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MikeRowe
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Re: Disection of Eley 450/400 2-3/8" BPE
      12/11/13 12:01 AM

Thank you for the thread, Ben. It is always most informative when one goes to a primary source for information, even if it means dissecting things.

The copper tube in this .400 bullet is smaller than the ones I have here for a .450 or .500. They measure .204 diameter by about .600 long, IIRC. Another member here most kindly sent me some samples that came in a little cotton bag in a cased rifle set he had purchased. The weight difference in the projectile is 40 grains, so the 270 express bullet in my rifle becomes a 310 solid with a flat nose pin.

Do you think the patcher lady may have just pressed the base of the bullet against her thumb, and just twisted it a little, to do the patch like that?

Is the bullet tapered?

Also, do you think the lacquered wad may have been loaded wet, so it would dry and seal/waterproof everything?

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* Dissection of Eley 450/400 2-3/8" BPE Huvius 11/11/13 02:17 PM
. * * Re: Disection of Eley 450/400 2-3/8" BPE Huvius   11/11/13 02:19 PM
. * * Re: Disection of Eley 450/400 2-3/8" BPE Huvius   11/11/13 02:19 PM
. * * Re: Disection of Eley 450/400 2-3/8" BPE Huvius   11/11/13 02:21 PM
. * * Re: Disection of Eley 450/400 2-3/8" BPE Ash   11/11/13 06:10 PM
. * * Re: Disection of Eley 450/400 2-3/8" BPE MikeRowe   12/11/13 12:01 AM
. * * Re: Disection of Eley 450/400 2-3/8" BPE Huvius   12/11/13 01:07 AM
. * * Re: Disection of Eley 450/400 2-3/8" BPE lancaster   12/11/13 03:36 PM
. * * Re: Disection of Eley 450/400 2-3/8" BPE Dphariss   12/11/13 05:43 PM
. * * Re: Disection of Eley 450/400 2-3/8" BPE Ash   13/11/13 07:57 PM
. * * Re: Disection of Eley 450/400 2-3/8" BPE DarylSModerator   14/11/13 08:21 AM
. * * Re: Disection of Eley 450/400 2-3/8" BPE Dphariss   04/12/13 04:13 PM
. * * Re: Disection of Eley 450/400 2-3/8" BPE DarylSModerator   05/12/13 04:04 AM
. * * Re: Disection of Eley 450/400 2-3/8" BPE Huvius   05/12/13 04:44 AM
. * * Re: Disection of Eley 450/400 2-3/8" BPE Dphariss   06/12/13 12:45 AM
. * * Re: Disection of Eley 450/400 2-3/8" BPE DarylSModerator   06/12/13 04:17 AM
. * * Re: Disection of Eley 450/400 2-3/8" BPE DarylSModerator   12/11/13 12:07 PM

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