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LOL, I dont mind ya posting pics of those ole hammers Tex, when it cools off a bit this evening I'm gonna go out to the shop and load a belt of 577's.

Gunner

At the hog hunt a good sized pig was harvested with the .500 Nitro, and a flat nosed mono. Not sure of the bullet maker. The bullet obviously went through the hog and then through about five feet of soft dirt, and was recovered. Except for rifling marks, it looked new.

That was my 500 Nitro Tex, NHK9 [George] done the shooting, it fires a 570 gr Barnes banded solid at 2168 fps with 103 gr H-4350.

Gunner

Got that belt of 577's loaded too, five 750 gr banded solids and five 750 gr TSX softs.

Gunner

LOL, IIRC Rockchucker said that bullet went through about a foot and a half of pig and 6' of hardpack Tennessee clay.

Gunner

sounds bout right....was a good sized pig.....and it was somewhere between 5 and 6 feet worth of dirt though its kinda hard to tell from the pics i took.....shoulda had one of the guys lay next to the ditch

LOL

Gunner

And that wasn't even the "big" gun...

Gunner, I've shot a .500 NE, 570's at 2,150 fps. How much worse is the .577?

DF

577's not that bad, just a huge shove, the 505 Gibbs with the 600 gr Woodies at 2425 fps is very unpleasant, it's just plain rude.

Gunner

So, the .577 is more like the .500 NE, a big push, and the .505 Gibbs is the nasty ___ of the group...

I think remember you saying that one of the most ill tempered, nasty rifles you ever shot was a rather lightweight .378 Wby. It was worse than the .505?

DF

The 378 weighed around 8.5 lbs all up in the syn stock, it was the rudest of the rude, 300 gr NPT's at 3K with a big charge of IMR-4350 plain sucked from the bench.

The 505G is ok now, ran it hard in the beginning to check stock bedding in relation to the cross-bolts, didn't wanna crack the walnut. , all is good, it is very well behaved with the 600's running 2150 fps.

Gunner

That's not much up from the .500 NE pushing 570's at 2,150 fps.

DF

True, weights are similar at around 10 lbs for each of my rifles, the Gibbs is a bit more violent I believe due to the 140 gr powder charge.

Gunner

I wouldn't shoot something that kicked that hard for money. I don't need a detached retina or a recoil headache. A recoil headache is actually a mild concussion. I have had my share of recoil headaches in the past and don't need another one. You boys are tougher and meaner than I am.

Not tougher, just more stupider.

Gunner

Penetration, however slight....

It's a shame that we didn't take the time to dig for the cast bullet that Gunner used when he shot his hog with his 45-70. Through and through, hole in the ground, and we never gave it a thought. Next time.

I didn't get to shoot the .500, but I did the .577. Damn thing made my teeth hurt...

Mind you, I have a .375 and a 7.5 lb .45-90, so I don't think I'm that recoil shy.

I shot Gunner's 500. It was easily handled. The 577 put me in position for an anti-aircraft heading for my next shpt. [bleep] YOUSE in the 505 Gibbs. Shot 3 rounds from one when I wuz quite young and MUCH stupider than I am now and I ain't a Nobel Prize contestant now!!!!!!!! If I was being charged by a pissed off Tyrannosaurus Rex I'd give serious consideration to being ate rather than shot a [bleep]' Gibbs at him