30-06 case trimmed to 1.85 inches, 240g JHP 44mag (.429 dia) COL of 2.220. Will be shot out of a rifle built on a Axis action with an 16.5 0r 18 inch barrel.
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30-06 case trimmed to 1.85 inches, 240g JHP 44mag (.429 dia) COL of 2.220. Will be shot out of a rifle built on a Axis action with an 16.5 0r 18 inch barrel.
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No matter how many times I see this, I like more every time.
Thanks. I pick up the rifle on Tuesday I'm going to do some testing with a new magazine before I tear the rife down. After that the fun begins. The compete buid is over at weapons guild and I will post here in the axis based section :-)
wow whats the vel. going to be at do you think.
that might be what i need to deer hunt with but i would have to cut it down to 1.80 to be ok here
I've been working on load data to push it around 2000fps Max 2500
2500 would be better ;-}
IS there a length restriction where you live?
Just a shade longer than the 445 Super mag @ 1.6 . Was this idea with a specific purpose in mind?
Neal
Well I have always wanted a 44 mag rifle but didnt want a 444 marlin or a standard 44 mag. I was sitting around sifting through some brass and came across a few -06 cases (I dont have an -06 rifle) So I sawed the neck off and came up with the 1.85 dimension and then flared it with a 44 mag die and popped a bullet in it seated to 2.220 (I liked the round number. I would like to hunt hogs or other medium sized game with it. It is more or less a why not? kinda thing for me, as I love to tinker. I picked the Savage action for its ease of head spacing, now I just have to make a custom reamer and go from there with testing.
LOL. Somehow I dont think this would make a good pistol round.
oh no i want it in a 20" encore rifle ;-} all though i have shoot some crazy pistols
I bet we could come up with a compliant version of this for your state :)
Not much to headspace on with this cartridge. The 444 marlin has the rim to headspace on, this round only has the case mouth and that is not much. I would opt for the .444.
Good luck with it in any event.
Best regards,
Grit
yes this is true i wonder if any one has done this with a belted case that would bet something i would say
I have loaded a few dummies and it should head space fine of the case mouth with the slight crimp I have on it. I will have to keep cases consistent length I built a special mandrel for my trimmer to get them within 1thou and carefully finish by hand.
I had wondered about building something very similar to this on a 240 Weatherby case at one time. It would be belted and could run on a standard 308/30-06 sized bolt face and probably even magazines. Only real issue I think would be availability of brass, or at least cost.
Cool concept, basicaly a super 44 automag pistol round. I do the same thing to 30-06 brass to make my 44amp brass except it is cut at 1.30" then I have to ream the neck. I wonder if you will have to ream the neck too?
Good shooting
BT
Any developement with this project yet?
Dave Manson has my master round and is making a chamber reamer for it. As soon as I get that in hand I will have some progress to report.
Still Waiting on the reamer. Should be here in the next 2 weeks.
So what's the ballistics? I use a .45Cinderblock which is a .460 rowland case cut to .888 and stuffed with a compressed load of Longshot and a 200gn JHP @2000fps+. ONLY safe in a rifle. I've been contemplating doing something similar with my spare Cinderblock gun and running it up to 2" case length and using a stout load of BL-C2 and .452" slugs and see if I can't get the next 500-750fps generated.
Still waiting on the reamer. I hope it gets here soon :)
Interesting project, will be watching this thread. Is your username on the guild the same?