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Any “love” for this rifle? Just placed an order for one in 500 S&W (12-14 months). If you own a rifle in this caliber would appreciate some reloading info as well as general feedback on your opinion of the rifle itself.


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Always thought the 500 smith made sense as a rifle cartridge. Barrel lenth?

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I had one for 5 years or so and just sold it to finance another rifle project. Excellent rifle very well made,,breaking it it is a long project though, mine was the 22" version and super accurate, hitting floating targets at 100yds easily. I plinked with 350gr Hornadys and killed 4 brown bears on our property with 500 Hornady's. 3 one shot kills and the last one I was shooting at a dark shape in between our Karelians with reflective collars at midnite and gave him a triple tap at about 25' away.


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Rifle has the standard 18 inch barrel, fancy walnut stock option, and scout scope rail. Thinking about installing a 8 MOA red dot style sight. What type powder are you using with the 350 gr Hornadys? I don’t think they make the 500’s any more.


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4227,,,Big Horn also sent me 100 400gr Hornady's they had special made for them.


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Originally Posted by Snowwolfe
Rifle has the standard 18 inch barrel, fancy walnut stock option, and scout scope rail. Thinking about installing a 8 MOA red dot style sight. What type powder are you using with the 350 gr Hornadys? I don’t think they make the 500’s any more.


It’s none of my business, but 8 moa seems a bit large , unless all of your shooting will be up close and on large game! I’m using a 3 moa on my handgun….wouldn’t want it any larger. JMO. memtb

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Originally Posted by Snowwolfe
Rifle has the standard 18 inch barrel, fancy walnut stock option, and scout scope rail. Thinking about installing a 8 MOA red dot style sight. What type powder are you using with the 350 gr Hornadys? I don’t think they make the 500’s any more.


It’s none of my business, but 8 moa seems a bit large , unless all of your shooting will be up close and on large game! I’m using a 3 moa on my handgun….wouldn’t want it any larger. JMO. memtb


I own a couple of 3 moa Fast Fires mounted on handguns. They seem a little small to me. This is why I want to try a 8 on the model 89. Shots are pretty much limited to 50 yards or less on our property when deer hunting. 6 might be perfect if I could find one.


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I have an 89 in 500sw and a 90in 454casull. Love em. The 500 wears an ultradot as it killed off 2 burris scout scopes which now reside on the 454. (Great customer service by burris). Havent killed anything with the 454 but i have with a 460 bfr and the lever gun runs basically the same velocities as the 460. The 460has accounted for 13 animals in africa including a cape buffalo as has my fa454casull so no probs putting big things down with either. That said the 500 with a 325 aframe put down a large waterbuff in a most spectacular fashion.


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I will also add the 500 can be loaded to be a ballistic twin to a 45/70 but handles recoil much much better than the marlin 45/70. Both are a real pleasure to use. They are a fine gun easily worth the money.


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Snowwolfe,

I have a lot of love for the Bighorn 89, just haven’t convinced myself to spend the money to order one.

I have loaded 350 grain plated, jacketed, and cast lead swc’s with 16.0 grains of Hodgdon Titegroup. Good shooting rounds out of my 8 3/8” 500 S & W wheelgun.

I’ve also loaded 325 grain Speer uni-cor HP’s and 300 grain Hornady FTX’s with 42.0 grains of Hodgdon Lil Gun. These loads were very stout. Not sure what you’re hunting, but seems to me the 300 grain FTX would scream out an 18” barrel pretty good.

I will be interested in your loads and results, and overall opinion of the rifle when you finally get it.

Happy shooting!

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I have been trying to find one in the secondary market. I would be happy with either a 475 Linebaugh (have a FA83 in 475) or the 500 S&W.

Pretty much unobtanium.

Might have to order...


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Waiting has given me the opportunity to stock up on bullets. Think I now have a lifetime supply of Hornady 350 grain soft points.
Boredom while waiting is a bad thing. Now I been kicking around the idea of buying a 1886 in 45-90.
Don’t understand how down sizing my collection works. After making a serious effort to free up some room in my safes I added six guns in the last 12 months.


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Originally Posted by Snowwolfe
Now I been kicking around the idea of buying a 1886 in 45-90.

LOL, we must be related.

Been searching those, too.

Was a nice pair of DeLuxe w/consecutive numbers on GB last week. Tried to get the seller to let me just buy one. Tried to find a buddy to buy the second.

Just don't want to be saddled by two of them!


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Evnin guys, 🇨🇦 Bill here. Yes I'm in Canucistan. There are three (3) big horns in stock here at Elwood Epps but in 460 SW. I believe they will export to USA, they used to but things have changed up here regarding firearms. If interested they have a web site, www.ellwoodepps.com they are also on face book. Phone # 705-689- 5333 ask for Wess Winkle tell him Bill Bolyea put you on to these guns. Hope if your interested things work out for you. GWP. 🐾🐾👣🇨🇦

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Me again, Bill 🇨🇦, Not computer savvy but could probably send pics to another member??? Re Big Horn Rifles above ??? Bill out GWP 🐾👣🐾👣🇨🇦 One is case hardened, other two are black, one has scout mount. Great wood on case hardened one, pretty nice on the other two.

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Hope someone here is looking for a 460!

Thanks for sharing the tip Bill.


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Always wanted one of these, but a bit too impatient to wait. Would love to see some pics once she finally arrives

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Bighorn has reloading info on their website. I have a 22 “ 89. Magnaport helps tame the muzzle rise. Haven’t killed anything with it. Most accurate and usable loads seem to be the Hornady FTX and Swift A Frame. I mounted a Deltapoint pro for a while. 100 yards is the max I am comfortable with.


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If I lived in Alaska or even spent more time where really big animals prowl one of these would definitely be in my arsenal.

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I have one on order, and although I have not [bleep] one, I stopped by BHA in June, at their new location in Cody’s Wyoming. I now have one on order, a 16.5” 500S&W.
Thinking of planning a Canadian bear hunt to use it on.


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I have one in 475 Linebaugh. Very tight gun but heavy...............Joe

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I have one in 475 Linebaugh. Very tight gun but heavy...............Joe

Speaking of which....I talked with Tony at the Swift booth and he indicates that a .475 A-Frame for the Linebaugh is on the to-do list.

Not sure on timing, but he says they do want to get to it. Struggling to keep up with current demand though, mainly due to labor.


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Originally Posted by waterrat
I had one for 5 years or so and just sold it to finance another rifle project. Excellent rifle very well made,,breaking it it is a long project though, mine was the 22" version and super accurate, hitting floating targets at 100yds easily. I plinked with 350gr Hornadys and killed 4 brown bears on our property with 500 Hornady's. 3 one shot kills and the last one I was shooting at a dark shape in between our Karelians with reflective collars at midnite and gave him a triple tap at about 25' away.

Well there's some impressive real world performance. Thanks for posting your results. Four brown bears!

I only had the 500 S&W revolver for about 12 years and although I intended to hunt with it, it turned out to be just a range toy for me.

Typically loaded it with the 440 grain Cast Performance bullet and a stout charge of Accurate #9.

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Been a year since ordering my rifle. Was visiting the BHA web site today and noticed they increased the price of these rifles by roughly $2,000. Guess inflation is taking its toll on everything.


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Originally Posted by Snowwolfe
Been a year since ordering my rifle. Was visiting the BHA web site today and noticed they increased the price of these rifles by roughly $2,000. Guess inflation is taking its toll on everything.

When I saw your post, I thought it must have been a typo. I checked the website and you're absolutely right about the cost increase. I'm glad I ordered mine when I did 18 months ago. I received it around 4 months ago and am very pleased with the rifle.

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As you ordered yours pre- price increase, did they stick with your original price when you made your deposit? Or did they say you must pay the increased price?


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In my case they honored the original price. No complaints on my part at all.

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That’s good to hear, as my BHA should be finished the end of July, and although I’m really looking forward to receiving it, I wouldn’t have paid the much higher price, when I ordered mine.


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Ordered mine a little over 14 months ago. I have a detailed receipt that lists the rifle, options, deposit, and balance owed. I would be shocked if the builder did not honor the original agreement.


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USAF: I was unable to locate reloading info on the Bighorn website. Could you please point me in the right direction? Thanks.

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15 1/2 months after giving BHA a deposit they notified me the rifle is ready to be built. No surprises on the cost, they honored the original agreement. They did request final payment and told me the rifle should ship in approximately one month.


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At the bottom of the page click on BLOG and there are a lot of articles. One of them is there reloading page...........Joe

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A Big Horn 89 is a beautiful firearm. It weighs 7# 10 oz. and cost $5000 with 11% excise tax. My Rossi 454 Casull weighs 5# 14 oz. and cost $931 MSRP. I have dragged it all over Alaska and Hudson Bay for bear protection in some horrible conditions. It looks beat up but it started out looking rough when it left Brazil. I had to drill and tap the receiver for a peep sight and slick up the action a bit but it is very reliable now.

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I've had two on order since April of 2022. I've held a couple of them in various gun shops over the years. I cannot wait to get mine. I ordered one in 500 and one in 454. Been gearing up to load for them for some time.

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Originally Posted by Snowwolfe
15 1/2 months after giving BHA a deposit they notified me the rifle is ready to be built. No surprises on the cost, they honored the original agreement. They did request final payment and told me the rifle should ship in approximately one month.

I just got notification, mine is in production, and mailing in my final payment. No issues with them only charging the original price the contract was signed for. Should get it shortly.


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Thanks USAF. Good source of how much velocity is gained by shooting handgun cartridges in rifle barrels.

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Picked up my rifle 2 days ago. The fit and finish is superb. The wood upgrade was worth the money. I ordered the rifle with the scout scope rail and you can still use the factory skinner sights installed. Trigger is very crisp but a little heavy. My guess is it breaks around 6 to 6.5 pounds.
It is a very well built firearm.


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Originally Posted by Snowwolfe
Picked up my rifle 2 days ago. The fit and finish is superb. The wood upgrade was worth the money. I ordered the rifle with the scout scope rail and you can still use the factory skinner sights installed. Trigger is very crisp but a little heavy. My guess is it breaks around 6 to 6.5 pounds.
It is a very well built firearm.
You know it didn’t happen without pictures!


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Just got shipping info to my FFL, if it arrives early enough Thursday, I’ll go pick it up and sample a few rounds.
Now for big bored I’ll have at least one in
.500S&W. BHA M89
.500LINEBAUGH Marlin 1895
.50 Alaskan. Marlin 1895
.50-110. Browning 71

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it’s a fun cartridge in a rifle. Lots of power and easy to reload. My favorite bullet is a 400 grain Hornady soft nose. Friend of mine shot a moose on the point of the right shoulder. We found the bullet under the hide on the left hindquarter. It weighed 395 grains and expanded to .800. Moose fell over rather quickly.
I was involved in the beginning of that rifle, built the prototypes from my ideas. Asked Hornady to make ammunition but all they made was a great bullet! 41.5 grains of Lil gun will push it to 2000 fps at 48,000 psi. Another guy shot a mule deer buck going away. He was above the deer. At the shoot the deer did a forward somersault. Wish we had that on video. Enjoy it

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@Bearskinner , any updates on your new toy?

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@Bearskinner , any updates on your new toy?
Well, I shot a few 460 grainers, with SR4759, just moderate loads, I love the feel of the carbine length, then brought it in, and bore sighted a forward mounted scout scope. Loading up some H110 loads as per BHA data.

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Lever guns look a little off, with a scope, but I’m sure the 200 yard target will benefit with s scope over open sights.


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