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Zapata
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Reged: 20/01/04
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Souping the good ole .405
20/01/04 03:14 PM

Hey, Y'all
I've been hoping that someone would acquire either one of Ruger's #1s in .405, or one of the "Davidson" high wall Winnies, in that same caliber, and then play with it to find out just how good this old cartridge can be. I suspect that with a little development, a 400-gr. .411 solid could be shoved along at 2050-2100 fps. That would make Teddy Roosevelt's "big medicine gun" into real "big medicine"
Just about perfect, with a softie OR a solid for that pesky rhino or lion that keeps turning over your trash can every night, what? I've had no trouble at all in being able to move a Barnes 300-gr. at 2400 fps, and this from an early original '95.
Ken Waters did a great workup on this cartridge in Reloader Magazine some years back, wherein there are some super loads using Reloder-7 and several different bullets, and this is where I got my information for working up the 300 gr.-Re-7 load. He also had some loads for the 210-gr. Hornaday pistol bullet, again with a whole bunch of Reloder-7, at 2500-2600 fps, and I loaded a herd of these. Just let me tell ya, when this lightly-constructed hollow point, at 2600 fps, comes in contact with ANYTHING, it's Nagasaki time all over again. Loads of fun on 100-150-yard groundhogs.
I do believe that with the right propellant and primer, in a good, strong single shot, the 350-400 gr. 2100 fps figure is attainable.

"When in doubt, use more gun!!!"

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Souping the good ole .405	Zapata	20/01/04 03:14 PM
Re: Souping the good ole .405	Hawaiian_Hunter	11/03/04 10:53 AM
Re: Souping the good ole .405	RLI	04/04/09 01:13 PM
Re: Souping the good ole .405	475Guy	15/02/04 04:46 AM
Re: Souping the good ole .405	Robgunbuilder	03/03/04 03:30 PM
Re: Souping the good ole .405	Rick_R	03/03/04 04:02 PM
Re: Souping the good ole .405	Rick_R	13/02/04 12:54 PM
Re: Souping the good ole .405	DPhillips	21/01/04 07:54 AM
Re: Souping the good ole .405	Zapata	23/01/04 11:04 AM
Re: Souping the good ole .405	Holmes	27/01/04 04:21 PM
Re: Souping the good ole .405	atkinson6	30/01/04 10:03 AM
Re: Souping the good ole .405	Holmes	30/01/04 04:12 PM
Re: Souping the good ole .405	Zapata	05/02/04 04:36 PM
Re: Souping the good ole .405	DPhillips	27/01/04 11:21 AM

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