Freedom Arms & the .454 Casull

[Andy L]

I have recently had some experience. The 454 is a brute alright. It is violent, to say the least when it goes off. And that is a Freedom Arms.

I also recently shot a 500SW with a ported 4" bbl, that I took bear hunting. That was nice. I dont know if it is the way the SW is made, the weight or the ports or a combination of all the above, but I have shot some of the older Redhawks in 44mag that kick alot worse than this 500. Nothing like the 454 Freedom Arms. Of course the 454 is a "cowboy" style gun, alot lighter and no ports.

Thats my take. From recent first hand experience too. Not number crunching.

Andy

I wouldnt own a 454 in Freedom Arms. No way. But a 500 SW set up like above, absolutely. It wasnt a problem.

Edit: Almost forgot. As for the tolerences. While I was there, a friend of the guy with the 454 had loaded him up some ammo. He hadnt taken the gun with him and had appearantly used the book as reference. And must not have measured too close. Out of a box of 50, 5 fit. My friend was happy he had enough to load the thing to carry that day. I was planning on being a long ways off if he had to shoot it. No telling what was going to happen. Tolerences are close, no doubt.