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Article: The .500 JRH.(TAFFIN TESTS: THE SIXGUNNER HIMSELF: GUNS, GEAR AND MORE)
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- American Handgunner
- Article date:
- March 1, 2008
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Another .500 cartridge and factory revolver to handle it have arrived on the scene. Several years ago gunsmith Jack Huntington began experimenting with .500 cartridges chambering them in Freedom Arms revolvers. Trying to decide which came first, Huntington's .500 JRH or the Smith & Wesson .500 Magnum may be a chicken or egg first argument. It's sufficient to say that currently the .500 JRH is basically a .500 S&W Magnum cartridge cut to approximately 1.400" (my fired brass measures 1.395") and can be reloaded with .500 S&W Magnum dies if the bottom of the crimping die is shortened approximately .200" to make up for the difference in ...
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