500 BPE (Black Powder Express)

[davidsquall351]

Awesome old Rifle.

[Aussie50]

Now thats my kind of Boom Stick :D. great vid!

[superstain69]

Love the gun .500 cal., nytro,with hot load for hunting big game.it seems to have few tomany steps to fire it .the one i try out only one to open load...odd

[superstain69]

i try a gun like that .but never needed the glove..odd

[pim1234]

what make is the gun ?

[ammosmith]

@pim1234 I am not totally sure. I'll have to get the paperwork out and see. I believe it was made in Scotland. I'll dig around.

[jehovahuponyou]

Awesome rifle - BUT - you should see my quad .700 Nitro Express, it has one triger and one hammer, all four barrels shoot together - makes a good squirrel rifle!!!

LMAO!!!

Good Video AmmoSmith, and again, super cool rifle!!!

[BuffaloArms]

Booyah! Sweet Gun!

[ammosmith]

@BuffaloArms Steel butt plate...it's a man's gun. 140grs of FFg and a 440gr bullet.

[jamessanger]

.... wow that is serious !...

[ammosmith]

@jamessanger I shot 30 rounds in one session about a week ago and I can tell you this thing in one great rifle.

[UnratedJoker]

isnt 440 grain pretty weak sauce for a big double like that?

[ammosmith]

Not for the Black Powder Express. The standard load was a 350-450gr bullets. If it were a 500 Nitro (same exact case but loaded to much higher pressure) a 500gr bullet would be minimum and a 750gr bullet is pretty normal for elephant.

[angelskyman]

wait do those rounds spread or just go strait?

[ammosmith]

The barrels are rifled so they shoot really accurately to 200 yards

[cavalley1]

isn't that like an old safari gun . like john wayne used to use in his africa days as hatari.

[ammosmith]

Yes but black powder. The 500 Nitro Express is almost twice as powerful.

[AreThereNoMoreNames]

Very nice rifle. I heard once that rifles are made to be shot and enjoyed, so it's good to see someone doing that with an old classic like that.

Just out of curiosity, though, when you fire the second nitro cartridge, any idea what struck the ground just in front of you there?

[ammosmith]

The bullet hit a rock and spklattered...a piece flew back.

[paperkiller25]

Great Vid! I would love to own something like that. That would be fun to reload for!

I am trying to imagine what it would be like to have both hammers fall on two live rounds. Would it be double the recoil force?

[ammosmith]

More..the energy is squared.

[67mustangreg]

awsome.

[teles4life]

good to see a fellow lefty

[223fox]

good and interesting video ammosmith!!

[555D3M0N666]

nice rifle dude. great vid.

[sw8741]

about damn time you put a new vid up!! lol thanks! nice!! hows the shoulder?

[ammosmith]

Fine..I am immune to recoil...mostly.

[MadBadVoodo]

Five Stars!!

[camerl2009]

nice gun you need to reload that ammo

[ammosmith]

I am ordering the dies and some Boxer brass this week.

[Sixguns4fighting]

What brand of dies, CH/4D?

[zaarcon]

welcome back...missed your vids

[ammosmith]

Been really busy...work and trying to get our next DVD finished.

[mashoutman]

thanks for sharing