Never understood why someone would pay to have it done? Can't be inexpensive. Cut and re crown and then replace or re attach the front sight.
Very Excellent......... Those photos of the "Mad Scientist" are a bit dated, 10 years or so. I have a dear shooting friend who is a Doctor in KY. Back when when we were doing so much bullet tech here, he nicknamed me Doc M. There was also some talk about the "Guys in Dark Glasses" and some fun banter back and forth. He took it to the point that he had some Lab Coats made for me as a gift. One day I figured we would make good fun of it, and hence the photos........ LOL........I am very pleased you enjoyed them, that was the point.................I think my pal was also a Men in Black Fan, as some time later he had a couple of Black Lab Coats done for me as well.......
No talking crap about my damn guns either...........
You have no idea what I can destroy with a hacksaw, bastard file and a pair of vise grips! Oh, and the MotoTool... which they took away from me some years ago.............
I had him working in the Lab at one point, but I had to let him go, he kept pushing to have the B&Ms built by the Chinese instead of SSK......... You know, it just gets to a point sometimes.............
I suspect that's a throwback to the days or Cordite, and early gunpowders; newer products are supposedly developed to handle hot conditions much better; just my "take" on the subject ...
I suspect Michael458 would just laugh at any names we call him; strikes me as that sort of bloke ...Well that's another thing entirely. I have 400+ pieces of .458 Lott, but like you said I can make it from other brass that is available and will likely remain available.
I wouldn't join any rifle club that would have me as a member...haha!
Yeah you go play with your pretty little cases in your evil scientist cave and we'll all sit here and be jealous and call you names.
"Long throating" fascinates me; adapting mag length to action working length can be a conundrum, I guess... One of the reasons I've had Ruger No 1s long throated, safely (?) bump up powder loads/velocities ...
Fauci seems to be in deep doodoo of late, and rightly so ??I had him working in the Lab at one point, but I had to let him go, he kept pushing to have the B&Ms built by the Chinese instead of SSK......... You know, it just gets to a point sometimes.............
It's not too bad. If I can ever locate another cheap .458 #1 I'm going to have it cut to 16" and reamed to Lott or maybe .450 NE or maybe I'll take a page from @crs and go .45-120. That'll be a fun gun for sure.
Forrest,
That's always a thought and then I'd have possibilities for driving VLDs and other fun long projectiles. We'll see.
Had it done with a custom 300WSM (I know, pea rifle) and safely pushed 175 Sierra MKs over 3100. No chance yet to play with a PROPER big bore, but there are plans afoot ...
Personally I am not a bore snob. I'd much rather see someone shoot something well and know their limitations than struggle with a cannon and wound game or themselves.
I noted that; his chamber dimensions are almost identical to those I specified for my Ruger; pure happenstance; it has shot sub-MOA @ 1,00 yards, not bad for a No 1
Some folk reckon I'm a bit nutz/crazy liking F/B rifles, just for the deep-throating option; Maybe I'm not that bad?
) I like them and they both deserve to be hunted in africa. But my double keep kicking them out of the rifle case. 
