| CJF |
| (.333 member) |
| 27/05/25 09:15 AM |
Re: Edward Lang 450BPE on a Webley Screw Grip Action
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CJF, you have a most exquisite rifle there mate, an heirloom for sure!
The engraving alone just quietly states quality, nothing less.
Glad you had success straight up with the 300gn jacketed NFB load, I guess the next thing to do is do a cerrosafe chamber & slug the barrel to prove your theory, I'm in agreeance with you, I believe it will be a tapering bore.
If you can chamber a .458 projectile okay then you should have sufficient chambers to release the bullet, I'd only use lead projectiles rather than jacketed to swage down the bore - others may prove me wrong here.
I'm rather conservative when coming to doubles!
Looking forward to your next range report, enjoy your old girl & take her for another spin!
I'll post after the next shoot, scheduled for 6/8 out in Colorado. For that I loaded up a bunch of the 300 jacketed NFB loads that worked so well, increasing the charge from 44 to 45 grains, plus 10 rounds of a LFN bullet in .458 that I've used in my other 450s with success. That will use slightly more powder. Fingers crossed.
I won't try out jacketed 458s till I have a chance to slug the bore and cast the chambers. I know that a fired case has expands more than enough to seat a 458 bullet.
Thanks for the kind words on the rifle. I really like it too.
Chris