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Marrakai
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Re: Another newbie Question: 450 NE or 470 NE
29/10/04 09:49 PM

Well, now that the gratuitous Searcy advertisement has finally come to an end, we can re-examine the original question: which of these two calibres is preferable?

With the .470, you will be locked in to paying premium prices for projectiles, and will probably have only the one bullet weight available. The .450 however can be fed a plethora of cheap .458 bullets from the trade, for endless experimentation with different weights, styles, etc, and cheap practice at the range. Many posters here will tell you that only the one bullet-weight will regulate in a double anyway, but that is usually untrue, I suspect especially for modern American-made doubles.

I prefer the .470 myself, its THE African big-bore cartridge for double rifles, but the .450 was the first nitro-express and is probably still the most practical choice today.

...that is, unless you are very well-off and can afford to buy Federal .470 factory loads, in which case why not buy both rifles!?!

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Another newbie Question: 450 NE or 470 NE	crl	29/10/04 04:49 AM
Re: Another newbie Question: 450 NE or 470 NE	NE450No2	30/10/04 11:04 AM
Re: Another newbie Question: 450 NE or 470 NE	470Rigby	29/10/04 11:28 PM
Re: Another newbie Question: 450 NE or 470 NE	4seventy	02/11/04 07:16 PM
Re: Another newbie Question: 450 NE or 470 NE	Marrakai	29/10/04 09:49 PM
Re: Another newbie Question: 450 NE or 470 NE	bonanza	29/10/04 05:23 AM
Re: Another newbie Question: 450 NE or 470 NE	nitro476	29/10/04 05:21 AM
Re: Another newbie Question: 450 NE or 470 NE	crl	29/10/04 05:23 AM
Re: Another newbie Question: 450 NE or 470 NE	mickey	29/10/04 01:38 PM
Re: Another newbie Question: 450 NE or 470 NE	kos	29/10/04 03:02 PM
Re: Another newbie Question: 450 NE or 470 NE	bonanza	29/10/04 05:27 AM
Re: Another newbie Question: 450 NE or 470 NE	crl	29/10/04 06:05 AM
Re: Another newbie Question: 450 NE or 470 NE	DUGABOY1	29/10/04 08:51 AM
Re: Another newbie Question: 450 NE or 470 NE	EricD	29/10/04 06:17 PM
Re: Another newbie Question: 450 NE or 470 NE	atkinson6	29/10/04 07:45 AM
Re: Another newbie Question: 450 NE or 470 NE	Martin	30/10/04 10:10 PM
Re: Another newbie Question: 450 NE or 470 NE	AussieMike	30/10/04 11:35 PM
Re: Another newbie Question: 450 NE or 470 NE	NitroX	31/10/04 03:38 PM
Re: Another newbie Question: 450 NE or 470 NE	nitro476	29/10/04 08:21 AM
Re: Another newbie Question: 450 NE or 470 NE	bonanza	29/10/04 05:35 AM

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