Big horn armory .500sw rifle

[Ike85123]

I stumbled across this. 2495.00 standard. But many upgrades available. They offer it with s 16in barrel also. Nice backpacking rifle !

 

[Viral_SIGness]

I've wanted one of those for a long long time. The quality is as good as it gets. Those things are art work! I love that you can get an Octagon barrel. That is another $495 though.

The Model 90 shoots .45 Colt, .454, and .460.

As cool as they are, the .500 S&W just isn't enough. I'd take a .50 Alaskan if I was going lever gun.

 

[Red Leg]

Interesting 70 yard pig gun.

 

[IvW]

Get a 30-30 Win better and cheaper pig gun....ok 45-70 if you have to.....

 

[crs]

My longest shot on feral hog and my closest shot.

Longest - on a running away sow was 100+ yards with my .308 - rolled it
Shortest/closest - 3 feet with 45-70 DR straight down on boar in creek fighting dogs
Biggest - 50 yards with .308 - feral sow of 600 pounds.

Have yet to see a pig that a .308 will not kill.

 

[krish]

Some info here. There is a good article in Truth About Guns on this if you care to read it.

 

[Viral_SIGness]

My longest shot on feral hog and my closest shot.

Longest - on a running away sow was 100+ yards with my .308 - rolled it
Shortest/closest - 3 feet with 45-70 DR straight down on boar in creek fighting dogs
Biggest - 50 yards with .308 - feral sow of 600 pounds.

Have yet to see a pig that a .308 will not kill.

My .300 Win Mag doesn't have trouble killing Whitetail deer, but here I am hunting them with a .375 Ruger

 

[Sarg]

Some info here. There is a good article in Truth About Guns on this if you care to read it.View attachment 394936View attachment 394937

Now that's a bullet, from Police work to Buffalo !


Fine looking rifle, lot of money for a play rifle but heck I can't talk .

 

[Viral_SIGness]

Now that's a bullet, from Police work to Buffalo !


Fine looking rifle, lot of money for a play rifle but heck I can't talk .

Nahh, if you want to use the .500 at full potential, use the 700 grain Hardcast by Underwood.

 

[Forrest Halley]

The Model 90 shoots .45 Colt, .454, and .460.

I wonder if it would also shoot .45 Schofield and .45 Cowboy Special too?

 

[ZG47]

You need a bit of weight in a gun like that AND some sort of curved cushioning device to protect the second finger on your trigger hand. I once fired a Winchester Model 94 chambered in 44 Magnum, with full power defensive ammo. It was not a pleasant experience.
There is a practical reason why the Mannlicher Schonauer sporting rifles have that reverse curve piece of steel attached to the back of the trigger guard. It allows a rifle or shotgun to recoil past the second finger instead of straight into it.
The Parker Hale finger protector (precise name of which I forget) is reputed to do a very good job and the contour looks right.

 

[Red Leg]

Some info here. There is a good article in Truth About Guns on this if you care to read it.View attachment 394936View attachment 394937

A SD slightly better than an ashtray? I'll change my original assessment from "interesting" to adequate pig gun at seventy yards.

Some brilliant fellow @Velo Dog once noted on this site that it should be possible to kill a buffalo with a frozen herring - but why would one ever want to try.

 

[krish]

Karate herring
Krish

 

[Ike85123]

You need a bit of weight in a gun like that AND some sort of curved cushioning device to protect the second finger on your trigger hand. I once fired a Winchester Model 94 chambered in 44 Magnum, with full power defensive ammo. It was not a pleasant experience.
There is a practical reason why the Mannlicher Schonauer sporting rifles have that reverse curve piece of steel attached to the back of the trigger guard. It allows a rifle or shotgun to recoil past the second finger instead of straight into it.
The Parker Hale finger protector (precise name of which I forget) is reputed to do a very good job and the contour looks right.

I shot a 454 casull once. It almost left my hand. Ive never felt a gun do that. Its a pistol and not a rifle, kinda off topic. But was the only gun ever to hurt fingers for me.

 

[Viral_SIGness]

I shot a 454 casull once. It almost left my hand. Ive never felt a gun do that. Its a pistol and not a rifle, kinda off topic. But was the only gun ever to hurt fingers for me.

The only gun to ever hurt my hand, was a S&W Airlite (not Airweight) .357 Magnum. It weighs 12oz and I ran 5 full power loads through it. The Ruger LCR .357 was a similar experience.

 

[Sarg]

I had a TC 11in barreled 45/70 shooting mega handloads of up to 500gr it was like holding a Hand Grenade in you hand & my fingers would be numb !!!

 

[krish]

I never fired my 500sw. After hearing horror stories. So I Thought get the Big Horn. Never got around it. 50-110 seem to be more practical. Who knows I may change my mind again.
Krish

 

[Viral_SIGness]

I never fired my 500sw. After hearing horror stories. So I Thought get the Big Horn. Never got around it. 50-110 seem to be more practical. Who knows I may change my mind again.
Krish

With the Sissy-Brake, the .500 is nuffin. I shot my uncles with the brake removed and used the Corbon 440 hardcast. Still not as bad as a Ruger Alaskan .454.

Interesting thing though. My uncle, unknowingly laid his support hand, index finger along the cylinder. The blast gave him 2nd and 3rd degree burns to his finger. He bought a .50 Beowulf because I wanted to shoot one. In a M16A1 type and size rifle, it felt like a 20 gauge.

 

[Ike85123]

Some info here. There is a good article in Truth About Guns on this if you care to read it.View attachment 394936View attachment 394937

Interesting ! I wasn't looking at this as a hunting rifle. My purpose would be something short amd powerful for backpacking/camping/fishing/hiking in bear country. Been taking alot of day hikes since the virus has shut down everything else.
I have a 30-30, shorter than a traditional hunting rifle with 20in barrel. Something shorter and lighter like this would be nice.
At 20in I still find myself getting hung up on a branch here and there, when over the shoulder. I think a 16in barrel would be easier for a hike through the woods, hopefully lighter?

 

[Ike85123]

A SD slightly better than an ashtray? I'll change my original assessment from "interesting" to adequate pig gun at seventy yards.

Some brilliant fellow @Velo Dog once noted on this site that it should be possible to kill a buffalo with a frozen herring - but why would one ever want to try.

Ya, because you can don't mean you should !
I get a kick out of watching the YouTube videos of the african tribes hunting buff and lion with spears . I understand it is heritage and tradition. But man, there is an easier way !