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Marrakai
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Re: Hornady's 450/400 3" Loads
19/10/08 05:48 PM

Antlers:
For maybe 30 years, the modern American equivalent of the 60gr cordite 'factory load' for the .400 3-inch or .400 Jeffery has been 80gr IMR4831.

These days, I would recommend the Hodgdon 'Extreme' equivalent, and others here will no doubt recommend a Reloader powder charge with some kind of filler-wad. Magnum primers are recommended so no dramas with the Fed 215s.

Any 3-inch chambered .400 rifle should regulate with this load, especially if Woodleigh bullets are used. Because of up to a century of wear and tear, however, some original vintage doubles may require tweeking the load a little for best regulation.

A modern rifle like the Heym should come with recommended loads, but I doubt they would differ significantly from the above. Newguy who posts here should have the information at his fingertips. No doubt he'll chime in shortly.

Hope this helps.

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Hornady's 450/400 3" Loads	Antlers	19/10/08 02:15 PM
Re: Hornady's 450/400 3" Loads	Marrakai	19/10/08 05:48 PM
Re: Hornady's 450/400 3" Loads	Tatume	19/10/08 11:45 PM
Re: Hornady's 450/400 3" Loads	Antlers	20/10/08 03:13 AM
Re: Hornady's 450/400 3" Loads	new_guy	21/10/08 01:20 AM
Re: Hornady's 450/400 3" Loads	Antlers	21/10/08 06:21 AM
Re: Hornady's 450/400 3" Loads	new_guy	22/10/08 12:43 AM
Re: Hornady's 450/400 3" Loads	bwananelson	28/03/10 05:57 AM
Re: Hornady's 450/400 3" Loads	Paul	29/03/10 12:58 AM
Re: Hornady's 450/400 3" Loads	AkMike	30/03/10 05:44 AM
Re: Hornady's 450/400 3" Loads	9dot3x74R	30/03/10 07:31 AM
Re: Hornady's 450/400 3" Loads	Paul	31/03/10 11:01 PM
Re: Hornady's 450/400 3" Loads	okguy	31/03/10 11:25 PM
Re: Hornady's 450/400 3" Loads	calpappas	01/04/10 01:39 PM
Re: Hornady's 450/400 3" Loads	bwananelson	05/04/10 12:38 AM

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