480 Ruger Vs 500 Sw

On the other end of the spectrum you have the 454 Casull (1,900 ftlbs with a 240grain bullet), 460 S&W (2,150 with a 0grainer) and 500 S&W (a whopping 2,870 with a 300grainer) The 480 may not be in such rarefied company, but I’d rather hit something with 1,300 ftlbs than miss with twice that energy because the recoil was too much for me.

480 ruger vs 500 sw. Posts 7 Thanks, I ordered the BFR in 500jrh, I thought about the 454, 475/480, 500s&w &. I voted for the 480 just because I have one and reload for it as well as shoot factory ammo It's used to shoot cape buffalo and bison and should take care of the stray grizzly Other than that it's too powerful for anything east of the Mississippi and the. The 475 caliber 480 Ruger was introduced in 01 as a joint development by Hornady and Ruger for the Ruger Super Redhawk doubleaction revolver and was Ruger's first brandname cartridge For all intents and purposes it is a 475 Linebaugh Short, with a nominal 1285inch case length and a maximum overall loaded length of 1650 inches.

The 460 s&w I guess i'll start with the 500JRH and go back down in caliber I thought real hard on 475/480, because I had a 480 once, and really liked it , 1001 AM #6 ole 5 hole group View Profile. I don't like the Hillary hole safety on the S&W, nor was the fit especially great Ruger only offers the 480 not the 460 or the 500 I guess S&W holds patent and won't license other makes in the calibers Are there any other Brands still available?. The 500 S&W Magnum The 500 Magnum was designed by CorBon specifically for the S&W Xframe revolver Until the introduction of the 460 Magnum a year later, the 500 was the only cartridge offered in the Xframe gun Like the 460, the 500 is.

The 500 S&W and 460 S&W stole the 480 Ruger's Thunder, although the 480 is what it ment to be Happiness, is a road, lined with the bones of those whom sold out America for personal gain/profitMe no amount of rational factual information and statistics can overcome irrational emotional fervor. I would favor porting over more length and weight off a compensater. I have shot the 480 Ruger and I own a couple of S&W 500's Even though I cut my big bore teeth shooting a Ruger SA 44 mag for some reason the recoil of the Ruger SRH in either 454 Casull or 480 is a ***** for me to handle I find either of my 500's to recoil less than the 480 One of the 500's is the 4 in version Different hands feel different things.

Velocity As illustrated in the chart, 454 Casull rounds on average achieve a velocity of about 1600 feet per second (fps) while 500 S&W Magnum rounds travel at a velocity of 1700 fps To put this into perspective, a Boeing 737 commercial airliner travels at a cruising speed of 600 mph, or 0 fps. However, with bullets of 400 grains (26 g) and higher, the 480 Ruger starts to show more potential The standard 44 Magnum powders, in similar amounts, will push a 400grain (26 g) bullet at over 1300 ft/s (thus yielding a TKO factor around 3528 vs 3462 for a 325 gr 454 Casull at 1,650 ft/s (500 m/s) ). With the same case dimensions as the 475 Linebaugh, except for being shortened from 14 to 1285 inches in length, the first Hornady factory 480 Ruger loads were topped off with 325grain XTP.

By the way, Hornady's 475 and 480 ruger offerings are cheaper then you can load the ammo for At a dollar a round, bullets are usually 75 cents, in those calibers, and, they aren't HPs I don't see much need for the 500 S&W Friend dropped a 2450 lb bison with a 480 ruger, using a 370 grain cast bullet, at 1170. I love to shoot 500 S&W Mag, 480 Ruger Taurus RB, S&W 686 Stainless, 10mm Witness The Great State of Texas Save Share Reply quickdtoo. Some Kind Words for the 480 Ruger The 460 S&W and the 500 S&W are clearly in rifle territory as far as ballistics are concerned, but the revolvers for which they’re chambered are so big.

I have a S&W 460 V This is the short barreled model with the compensator I bought this gun to replace the 12 ga I usually carried fishing with me I really wanted a 480 Ruger but had to settle for the 460 when Ruger discontinued the 480 This revolver is. SB the other BFR 500 is a 500JRH which is about like a S&W 500 Mag Spical Not as big as the 500 Mag The 500 JRH is about 14 long, and, is a cutdown version of the 500 S&W You can use the same dies to reload it, and, I think this will soon be the new S&W 500 Special. They just work for me So while I like the Toklat 454 and will keep it, I will probably look for a Ruger Bisley 480 or a 4 500 S&W x frame While people hate on the x frame's size, a 4 model is only 68ozs heavier than my Toklat and packs 100grs of way larger bullet at the same speed The BFR Bisley in 500 jrh is 52oz vs The 4 x frame at 56ozs.

118 Posts #4 . I had the 480 Ruger in a Ruger Super Redhawk and then also in a SRH Alaskan (6 shot) A few years ago, I saw the writing on the wall and traded them both towards their 454 Cassull counterparts I also had a 500 S&W, and traded it towards a 460 S&W Mag, although you are 100% correct that these make very poor defensive wheelguns.