Moving on down the line, I found some rather huge Smith & Wesson revolvers begging to be fired, and I answered their pleas. The first was the 460 XVR chambered for 460 S&W Magnum, with Winchester 260 grain Partition Gold ammo. Even with the built-on muzzle brake, shooting this gun was un-fun. I rarely say that, but in this case it's all too true.
Next door lurked another S&W monster, this one simply labelled "500," chambered for 500 S&W. There was no way I was going to pass up a chance to shoot this behemoth, despite what the 460 had done to me. Ammo was Winchester's new Reduced Recoil Super-X, with 350-grain jacketed hollow points.
Resolving myself to take whatever it had to dish out, I propped up the gun and fired away. It was great! The cartridge is a touch shorter than the 460, and perhaps the "reduced recoil" feature tamed it down from standard factory loads, but whatever the cause was, I enjoyed shooting it much more than I did the 460. Most likely, it was the ammo that made the difference.
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