| Postman |
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| 05/10/16 04:57 AM |
Re: favorite nitro caliber
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Good.......(snip)......If I find a hammer rifle that I really love that fits me and it comes in .500-450 which by the way I have yet to find brass or dies for, I would buy it and if the rifle fit better than all my others, well then that caliber might become my favorite once I got dies and a supply of brass......
Postman,
.500-.450 3 1/4" are easy enough to form from readily (at least in the USA) available Jamison .416-.500
True, the headstamp will not be correct and the cases will be a couple of hunredths short of 3 1/4" but like the .470 to .500 conversion it results in quite usable brass.
Of course Bertram does make proper .500-.450 3 1/4 headstamped brass, but they are out of stock at US suppliers and very expensive
Dies? RCBS/Huntington........
Actually I see that Griffin & Howe New Jersey has a set of RCBS for $100.00 listed on Guns International
- Mike
Hi 3DogMike:
Many thanks for those leads!!! That is really helpful. As far as the brass resizing of the .500-416, I was wondering about that for some time. As far as I can find, the dimensions of the rim and case head of the original .500-450 are a couple of thou smaller than the current .500-416. Is it a simple matter of running the lubed .500-416 cases into the f/l .500-450 sizing die, or does both the case head and rim need a thou or two turned off? It looks like it should work without lathe surgery unless the .500-450 chamber happens to be a little tight.... what do you think?
Best regards,
Postman