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Great......... unfortunately it will be next week before I can get to it...........

@David jr would you be interested in a separate thread to discuss this project in more detail, so as to not clutter up the "What did you reload today" thread? This is a subject I think requires more study and detail than what should be included in this thread, and worthy of its own separate...

If you are running a Marlin you need to keep pressures to 45000 PSI ........... If it is less than a Marlin, you need to rethink the scenario. Limited to factory ammo...... you are screwed...... Get a Custom Hand Loader, such as Superior Ammunition to Custom Load your ammo with the bullets...

Today.... It would not be any of those that is for sure. Hard Cast of any kind will distort, shear, and change shape, and not with any sort of consistency. The 300 Barnes designed for 45/70, and at 1900 fps or so, just does not have enough reliable penetration for buffalo....... Buffalo are...

It all comes down to "The Bullet"............. like most cartridges. I don't have a need, but if I did have a need, I would be looking for someone to make a 180-200 gr .458 Caliber Raptor, or Lehigh or even a Gen 1 copper, like Hammer or Maximus......... This would enhance the little 458 Socom...

Right off top of my head, there is not even a close comparison between the two, considering the bullets available....... In .458 caliber from CEB you have the 250 Socom Raptor, and from Lehigh there is 225 and 250 Extremes. I don't know what you could run the 225s in a 458 Socom at, but on...

Here we enjoy hand loading not to be confused with "reloading"......... which both have value, hand loading to me is just a step beyond. I do both, make no mistake, but soon get bored with the "reloading". I have had several projects on going for the last few weeks, from 223 to 500 MDM. I...

Yes Steve, I am more than happy to share these, but there is just one issue, they are not available, sorry. I had these custom made several years ago, I had a Leather "Artist" that was located in California. He was a true Artist, and did the finest leather work I have ever seen, and I kept...

Well, I don't know about all the rest, but I figured out a Poor Man's Rhino hunt......... Just get a photo of yourself aiming the rifle at one........ or two...... and call it a day. Be sure the rifle is NOT LOADED, and that you are CLOSE TO THE VEHICLE in case you need to escape...

I have never left home without the rifle having a sling attached. Slings are for Shooting. Secondary for carry. This is how I carried my rifle in the field, every step of the way. It is far more comfortable than you might think, and you keep 100% control of your rifle all of the time...

The 200 FB I show above? Yes, if so, I don't doubt it for a second, that is the perfect 9.3 bullet for anything less than the heavies I think........ I shot some Aussie cows, some big ones, with the 210 ESP Raptors, I had broadside pass through. But I would be a little worried on extreme...

Yes, at $1 each is pricey for Talon Tips no doubt, but I believe rather expensive to make as well. Not sure what your objectives might be with the 255s in 9.3, but they are mostly for heavier critters. There is (or used to be) a 3 blade version and a regular 6 blade version. Early days...

The purpose of the CEB Talon Tip is not actually for feed/function, although that can certainly be a benefit for rifles that are not up to par to feed a large cavity Safari or Lever Gun Raptor. The main purpose of the Talon Tip is to increase BC, or Ballistic Coefficient. While not very many...

@fourfive8 you are 100% correct, I concur. I use a bit different mix, but the results are the same. What we find in this test medium is that bullet behavior is exactly the same in the test mix as it is in animal tissue, I have literally 100s of different bullets to make direct comparisons...

Yes......... I am not in the business of hand loading...... or selling anything related. We used to do a lot of shooting here, test work, pressure/load data and so forth..........Not so much now, but still rather active on the range a few days each week. Have a 50 yard indoor range as well...

I have a Frankford Arsenal Rotary and use the Frankford Arsenal cleaning solution. I do not use pins or anything else........

My apologies for the mess, but I am here every day working on various projects........... My Redding Single Stage that does all the really big cases, I have loaded even 600 OK on this press with ease, and many 500 NE........... This Dillon is set up for the small primer cartridges, 223, 300...

HEH..... Fordy must have a mouse in his pocket? He has been doing the work on a project, I just been running my mouth, or maybe using my fingers to type BS along the way.......... Suffice it to say, it is finishing a major project that we touched on way back sometime before 2010, it might have...

I am afraid that we have strayed a bit off course from the beginning.... 45JCE/B&M Super Shorts.... ok with me, not a worry, great discussion on several factors.......all good fun....... I think the one I have not spent much time on is the 475 B&M Super Short.... .474 caliber. Along with its...

Well of Course...... I learned a long time ago, you surround yourself with the best of people, good things rub off on you! I don't hang with dumbasses..... HEH........ I mean look above, @Riflecrank and I have been pals for getting well past 15 years now, and approaching 20. And many other...

Do you see the last 3 NUMBERS in my name? 4 5 8! What is not to like about .458 caliber? Magic begins at .458 ............. I have heard of the Vincent, but can't recall the particulars of the cartridge. I can tell you my thoughts are I would be using a 450 #13 Solid instead of any 500...

Last September I found myself going to Tanzania to explore a new area my old friend and PH had just acquired. And then the possibility of busting a buffalo came up. For 18 months the only thing I had figured out was to shoot with various green lasers. But this was extremely limited in...

Indeed it is so, and lots of nice flat rugs I see above.......... Some of you know, but I suffer from Macular Degeneration, leaky blood vessels in my eyes. I get regular injections to hold it back. In May of 2024 I suffered a leakage which caused a grayish, wavy, blind spot in the right...

Damn......... Hmmmm...... Well maybe mine is not the biggest and oldest in history of Redskins? :A No2:Bunch of show offs.........:K Moon:

Hmmmmm......Not sure mine is bigger, but he is damn sure OLDER........... Yep, that was 2012, Paul had 4 shooters, myself, Sam, Matthew, Mark David......... and we did some shooting, not sure that we took home any ammo........ LOL...... And smartass thought he has to shoot too, but he was...

Yes, that is him...........Biggest Redskin that every lived and he was old as a dinosaur....... Probably why I was able to sneak up on him, so old he could not hear or see...... LOL..........

I will take a photo of the mount and show you,this one is not the big one.........but the camera is on the range, will get later today.........

No, that is not the big one.....that one is tiny compared to that old one........not the same one, and i have that one I have that ones horns in the garage......

I can't find one, not a single one........... send them........... I remember taking a photo of that Raptor base without engraving.....

I am going through photos now and have not run across any yet and I know we took some... You know I have that thing mounted here...... Biggest Redskin in History of the world......... Shot with an over size bore, and the damn CEB Raptors and Solids are so good, they still drove deep and straight...

Mark David took a decent pig with his 475 Super Short........ this was 2012 I think... he had not yet turned into the mini hulk (as Matthew calls him) Paul, you know I don't have a photo of that big redskin I put the Indian sneak on, that was the biggest Red Skin ever taken in history of the...

You are 100% spot on ........... and on top of that, a pretty good chap as I calculate.... consider Fordy a good friend........ Man I have some really good friends down under, Paul T, Daryl, Fordy now Evan, and Sarg too, and I thought the whole bunch of you were a bunch of hooligans before...

Yeah, but you probably could not hit the side of the barn.... the 160 Raptors are .452 designed for the 450 Bushmaster...... Years ago I had a 458 Super Short built on a AR Olympic upper that was chambered in one of the WSSM cartridges. It worked very well, weak point being those magazines...

All those broadside shots will EXIT........... You can see if you can get two lined up side X side...... two for one! Yep! LOL

As for the PH's....... which god knows they have a hard job any way you cut it, and most all are great guys. But you have to remember, the vast majority of client hunters, are not shooters. They are dealing with a different class of individual in most cases. I have never once in my life...

Yes, Indeed, I have tested many expanding and trauma inflicting bullets as well. And used them in the field too........ test first, field later if warranted. Most of my field work has been 458+, and a lot of .500 caliber. At the time I had bypassed the Barnes in .458 caliber, conventional...

I once had a second shot on a running buffalo that hit this 3 inch diameter tree, it was 10 yards in front of me, I did not see it of course, this bullet hit the tree, traveled another 20+ yards to hit the buffalo dead square on in the stomach, then it exited and kept on going......... I was...

:ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:.............What a joke. But I can see how amateur shooter would give other amateur shooters advice. Take the careful well placed first shot, then leave it to the pros to solve any issues that might arise. And that is probably fine for those that are...

My Friend DownUnder Daryl Lenkic used to be a distributor for CEB, North Fork and says Maker as well. Now it has been a very long time since I touched base with Daryl, but I just went over to his website and it is still active; Meplat Firearms Services...

OMG...... Don't even get me started on the 450 BushMaster, I am a big fan of that cartridge, combine that with a few bullets, that you cannot get unfortunately, turns the 450 BM into another animal. Namely, the CEB .452 caliber 160 Raptor. In 16 inches of gun, 2750 fps, it is wicked. My...

Yes indeed, I thought that was insane......... I had the 50 SS out to put a CVLife on it, and got side tracked, and put it on the Ruger #1 in 50 B&M AK instead. Loaded up a bunch of test ammo to sight in with, light stuff as well, mid range around 1600-1800 fps. Looking at brass I had stowed...

Yep, Indeed it would have, especially with the NF 325 Ex CPS. Your 458 JCE looks like it has a little sharper shoulder than my 458 Super Short, which is fine, I can't see it making any difference. Your 350 North Fork looks a lot like the one test I have here with that same bullet...

As I recall he died from a serious case of "Brass Poison", due to a CEB Safari Raptor from my rifle, I heard you shoot, lord knows WHY, but not sure you hit anything? HEH............... Indeed that would be a problem for sure. My Good Friend Daryl Lenkic of Meplat used to import the...

Indeed, I never worked with a powder that reacted to compression like LilGun. It is a great powder for some applications and I use it a good bit in other cartridges, but compressed to a certain point in a given cartridge, both velocity and pressures drop instead of going the other way. Very...

Exactly who I was thinking of when I mentioned Enforcer above......... One day I will get around to it, but I think I have fallen into the trap "I have settled into the velocity I can get with LilGun, and too lazy to explore"............. Definitely "Buffalo Capable" in my test work here with...

I can enlighten you guys on this........ From 2007 I made the B&M series Proprietary to SSK Industries, Brian and JD had done such an incredible job with all the cartridges and rifles, I trusted them with the reputation of the B&Ms completely. At that time, both Hornady and Manson Reamers made...

My late friend Sean with his 458 Super Short that he used on Lion........

I only recently ran into 458JCE on another thread and learned his 458 JCE is very similar to my 458 B&M Super Short, but I will let him go into more detail on that, while I will concentrate on my own Super Short cartridges and rifles. These are probably something most of you are not aware of...