If you apply that to a .58 caliber 500 gr Minnie round then you have an air powered 1861 Springfield Rifle which is extremely deadly

45 colt is still very popular

SASS drives most of the usage

But 45 colt can be built up to have .44 magnum ballistics making it quite the versatile round

If I was to get a nugget I’d get a Finnish M39

Highly wouldn’t recommend a progressive for a beginner. Did it myself and regretted instantly.

A lee turret

Reloading .30-06

The turret is pretty solid if it’s pot metal then it’s the sturdiest pot metal I’ve ever handled

My main issues is progressives in general are to fiddley to work with for someone new

Took 4 hours to crank out 200 rounds and luckily none blew up

For shame

Uberti black powder revolvers are nice and cheap plus they’re fun to tinker with and icing on the cake dirt cheap to shoot

I wouldn't after firing one round of .500 S&W most people either never shoot it again or return the revolver.

Also for the price you could buy a nice .44 magnum or .357 magnum plus have money left over to buy plenty of ammo or another gun as well.

@Khanclansith people were retarded with the .44 magnum as you can shoot .44 special out of it and work you're way up to the magnum, same as with .38 special/.357 mag. The problem with .500 magnum is there is no real "lighter" cartridge option. Sure they make .500 special but that sucker is still a heavy projectile (350 grain), going 1000ish fps and hitting with a 1000 ft-lbs of energy so still quite the hand cannon round.