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    K31

    K31

    "Part of that Ultra MAGA Crowd"
    MDS Supporter
    Jan 15, 2006
    35,670
    AA county
    Oh good, you can shoot prairie dogs with it.

    Finding them afterwards, not so much.

     
    smdub

    smdub

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    Nov 14, 2012
    4,657
    MoCo
    Having several 500S&W revolvers and a BHA 89, I started building one early last year. FWIW, 500AM brass is literally 500S&W brass w/ the rim machined off - I bought a box of 500AM to be sure. I wasn't happy w/ BHAs single stack approach and went double stack. Damn, Need to get back to the project. I have rounds reliably feeding from a modified AR10 mag into a test barrel chamber. Have a GMR barrel blank I need to machine now. Need to weld some parts in the mag to make it hold rounds more reliable when fully loaded but will wait until I fire a few rounds first before I fool w/ that.
     
    Norton

    Norton

    NRA Endowment Member, Rifleman
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    May 22, 2005
    122,879
    Boats said:
    not a fan of the AR....

    But. I would love one of. their .500 S&W lever guns
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    Yeah - those are gorgeous. I almost bought an H+R single shot in .500 years ago, just because.
     
    Norton

    Norton

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    May 22, 2005
    122,879
    smdub said:
    Having several 500S&W revolvers and a BHA 89, I started building one early last year. FWIW, 500AM brass is literally 500S&W brass w/ the rim machined off - I bought a box of 500AM to be sure. I wasn't happy w/ BHAs single stack approach and went double stack. Damn, Need to get back to the project. I have rounds reliably feeding from a modified AR10 mag into a test barrel chamber. Have a GMR barrel blank I need to machine now. Need to weld some parts in the mag to make it hold rounds more reliable when fully loaded but will wait until I fire a few rounds first before I fool w/ that.
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    That sounds cool - way too much work for me - but it sounds cool. :party29:
     
    G

    GunBum

    Active Member
    Feb 21, 2018
    751
    SW Missouri
    So... I know the guy who built the first rimless 500 S&W on an AR. He lives in Oregon, and built his in about 2005 or 2006. These slimey dirt balls ripped off his idea, and are profiting from it without giving him any credit or compensation.

    Same thing that Winchester did to the guy who did the first 350 Legend (he didn’t call it that), so I guess ripping off people’s intellectual property is acceptable business practice in the firearms industry. :sad20:
     
    ericoak

    ericoak

    don't drop Aboma on me
    Feb 20, 2010
    6,806
    Howard County
    Norton said:
    That's what got me on the trail of this!

    That's your cousin? way cool.
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    Yep. Andy sure does like his magnum and large caliber rounds. The difference between his 500SW and Armscor out my 500 is ridiculous. Same with the 50AE Desert Eagle.

    Also does a lot of the rarer milsurp stuff. He was the first guy to get Ian at Forgotten Weapons functional ammunition for his 7.65 pistols.
     
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