I fired a few rounds from Norton’s S&W 500 once. Felt pretty tame to me but they were handloads and not very hot I guess. It’s a heavy tank of a gun and absorbs felt recoil too. Yeah I still want one.
Im going with this as a solid view.
I always practice with low load re-loads with 350 grain bullet on my SW500. I have yet to fire my factory 400gr rounds.
I shot 20 once. I will not do that again. I'm OK with 5-10 shots for an outing with Mr. 500. I love it.