Reeder Custom Guns - well, yes and no. I developed a cartridge "similar"

Gary Reeder
well, yes and no. I developed a cartridge "similar"
Tuesday, July 09, 2019, 14:24

to it. A 50 AE necked down to 44 that was among 4 or 5 cartridges I was working on for the Howdah pistols. Lee Jurras wanted me to come up with 5 or 6 new cartridges just like he did back in the 70s for the original Howdah, and this was one of them. But when I ran the numbers by Dave Manson, my reamer guru, he said it was too close to the 440 Corbon, so rather than make it a tiny bit different I figured it wasn't worth the hassle so I dropped the cartridge. We actually found a box of the cartridges recently buried under the crap on my desk. Anyway, I went on and developed the 500 S&W necked to 475, the 500 Linebaugh necked to 475, the 460 S&W necked to 375 and a couple of others for the Howdah. We ran some pressure tests on the 50 AE necked to 44 and the pressures were thru the roof so I am glad we didn't pursue it any further.

429 DE Vs 429 GNR` - Tim Younger, 2019-07-08, 16:00
- the 429 DE is a decent cartridge. Several companies have - Gary Reeder, 2019-07-08, 16:21
  - gary, didn't you develop a cartridge about the same as the - Stephen Earle, 2019-07-09, 14:00
    - well, yes and no. I developed a cartridge "similar" - Gary Reeder, 2019-07-09, 14:24
      - LAR Grizzly 429 DE Conversion - Raul G Alvarez, 2020-06-21, 08:34
  - Velocity - Brian T, 2019-07-09, 03:54
    - Short 8" Encore barrel. I think basically the same - Sean Harper, 2019-07-09, 04:55
  - My next build is gonna be - Grover Sr, 2019-07-08, 16:42
    - My favorite .429 was Doug's special "Monster Hunter" 6" - WB, 2019-07-09, 07:13
      - That is one awesome looking SRH! (nm) - Jerry Ward, 2019-07-10, 16:18
      - That is nice How - Grover Sr, 2019-07-09, 10:16
        if you have the crane assembly with the cylinder - Gary Reeder, 2019-07-09, 10:53
        You used to be able to take it out, send the gun to Ruger - WB, 2019-07-09, 13:37
        With the crane ass'y takes a minute or two. - Amede, 2019-07-09, 11:15
      - I got it, and had Gary put a 9" barrel on it for Africa. - Amede, 2019-07-09, 08:28
        Desert Ram with the 429. - Amede, 2019-07-09, 08:30