luv2safari
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4seventy,
Great site and info!...Thanks 
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Dark_Helmet
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how do you make brass for a 400 Whelen???
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IronBuck
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Did anyone get the cartridges right on the photo? Or are you still taking cracks at it??
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4seventy
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In reply to:
Did anyone get the cartridges right on the photo? Or are you still taking cracks at it??
I don't think anyone has got it yet.
I'm thinkin' maybe the one I called 411 Hawk could be 400 Brown-Whelen??????     
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IronBuck
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Here it goes, a stab in the dark 
1. 30 carbine
2. 7x57
3. 300HH
4. 338 Win Mag
5. 400 Whelen
6. 500 Jeffery
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luv2safari
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4seventy,
The neck looks to be too long for it to be a Brown Whalen. It appears to be a standard '06 length...maybe...I think...???
Yes! I'm firm on that...probably...
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DoubleD
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Okay, I'll try:
32/20
30-06
300H&H
.400 Whelen
.500 Jeffery
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DPhillips
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Well, plenty have come pretty close, but no winner yet!
Funny thing is, people are missing different ones, so its not just one cartridge giving folks problems. I figured you fine, sophisticated, well-traveled, and well-heeled gentlemen would not have any problems.
Most are getting the majority of them right, but there's a couple of cartridges that seem to be giving everyone problems.
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DPhillips
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Brass for the 400 Whelen can be made a couple of different ways. One is take cylindrical '06 brass and run through a full-length sizing die for the Whelen. Try to leave the shoulder a bit long, so that you have a slight crush fit when chambering. This ensures that the brass will headspace properly. It also helps the shoulder to form nice and crisp. When you size the brass and create the shoulder, the shoulder will be a bit rounded, but will crisp up when fireformed.
The other way is start with 35 Whelen or '06 brass and expand with expander plugs, then size and fireform. It's much easier to do it the first way, but cylindrical (unsized cylinder brass based on the '06) is much easier and quicker. Less work-hardening of the brass also.
Edited by DPhillips (12/02/04 03:59 AM)
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DPhillips
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Okay, no winners, but dang you guys got close!
32-20
7x57
300 H&H
338 Win Mag
411 Hawk
500 Jeff
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