Don is your barrel that short? Seems like that big of load you would want a longer barrel.
Mike On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 5:44 AM, Don Ordes <[email protected]> wrote: > Tom et al, > I should have taken a picture of my technicolor thumb-pad on my palm for > posterity after the 1st time I shot it. Now it's just a big solid recoil > pad now sitting at the base of my thumb. Now that I have it toughened up, I > can fire the big boys off without flinching, but I always wear ear muffs. It > still hurts the wrist, elbow, and shoulder to shoot more than a few HP > rounds, though. I shot my friends .44 mag and it was like shooting a .32 > special. > He's a pretty stout construction worker and was hurting after the 2nd > round. > > Which is one reason no one wants to carry the pistol except for bears, > i.e., the kick and the booming report. Sounds just like my .375 H&H going > off, only more concussion with the compensators. At the range, everyone > stops when I squeeze the 1st one off. To shoot a bear means you don't have > time to get hearing protection in, so your ears are gonna ring for weeks to > come. > > Here's a video of what it's like to shoot the 700grain round: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjmtUFrFBc4 > > It's a brutal and expensive pistol to shoot to get used to the big rounds. > But once that is accomplished, putting in some light 250-300 grain rounds is > fun, but still expensive, even if you reload, just not as bad. > > DonO > > ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 7:22 AM > Subject: AW: Re: [VFB] Bullets- only for those who like guns & hunting- > OTHERS DELETE > > > > the only problem I see is the recoil (must be enormus) > Thomas > > ----Ursprüngliche Nachricht---- > Von: jerryp...@comcast. > net > Datum: 19.11.2010 13:09 > An: <[email protected]> > Betreff: Re: [VFB] Bullets- only for those who like guns > & hunting- OTHERS DELETE > > > > Larry: > > A 230 grain .45 ACP bullet comes out the barrel at around 900 FPS, about > the > same as a 250 grain .45 Colt. It's a good man stopper but it would just > piss off a big bear. Don's got the right idea > with the .500 S &W. Not something you'd want for concealed carry but good > in bear country. > > > > Jerry Caruso > > "All > things considered, I'd rather be in Philadelphia." > > ----- "Larry Johnson" < JOHNSOLA @ uvu . edu > wrote: > > > Makes all > the sense in the world. I wish I was in a financial position to buy a BIG > FRAME handgun. What would my Springfield > Armory 1911 .45 ACP do in a bear situation? Any good at all? > Larry Johnson > > > > > > I've posted photos before of my fly- > fishing protection in Grizzly country, such as Glacier Park in NW Montana. > I love bears- just don't want to be mauled > or eaten alive. Hope I never have to use it. > So this starts out as fly-fishing related. > Please respond off > list ffc @ tribcsp .com > The list is a little slow, so I though I'd post why I opted for the S&W > .500 mag. > over the .44 mag. > A few weeks ago we were camping and my friend had his 44mag. So we > target-practiced against a clay > bank at 80 yards or so. After we shot for a little, he went over and dug > out a few slugs for comparisons. > His 44 shot > 230 grain bullets (left) and mine 550 grain bullets. > Mine is 10% larger in diameter (.5 vs .44), but doesn't look like > it because of the radiused shoulder. > Flip-em over: > So at almost 2 1/2 times the weight, it mushrooms out to double > the diameter. > This will stop even the biggest bear in its tracks, even at full charge > point-blank range. > We're > looking at over 2600# M.E. from a hand-gun carried in a vest holster! > NOW... > I thought I'd show you what a real heavy- > brush dangerous game cartridge looks like. > This gun is my cousin's, who hunts African Cape Buffalo, the toughest > animal on earth to put down. > On the left is a .44 and a .500 (700 grain). On the right is his 4-Bore, > or, 1000 Nitro > Express! > That's NOT black powder, like the old Maharajah's version in India. Over > 12K in muzzle energy! > 2200 grain > bullet at 1600 ft./sec.! > Heavy gun, has his gun-bearer carry it in a custom sling until the stalk: > Once they spot the > old beast, it's time to feed the villagers: > Some people oppose hunting, but they don't understand Africa. He paid > $40,000 > for the hunt, which 75% went to the village fund, and the meat direct to > the villagers. > In areas without > tourism, where he hunts, these animals would all be killed by poachers. > The villagers all become game wardens, > protecting the resource that feeds them, > rather than a poacher killing it and making a few hundred dollars for > himself. > Please, comments off list. > DonO > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's > End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > -- Mike Bliss Aloha from Hawaii -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. 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