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I have been asked by one of the members in a private message to comment on Titegroup powder for loading the .500 Smith & Wesson. I have now handled a grand total of five Smith & Wesson .500 magnums that were blown up using handloads. In EVERY case, the powder used was Titegroup. I believe...

Unintended Consequences has always been in print and available for $30 from www.accuratepress.net. Hope to have Kindle copies ready by yearend. The sequel to UC, Cold Resolve, is coming some time after the election. With all the craziness, I can't release it until things settle down and I know...

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My Rodda is going to auction in May 2019, along with some other guns I realized I likely won't be shooting ever again. I put this video together for the auction house and thought the folks here might like to see some big cast bullets performing in Africa. Don't worry, I've not switched to...

A video my daughter (who is a documentary filmmaker) put together about Mark 7 Reloading's new Evolution Pro reloading press, which I think will have MUCH broader appeal than their current target market of competition racegun semiauto shooters. JR

Thoughts on TinStar powder compared to Trail Boss Here's some info some may find interesting. Doing some checking with Quickload, two things become apparent. First, the people who claim that TB is safe at 100% loading density in any cartridge are probably correct, except perhaps in the very...

SAFETY WARNING! Many of you know I focus my development efforts on the .500 S&W. I have designed bullets, developed loads, done extensive testing, had the S&W factory pressure test my ammunition, and even had them build a limited production gun to my specifications. One S&W engineer flatly...

Folks, spread this as far and wide as you can if you think this would be a good thing for America. Go to this thread and look for about the 10th post, from 12:26 AM January 2, 2017...

Here's the video of me on a panel discussion of gun issues that aired Saturday, April 14 on KPLR-11 at 7PM. http://kplr11.com/2012/04/16/st-louis-pulse-nra-meeting-meaning/ MODS: Please put this somewhere else if it doesn't belong in General Gun Discussions.

The shooting community lost one of its titans last night at about 6:30 Mountain Time when Kent Lomont died at the age of 66. Kent was in a facility in Missoula, Montana where he died of bone cancer, which had been diagnosed about 6 months ago. Kent, originally from Fort Wayne, Indiana, moved...

JD Jones has a one-page article in the latest American Handgunner on the S&W X-frames. He gave me a nice plug at the end of the sidebar on the right side of the page...

I keep getting emails from people interested in the .500, asking me what to expect from this gun. I never want to talk down to anyone, but it concerns me that some of you may not realize what you are in for, if you have little to no experience with heavy recoiling magnum revolvers. By "heavy...

My cousin wants to give his grandson one of my 500s for Christmas. The kid lives in Phoenix. I need an FFL from somebody there. Any suggestions? JR, the 500 Specialist www.john-ross.net

I can't write music at all, but I'm pretty good with lyrics. Given that Karaoke discs provide a near-limitless supply of songs without the words, I've found music I liked and have written several songs that have left audiences howling, and usually one woman blushing furiously. (I'm dangerous...

Tim Mullin has compiled a bunch of letters Elmer Keith wrote to various people from across the country. It makes for interesting reading, as these missives were sent without benefit of a magazine editor toning them down for general public consumption. Especially eye-opening are his comments...

In the May 2008 issue of Gun World, there is a nice article on my 5" .500s. Eight pages and twelve photos, all of them in color. JR, the 500 Specialist www.john-ross.net

I just got here (SHOT), and as promised, Dick Mochak got my .500 PC prototype done. Since it doesn't have a SKU # yet, they don't have it displayed, but if you ask, he or Jim Rae will get it out for you. 5" button-rifled barrel with 1:10" twist for bullets up to 725 grs. at all velocities and...

I’ve long felt that one of the most difficult tasks for a novelist to pull off is creating the willing suspension of disbelief in the mind of the reader. It is for this reason that, with very few exceptions, the genre of Science Fiction leaves me cold. Almost always, I find myself feeling that...

One of my CCW class students just called me. He had his truck towed and spent 2 hours in the Pine Lawn jail. He and two friends (all black with Arabic names) were stopped by two black cops for DWB. My student had a gun in an IWB holster and two guns under the seat. He has a CCW permit from...