Will the rim need trimmed down a little to work in a 500 JRH?
Bob R
Bob R,
Magnum Research machines the cylinder to accept the wider case rim of 500 S&W Magnum brass. So you can either cut down 500 Magnum brass to 1.4 inches or purchase really expensive Starline 500 JRH brass.
500 Special brass made by Starline, is 500 Magnum brass cut to SAAMI specification of 1.278 inches.
Corbon ammo company made factory loaded 500 Special ammo for a brief period of time for those who didn?t want the recoil of full powered 500 Magnum loads.
Anyway, Starline makes 500 Special brass that?s half the cost of 500 JRH brass and I don?t need to spend precious time cutting down 500 Magnum brass.
Velocity difference between 500 Special and 500 JRH won?t be anything I?m going to lose sleep over. Anything the 480 Ruger can do, the 500 Special can do with less recoil given bullets of equal weight.
Plenty of medicine for any deer in my neck of the woods and all kinds of 480 Ruger load data.
If I ever need the full power of the 500 JRH, I?ll cut down some 500 Magnum brass and use 475 Linebaugh data and bullets of equal weight.
To me the 500 Special is a win win in my book. BFR just made it possible when they decided to machine the cylinder to accept either brass.
RCBS makes 500 S&W Magnum/500 Special dies for those who want to reload 500 Special brass. All is good.