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I may be very late on this particular topic but would like to add what i Believe to be the case... On broadside heart shots there little difference between calibers, Elephant will be dead under 100yds. When it comes to angles and back up/second shots, i would think 458 minimum. I spoke with...

I would say the average 600 is closer to 15lbs.

Good day all I am considering getting a 458wm as my next rifle. The problem here in South Africa is that such rifles are hard to come by and end up being rather expensive when found. Recently zastava rifles are becoming available and are quite affordable compared to the alternatives. I am...

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That would be an interesting test Though many people I know shoot 500gr modern flat meplat bullets at around 2150fps. I would have that over the lighter bullet any day

the .458wm will perform very well in less than ideal conditions. the only reason a lott would be considered better than a win mag is if the ammo is loaded with 550gr bullets. then you get the extra mass and penetration. but more the most part, the 458 wm does very well for itself

the 500gr projectiles offer significantly more penetration, especially when looking at solids. while bullets under 450gr may perform well in most situations, they lack the sectional density of the 500gr bullets. this is of course important for back up shots at fleeing or charging dangerous game.

Thanks I just tried increasing the powder charge and that seems to be working. I guess i was a little apprehensive about using too much pistol powder. 28gr of somchem ms200 and the same tissue paper and wax plug seems to be forming nicely

Good day all. I am in the process of fireforming new brass for my 500 A-Square. Its 460 brass from betram already necked up to .510 Im having some trouble getting the brass to form. I'm trying to avoid using standard loads form the process (trying to save my shoulder and wallet). I am currently...

Thanks, I use GRT so I need these to add the cartridge manually. The case dimensions are easy to get, but i didn't know how to over size them for the chamber

Hi, yes I have since ditched the Idea of the 525gr softs, and have ordered some more 600gr Dzombo solids, as well as some 600gr rhino solid shanks

Good day all. I am looking for some cartridge and chamber dimensions Does anyone know where a could get a hold of the 500 a-square cartridge and chamber drawings? Thanks in advance

Hi all, thought i would use this thread instead of starting a new one. Does anyone know where a could get a hold of the 500 a-square cartridge and chamber drawings? Thanks in advance

Thanks for all the replies I doubt I'll mess with it at this point in time, but perhaps if I have a second backup rifle I might consider giving such a conversion a go

Good day members. Looking for some insight and info on the inner workings of the p14/17 actions (I don't know much about them) For context I own a 500 a-sqaure built by the A-sqaure company. The rifle is built on a p14 action I believe. It works and functions perfectly, but has one annoying...

So I've not yet been able to get my hands on a different stem (working on it), but was wondering wat impact the slightly flattened tips would have on poi?

Thanks I will see want I can get my hands on I was pretty happy with the seating stem on the lee dies, but was just not able to get anny consistency in my seating depth I've got a good friend with 6mm dies, perhaps I'll try his seating stem

Good day all I have previously loaded nosler 140gr ballistic tip bullets for my 6.5x55 using lee dies. I tjen switched over to 130gr rdfs and got new Hornady custom grade dies. The first few rounds I loaded went fine, the the other day I loaded 10 additional round. These last 10 I noticed that...

Good day all. I have been enjoying my 500 A-Sqaure lately shooting 600gr mono solids at 2300fps and 570 barnes tsx at 2250fps. This is brilliant on the big stuff ( elephant, buff, and hippo), but I would like for this rifle to also be used for following up lion and other lighter game. These...

W Which sight do you have mounted? An rmr?

Thanks, I was leaning towards the trijicon rmr to begin with... Think its what I'll get for my rifle

Good evening everyone. I am currently looking at putting a red dot sight on my dangerous game rifle. I am just about sold on the idea, but for one major concern. I am not sure about the recoil. The rifle is a .500 A-Sqaure shooting 600gr bullets at 2300 fps with a 105gr powder charge. The rifle...

I am full length sizing with a lee die. I'll have a look at their website thanks

Ok, so I've resized my brass and, before doing so chambered a few of them. There is some resistance but not an excessive amount, but considerably more than when I chambered the factory ammo. I resized them, still resistance, so I gradually moved the die deeper, but still I find resistance. I...

Would these cases be safe to reload with? Eventually i will be looking at lapua or norma cases, but this is what I have for now

here are some images of random pieces i took from my box of cases. some of the cases have no marks at all, but the majority of them have these marks

ok, so I've been shooting my 6.5 a bit now with ppu 139gn factory ammo. this runs around 2400fps through my 22" barrel... groups are ok for factory, just under 1" @100m. my big concern is that almost every single case has ejector marks on it and I can see where they have been 'shaved' by the...

This is interesting, I'm about ready to start developing a load and testing, just waiting on a new tumbler so I can get my brass clean

I also wonder if it could be possible to exceed those pressures at all with a more stable powder like VV or Imr... I see a lot of loads that in theory should be producing close 60k psi Is this potentially possible? Not that I need the velocity that comes with thkse pressures currently, but maybe...

Hi. I am currently using ppu brass. I plan on starting at around 43 grains and working up from there. The brass has an average capacity of 58.3 grains h2o

Hi, I'm new to this cartridge and just recieved my howa 1500 in 6.5x55. i started with some factory loads just get a bunch of rounds through the barrel and to get a hold of brass. Im now looking beginning the process of reloading. The powder i would use is Somchem S365 as I have a lot of it that...