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    Posted: 13 September 2019 at 04:14
Anyone give any thought to the 500 automax?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote RaySendero Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 September 2019 at 06:34
1st I've heard of a 500 automax
What's its ballistics?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote RaySendero Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 September 2019 at 06:58
Never mind, I found this:
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I'm not an AR type guy.  The 500 Auto Max is a rimless 500 S&W Magnum.  I could like a 500 S&W in a lever rifle.

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http://www.leverguns.com/articles/anderson/50_alaskan.htm
" I could like a 500 S&W in a lever rifle."
 
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It's a rimless and slightly more powerful 500 S&W. Effective beyond 200 yards, but not by much. I agree on the lever gun thoughts in the Smith and the automax was done for rifle applications other then lever.

Bear, they make the lever option in the 500 S&W. Could fit your bill for deer. Light, nimble, and drop everything deer wise inside of 200 pretty much where it stands.

I have a couple lowers laying around and had the thought about a truck gun pop in there. Maybe go DI with a folder and a dot.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Irish Bird Dog Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 September 2019 at 21:42
d4570.....Interesting link on the .50 Alaskan lever guns.  I happen to like lever guns and have a few but none bigger than .30 cal. Bet I couldn't afford to have one built tho like in the link.



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I like lever guns too and I know I could not afford that one either.
 
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Shot a  50 Alaskan made on a Marlin 336 frame, by wild West Guns, Alaska.  that was before they became TV stars and went around the bend.

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BigHorn armory makes a nice lever gun.

500 S&W is a pistol round vs the 500 automax being designed for rifles. Pretty much the powder and the rim are the differences as the 500am is faster out of a rifle then the S&W. I would imagine loading the Smith cartridge to AM data would provide identical ballistics from a lever.
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