Apache is making me a set of 450 BM gauges, that will be ready by weeks end, so if you want to send me your Info and I will lend them to you, and that goes for anyone else that may need them.
Dean
Get a go gage and no go if you think it is necessary. Then just set the headspace and you should take the ejector out when doing this. Check with ptg and foester or Clymer for the correct gage.
Willing to give back for what the sport has done for me!
Apache is making me a set of 450 BM gauges, that will be ready by weeks end, so if you want to send me your Info and I will lend them to you, and that goes for anyone else that may need them.
Dean
RUMs are like woman in Stiletto heals, you know they are going to put you in the poor house, but that has never stopped anyone from pursuing them.
Thanks, Dean, I may do that.
I just learned a short while ago that Manson Precision Reamers is located a couple miles from my house. I am told they make great tools. I called there to day to find out if they sell gages over the counter. They do. I guess I now have a pretty good source that's rather handy. If they will rent them, I am truly in luck.
Should heed my own advice, maybe. I am assuming 450BM is allowed, based on initial specs I read somewhere here. I hope they don't exclude 450BM.
Michigan says: A .35-caliber or larger rifle loaded with straight-walled cartridges that have a minimum case length of 1.16 and a maximum case length of 1.80 inches. The 450 BM case length is 1.700. You should be within the law with it.
Originally Posted by keeki
Guess it doesn't really matter. If ya cant afford $15, you won't be buying much anyways
So Ohio says it HAS to be straight wall?
The one who dies with the most toys still dies--except in Christ.
Yes. here's "The List" Legal deer hunting rifles are chambered for the following calibers: .357 Magnum, .357 Maximum, .38 Special, .375 Super Magnum, .375 Winchester, .38-55, .41 Long Colt, .41 Magnum, .44 Special, .44 Magnum, .444 Marlin, .45 ACP, .45 Colt, .45 Long Colt, .45 Winchester Magnum, .45 Smith & Wesson, .454 Casull, .460 Smith & Wesson, .45-70, .45-90, .45-110, .475 Linebaugh, .50-70, .50-90, .50-100, .50-110 and .500 Smith & Wesson.
I am going to bet not. The factory magnum heads I tested for my 444 marlin were measuring around .555" and thus left me too sloppy for proper extraction on the 444 brass which has a rim of .514". The 460 S&W has a rim of .520" so I am betting the magnum head is still going to be too sloppy for it. I took a .473" (308 sized, or 30-06 if you are going long action) and opened the face up on the lathe to .521" and it works on the 444's rim perfectly. I am betting if you opened one up to .525-.527" it would be the ticket for you.
204, 22 K-Hornet, 222, 223, 22-250, 22-250AI, 6BR, 243, 243AI, 6-06, 6-WSM, 250-3000AI, 270, 7-08, 7RM, 30BR, 308, 30-06, 375 H&H, 444 Marlin, 450BM, 458WM
Foxx....450BM should be fine....unlike OH, MI didn't limit us with a list of very specific cartridges. I am still waffling on my straight walled rifle caliber...but 450BM is certainly on my list of option. I hunt mostly in the "modern rifle zone" I am not in immediate need...YET! :)
What are the spec's on the barrel you ordered?
Yeah, I rarely hunt down here any more, but when I do, I'll want a 450BM if we can use them. As I see it, it's not looking good that we will be able to do so any time soon. I might not even have a need for this thing for a while.
I went with CM at 16.5 inches and a 14 twist, I think. Can't remember the twist for sure. Whatever Boots recommends.
Well you'll have to give me a full report on that 450 BM when you get it and get some rounds down it Foxx!
Boots...what's the recoil like on that 450BM from a bolt gun?
Foxx, it should be a 16" twist. That was the fastest readily available blank that Jim has a reliable access to and it is plenty fast enough for the 450BM velocities.
emtrescue6, I have mine in a Tupperware stock (since its cheap, light, and serves great as the truck/ATV gun I intended this for) and recoil is about the same as my 12FV 308, or like a sporter 243. I had Jim thread the muzzle for a brake, and I put one on it I built, but haven't tried it yet.
204, 22 K-Hornet, 222, 223, 22-250, 22-250AI, 6BR, 243, 243AI, 6-06, 6-WSM, 250-3000AI, 270, 7-08, 7RM, 30BR, 308, 30-06, 375 H&H, 444 Marlin, 450BM, 458WM
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