[indydave]

well thanks to all of you here !

here in indiana our state lets us use rifles for the first time this year, BUT the had to be certain handgun rounds only! I picked up a 500 s&w handi as it was a legal caliber.
So here goes the prep 100 passes with JB bore paste and oil with patches and a nice fitting jag.A youth stock with a sims recoil pad and a 16 ounce c&h mercury recoil reducer in the stock, REAPER scope mount and a new 1.5x4.5 32mm bsa catseye with a 4A reticle. I picked a 325 grain barnes XPB spitzer in shooting star once fired brass sized,trimmed,deburred inside and out, using 44.0 grains of lil' gun and a federal large rifle match primer chrony was 2275fps at muzzle temp 38 degrees lite breeze I fired a repeatable 3 shot group of 1 1/4 inches twice so i set my zero at 2inches high @ 100 yrds wooo hooo I am sooo ready!!!!!!!!! thanks one and alll

Dave

 

[indydave]

oh and the recoil was awesome like a 243 or a bit heavier!!!!!!!!!! wooooo-hooooo

 

[quickdtoo]

Congrats, sounds like you're all ready to make some meat!! ;D

Tim

 

[eskimo36]

I bet the recoil was more than a tad bit heavier than a 243....

 

[indydave]

no really with the sims lab recoil pad and 1 pound mercury reducer it was pleasant to me anyway

 

[eskimo36]

Scoot up to the 700 grain lead and pleasant doesn't enter your thoughts. I really like the versatility of the 500 S&W. Good luck and good shooting.

 

[indydave]

wow i got a new forend screw that is an allen instead of the phillips i torqued it to 30 in lbs and it got my 3 shot group down to 5/8 inch wooo hoo I am ready to put meaton the table opening day is sat !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[d_hiker]

Good Luck... our opening day is this Friday, but still shotgun slugs in IL. We'll make a lot of noise here in IL on Friday and chase the deer to IN for your shoot on Saturday