Reeder Custom Guns - True. As much as I love the odd .400 there

WB
True. As much as I love the odd .400 there
Wednesday, September 21, 2022, 14:23

are a lot of negatives, mostly the components. But I enjoy the challenge of making them myself. For most folks the .400 at any power level beyond 10mm auto will be a challenge and less likely to be economically viable.

Actually, and I don't like the taste of this, I'm a .44 guy at heart. But the .460 S&W is likely the hands down winner for the straight walled "hunting law" cartridge. The .460 will cheerfully shoot .45 Schofield, .45 Colt, .454 Casull, and .460 S&W. Or anywhere you choose to cut it in-between. So you can go from mild to beast mode at whim.

I have serious reservations of shooting a .454 Casull, would rather face a .475 Linebaugh! The fear of that hammer spearing my hand web, the front sight dinking my forefront, and that knuckle searing guard rap, palm numbing to the elbow. I can back off and enjoy it a lot more and still kill anything shy of a T-rex.

We need a 40 GNR - Keith, 2022-09-18, 01:05
- 400 GNR in an encore, cut case to 1.8" then load, no problem (nm) - Sean Harper, 2022-09-19, 09:40
  - You would have to work up new loads but I am - Sean Harper, 2022-09-19, 09:50
    - The Starline .38-55 Win. brass, if you can find them - WB, 2022-09-19, 11:07
- .40-50 Sharps Straight is 1.875 inches - Pacecars, 2022-09-19, 02:57
- Something larger than .30-30 would be better - WB, 2022-09-18, 06:13
  - The 30-30/375 Win case is the point - Keith, 2022-09-19, 10:02
    - Yes .414 would be a unperceivable taper - WB, 2022-09-20, 07:39
      - I started to get into this "conversation" but - Gary Reeder, 2022-09-20, 13:33
        True. As much as I love the odd .400 there - WB, 2022-09-21, 14:23
        I've the same feelings about the 454 - AmBraCol, 2022-09-24, 15:16
        I don't think the goal is to get 454 performance - Keith, 2022-09-20, 14:20
- Or you could use the 460S&W case - Blake, 2022-09-18, 04:09
  - No problem. All it takes is 12 to 14 months and $2000 - Gary Reeder, 2022-09-18, 14:42
    - The simplest and cheapest way to go is the 445 Super Mag. - Gary Reeder, 2022-09-18, 14:53
      - 30-30 more common 445, 375 Win close enough to 454 brass (nm) - Keith, 2022-09-19, 10:08
      - The whole spirit of these laws are to open - WB, 2022-09-19, 06:34