Speedloaders for when you need to shoot a herd of Elephants
A company is selling speed loaders for the .500 S&W! These monsters are machined out of aluminum billet and hold 5 rounds.
I can't help but think that a better solution than a .500 S&W speedloader is simply to keep far away from lion prides, rhino herds and dinosaur parks.
Veeshir said to me in an email ..
The prices are decent, the .500 at $25 are kinda high dollar but they make the only ones I've ever seen and it is a lot of aluminum, the rest are $15, or only $5 more than Cheaper than Dirt, plastic ones.
They'll make whatever you want too, if you click their links you can see they're CNC machines, they'll do one offs for people.
I got two for the .500 and they look good out of the box. Nice machining, no rough edges or burrs or anything, and they worked fine the few times I tried. Nice and smooth. I just got them today, but so far they look really good.
Veeshir wrote a review here.
[ Many thanks to Veeshir for the info. ]
Dave,
Where did you purchase your speed loaders for your S&W .460? I need to purchase a few.
Dave,
I found the S&W 460 speed loader at http://www.diamonddcustomleather.com/ for $32.00 + $10.00 shipping..I ordered four of them.
Ted
Why anyone would need a speed loader for 500 S&W? When you empty the chamber ,you wont find any creature standing on his feet with the possible exception of an African elephant, a Rhino and 18 feet Australian Salt Water Crock and thats it..
I purchased a #61 double speedloader carrier for my 5 Star S&W 460 speedloaders from A. E. Nelson at http://www.nelsonleather.com/. They fit very well.
I just received two S&W 460 Magnum speedloaders from them. They look and work great.
Where do i get one of these? I’ve been looking forever. And how much are these?
Holy dang. I like to have at least a minute or so of recovery after going through a wheel of a .500. Might still have to pick a couple up just for the warm-n-fuzzies you get from knowing you have 15 rounds of .500 S&W to go through before you’re totally defenseless, though!
Tuff Products offers their QuickStrips in a .500 S&W version.
Lance, you might try speedloaders for the .45 Colt for the Ruger .454 Casull.
If a bear is coming to hug you I’m sure most people would love the option of a fast reload, regardless of hand pain.
I think Jerry Miculek’s world record might be in jeopardy in such a scenario…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giSaNiQ-Wb4
And not knowing a lot about revolvers, 25 bucks sounds kindof cheap to me.
Any temptation I might have had to fire a .500 S&W Mag went away the day I saw R. Lee Ermey shoot one on his History Channel show. Watching the Gunny’s forearms ripple like Plastic-Man’s when he touched one off – and Ermey’s flinch and grimace of pain when he did it – was enough for me.
Besides, where I live, .357, .44 Special and .45 LC are just about all I need, power-wise…
Proving that for some folks, too much pain ain’t enough!
Lance, the guy will probably make them, he makes .44 mag for the Redhawk and Super.
http://www.3dinc.net/page2.php
That is kind of deranged though, speed loaders for our 500s was a running joke with a friend, when I saw them I had to get a pair.
My first thought was “who would want to shoot 10 rounds of .500 S&W in a row”? A guy at the range let me fire one round. I would equate the stinging sensation in my hand to the pain of the 3rd round of .38 special from a S&W airweight J-frame. However, that was only 1 shot. I don’t want to think about how 10 must feel.
Strange I was still waiting for Ruger Superredhawk speed loaders in .454 Casulle Caliber.
or if you are just that bad of a shot…..
I’ll never need one of those thanks to the 60 round Barrett M82 magazine I have on order from Pro-Mag.
Once I can get a full auto conversion for the Barrett and get my time machine working properly, it’s Dino Time baby!
Good lord…I kinda don’t want to think about a situation that would force me to empty a .500 S&W and then have to reload quickly. Maybe if I were werewolf hunting?