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docEE
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anyone have an interesting chambering?
#9747 - 21/02/04 03:06 PM

I have but one double, which is a 470 NE. I see posts by folks who have 3" 450/400's and an occasional 500 NE, but anything truly unusual out there? I guess most who might qualify would have older guns. Or maybe everyone has the same rifle as I do. It still might be interesting to see the mix!

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Robgunbuilder
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Re: anyone have an interesting chambering? [Re: docEE]
#9901 - 23/02/04 03:37 PM

I have an original Jeffery 450#2 double. It points like a fine double shotgun and will print 4 shots into 1 inch at 50 yrds.-Rob

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mickey
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Re: anyone have an interesting chambering? [Re: Robgunbuilder]
#9910 - 23/02/04 05:12 PM

I have a .369 Purdy. It is alive when you touch it and sends shivers up and down your spine when you point it. One of only 72 ever made.

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DaveJames
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Re: anyone have an interesting chambering? [Re: mickey]
#9914 - 23/02/04 05:37 PM

Its only interesting with full bore loads,but its mine
Ruger No-1 that started life as a 45-70,, now a 450 3 1/4" nitro

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NE450No2
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Re: anyone have an interesting chambering? [Re: Robgunbuilder]
#9956 - 24/02/04 09:10 AM

Rob
I too have a 450 No2. Mine is an Edwinson Green and Sons, but Green must have got the action,bbls and sights from Jeffery as it is identical to other Jefferys I have seen. What loads do you use in it?

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DaveJames
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Re: anyone have an interesting chambering? [Re: NE450No2]
#10003 - 24/02/04 06:16 PM

NE, still useing the same loads you gave me over at AR

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tinker
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Re: anyone have an interesting chambering? [Re: docEE]
#28793 - 02/04/05 09:08 AM

I have a J&W Tolley set up for the NA&A 50/450 3-1/2" Magnum BPE.

First I'd ever heard of that cartridge too.
Looks like Marraki's Tolley might have been set up for that one too.

The 50/450 magnum is very similar to the 450#2 NE, except that it precedes it by fifteen or so years and has a thinner rim and more powder room.
Turn the rim thinner on a 450#2 NE case and it'll chamber.
OAL is somewhere in the 4.300" range depending on what bullet I'm going to use, haven't regulated this rifle yet.

I'm using virgin 450#2 brass as donor brass to work with for my gun.

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Marrakai
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Re: anyone have an interesting chambering? [Re: tinker]
#28806 - 02/04/05 01:15 PM

Rarest chambering I have in a double is the 20-bore/.577 Express, by Alexander Henry. Holland & Holland claimed this cartridge as their own in turn-of-the-century catalogues, but the true cogniscente know the truth! I think I have the only double so-chambered in Australia; only knew of one other and it went off to the US when we were flogging-off our double-rifle heritage a few years ago.

Sounds like my Tolley might be a rare one too, thanks for the enlightenment there Tinker!

In singles, I have a .500/.450 No.1 Carbine, one of Westley Richards' improved Martinis. Its a 'sleeper', very nice!

...but my favourite cartridge is the .577 x 2 3/4 Light Nitro! Older forum members will have already been treated to my opinion on this chambering!

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tinker
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rare stuff, the devil hides in the details... [Re: Marrakai]
#28809 - 02/04/05 02:27 PM

Ain't no thang Marraki-

I'm still interested to hear what the twist rate is in the barrels of your Tolley...

--Tinker

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zaitsev
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Re: rare stuff, the devil hides in the details... [Re: tinker]
#57419 - 20/05/06 10:34 AM

i have a ruger nr 1 in 450 nitro express that is fine and with fullpower recoil it very much fun ,

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