when loaded with a reasonable load the 500 is very shootable and very accurate. It's a great gun!
I agree with that statement wholeheartedly. After the novelty of brutal recoil wears off loads in the 30,000 to 40,000 psi range are plenty powerful AND pleasant to shoot. My deer load is 36.5 gr. of H4227 under a 350 gr. XTP with WLR primers. That gives 1480 fps ave. with excellent accuracy and is a grain and a half under Hodgdons starting load. The recoil level is no worse than some .44 magnum combos but the killing power should be significantly greater. (This from a man who hasn't shot anything with it!) <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />
My next project will be to find a practice load with low cost cast or plated bullets that shoots to the same POI as the hunting load so I don't have to fiddle with the Aimpoint settings to enjoy light recoil plinking.
