| wkudu |
| (.275 member) |
| 22/05/19 02:23 PM |
Re: 450 ne vs 450/400 3" ne
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I think what your looking for is the 400 Jeffery's is the equivalent of the 450/400/3" without a rim. the 450/400/3" is a rimmed cartridge.
Sort of.
They use different diameter bullets - .408-.410 for the 450/400 3", and .423" for the 404 Jeffery Rimless.
The 404 was developed as a comparable rimless version of the well proven 450/400 3" for use in bolt action rifles.
I don't know why the 404 was designed with a .423" bullet but I suspect that it was actually developed in Germany and swiftly adopted by Jeffery as their proprietary cartridge much the same as they did with the .500 Jeffery later on.
Correct. I think it also came from Shuler. Some german guns have the metric equivalent stamped instead of 404
OP-The 450/400 is the essentially the 450 NE 3 1/4 case neck to .408(the most common for 450/400 3 1/4) or .410(the most common for 450/400 3") Note that the 450/400 3" is also called the 400 Jeffery as they developed the modified case. The brits largely used a nomenclature where 450/400 reads 450NE necked to 400. The opposite of say 7mm-08 where we Americans use the new bore caliber before the parent case.