Handloads gone bad?
by Slow Hand 
, Indiana, Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 17:44 (3965 days ago)
I can't imagine what it would take to break a .500 Smith, but someone figured it out!!
http://www.gunauction.com/buy/12523192
My first thought was to lop off the barrel to a more manageable length and have at it, then I read a little more and saw the cracked frame!! Ouch!
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- Handloads gone bad? -
Slow Hand,
2013-11-19, 17:44
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- Handloads gone bad? - css ( who can't seem to login), 2013-11-19, 18:04
- Mighty fine boat anchor there. - anachronism, 2013-11-19, 21:58
- Handloads gone bad? -
jgt,
2013-11-20, 08:49
- I just wonder -
Warhawk,
2013-11-20, 08:59
- PROBABLY STOP BETWEEN FRONT OF CYLINDER AND FORCING CONE -
SIXGUNNER,
2013-11-20, 09:35
- So you have done that also! Me too! -
Charles,
2013-11-20, 11:38
- That was exactly my experience -
Jhenry,
2013-11-20, 17:31
- Intentionally tried a LR primer in a 500L under a 480gr - John K., 2013-11-20, 18:29
- That was exactly my experience -
Jhenry,
2013-11-20, 17:31
- I thought maybe the LR primer would be powerful enough -
Warhawk,
2013-11-20, 11:46
- I thought maybe the LR primer would be powerful enough - Charles, 2013-11-20, 13:18
- So you have done that also! Me too! -
Charles,
2013-11-20, 11:38
- I just wonder - Paul, 2013-11-20, 15:28
- PROBABLY STOP BETWEEN FRONT OF CYLINDER AND FORCING CONE -
SIXGUNNER,
2013-11-20, 09:35
- I just wonder -
Warhawk,
2013-11-20, 08:59
- Handloads gone bad? - jgt, 2013-11-21, 09:18
- answer me this - Lloyd Smale, 2013-11-22, 04:54