Gary Reeder
The company says it will handle
Saturday, February 11, 2023, 14:33

"the recoil of large handgun calibers" but then so do most other scope companies. There is no way to know until you try it. I had $11 in scopes to come apart in one afternoon. I had an Africa hunt coming un down near the Cape and the shots were to be long so I decided to put a new more powerful scope on my 38 GNR Encore. I pulled a new Leupold 2.5 X 8 scope off the shelf here at the gun shop, put it on the barrel, bore sighted it and drove 25 miles out to an area in the boonies where I shoot my guns. After the 3rd shot the scope came apart internally. I went back to the shop, pulled a new 4X12 Burris scope off the shelf, adjusted and bore sighted it and drove back out to my shooting spot. Just like the Leupold the Burris scope came apart internally after 3 or 4 rounds. I took it off, put my old 2X7 Burris scope back on and used it in Africa taking several animals at longer range. But in one afternoon I blew up 2 high dollar scopes. The companies fixed them but the gist of this is any scope can go bad on a heavy kicking handgun.
I think I have had every scope brand there is go bad on me thru the years. The best you can do is make sure it is put on the gun right and take an extra scope with you if you go hunting. Personally I don't think one could expect a scope to last long on a gun in 500 S&W caliber.

My suggestion and my personal opinion here is forget the 500 S&W. There is no animal out there that needs the power of the 500 S&W. Either me or one of my misfit friends on here have taken every animal that you can hunt in this old world of ours with calibers much much less abusive to the shooter and handgun than the 500 S&W. Again personally I see no need in the handgun hunting world for that caliber. It is just not necessary. Take this last paragraph as a personal opinion only.