I bought it from an AH member.
I am not much of a photographer.
You are saying you have not heard back from Chris Sells?
I have related the "shove" of the .500ne to the only other big shove i get which is a 3.5in goose or turkey load in a single barrel shotgun. It isn't sharp but it is stout.
I bought form a forum member here. Thw discount between new and used is too wide for me not to buy used...for me anyway. These guns are shot so little and build to withstand so much punishment. The .500ne and the .470ne are used and so tight as to make breaking them difficult. I mean super super tight. The tolerances these are made too is shocking to me.
My 470 88 took a good 500 rounds for it to open easily. My 450 89 is getting there with roughly 800 rounds through it. It’s still a little tough to put together but nothing like when it was new.
