Hey from Oregon, grew up shooting in the Southern Oregon Cascades. Had a 500 in my late teens early 20's, traded it off and missed it ever since…..like most guns I have traded off. So at 38 I decided to finally replace it. Wanted the 500 spx but hard to get and thought I could just make one out of a standard 500…..ended up costing more and turned out different than the spx but I am happy most of the cost was absorbed by trading one of my Contenders for a new 8 shot …just like my old one.