.458 win mag brass

[adkennedy03]

Greetings all,

I see that midwayusa no longer carries any 458 win mag brass but they do still stock 458 Lott brass. This begs the question, can Lott brass be converted to win mag brass by trimming and resizing? Curious if anyone here has done it. In case anyone’s wondering I have an M1917 in 458 win mag, and I suppose I could have it converted to a Lott and I’ve thought about it but it would be a bit of work to get the magazine to work right. Again, just curious if anyone has tried this.

 

[Mark A Ouellette]

I don't see why not. Trim Lott brass to 2.5" and aneal before resizing.

A 10 second Google search revealed .458 Win brass in stock at grafs dot com
I really prefer Grafs over Midway...

458 Winchester Mag - Rifle Brass - Metallic Reloading - Graf & Sons

www.grafs.com

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Unfortunately, Ravenrocks dot com does not have .458 Win brass in stock at this time.

 

[Riflecrank]

Ditto Mark A Ouellette on the brass conversion.
No problemo.
Get a mini-chopsaw from Harbor freight to speed things up in whacking off the Lott brass to roughly 2.5"
then FL size and finish trim to 2.500".
You do not need to go all the way down to 2.490" if your rifle is SAAMI correct.
The SAAMI .458 WIN MAG chamber is 2.520" long.

Raven Rocks had some Lehigh .458 WinMag brass recently but all us fans bought it up pretty quick.

Grafs must have gotten a larger stock of Quality Cartridge .458 WM brass if they still have that in stock.

Raven Rocks is doing much good lately. Speedy delivery of internet orders.
They got some .500 Jeffery Norma brass in stock recently.
It was still "in stock" there as of yesterday.

 

[Luvthunt]

I don't see why not. Trim Lott brass to 2.5" and aneal before resizing.

A 10 second Google search revealed .458 Win brass in stock at grafs dot com
I really prefer Grafs over Midway...

458 Winchester Mag - Rifle Brass - Metallic Reloading - Graf & Sons

www.grafs.com

Always first check our sponsor @RAVEN ROCKS PRECISION
Unfortunately, Ravenrocks dot com does not have .458 Win brass in stock at this time.

+2

 

[Nhoro]

Surely there are more win mag rifles out there than Lott. I would imagine it is a supply chain issue and will pass ?

 

[DrBob]

Add to that, I have checked the usual sources and 470 and 500 NE brass isn't listed. Bottom of the totem pole.

 

[Falmike]

There are five different ads on GB for 458 Win Mag brass right now

 

[cajunchefray]

Yes, on GB but I prefer to deal directly with suppliers.

@RAVEN ROCKS PRECISION is a solid member here, communicates promptly and efficiently.
Well regarded.
Give them a call, support our sponsors.

If long lead time and you need some quickly, others are available.

 

[Falmike]

Yes, on GB but I prefer to deal directly with suppliers.

@RAVEN ROCKS PRECISION is a solid member here, communicates promptly and efficiently.
Well regarded.
Give them a call, support our sponsors.

If long lead time and you need some quickly, others are available.

I got mine from Raven Rocks.

 

[adkennedy03]

I’m still sitting on a decent enough supply of brass and ammo where I’m not super worried about it and I’ll probably order some brass from Grafs. I saw that hornady and Norma apparently stopping selling raw win mag brass as components so that kinda made me wonder if converting Lott brass would work. I was mainly concerned if the inside diameter would be different at 2.5 in with the Lott brass.