electronic muffs.

The last time I took it to the range, I went through nearly two full
50-round boxes of .357 rounds. The S&W is a terrific shooter.

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