.450 Nitro with 500gr North Fork Bullets

[Qwali2023]

Dear Members,

Has anyone on here loaded for the .450 Nitro Express using 500gr monolithic bullets, such as those offered by North Fork? Is it still possible to obtain the magical 2150fps or more with this combination given the additional length? Or does it lack case capacity to do this at safe pressures? Perhaps the .500/.450 Nitro Express would be better in this regard? I know components for the latter are more difficult to source. I look forward to hearing your thoughts.

Regards

James

 

[Hunter-Habib]

You will encounter regulation issues in your double rifle. Best to stick to the tried & tested 480Gr bullet weight in your .450 Nitro Express.

 

[Qwali2023]

You will encounter regulation issues in your double rifle. Best to stick to the tried & tested 480Gr bullet weight in your .450 Nitro Express.

Yes but if you were to build a rifle around that custom load?

 

[Hunter-Habib]

Yes but if you were to build a rifle around that custom load?

Then, you would be fine.

I actually have load data from the late Jack Lott for using 500Gr bullets in the .450 Nitro Express (if you’re interested).

 

[Qwali2023]

You will encounter regulation issues in your double rifle. Best to stick to the tried & tested 480Gr bullet weight in your .450 Nitro

Then, you would be fine.

I actually have load data from the late Jack Lott for using 500Gr bullets in the .450 Nitro Express (if you’re interested).

Yes please, that would be fantastic to get that load data. Thank you.