Recent content by ChrisG

The reality is, I see a lot of .44 mag proponents touting 1,300 ft-lbs from a .44 mag. I have never seen a reasonably carryable .44 magnum that could do that. I owned a redhawk 4" and a s&w 29 5.5". The redhawk handloads with a near max charge of H110 topped out at 1040 fps with a 310 WFN...

That is probably the worlds most expensive Hasenpfeffer!

45acp+p: 230 gr. LFN - 950fps -461 ft-lbs 45 super 230 gr. LFN - 1150 fps - 675ft-lbs 460 Row. 230 gr. LFN - 1330fps - 900ft-lbs 460 rowland is a whole conversion. 45 super can be fired in most lightly modified, fully supported 45ACP guns.

I've never been asked what I am shipping by fedex, UPS Or USPS. I exclusively use USPS because it is cheaper than the other two where I live. The dipwad at the counter is the last person I want to be aware that I am shipping a gun. The only thing you cant ship through USPS is ammo. Long guns...

Never tell the USPS that you are shipping a gun. It is in their packaging instructions. There is no problem shipping a gun you own to a gunsmith and having it returned to you.

Here is the finished product

If your interested in starting with a beat up rifle, heres one I did several years ago. Started out as a rusty whitworth. You might be able to find a beat up 416 rem you can remake in your own image. I did all the work on this one from rebluing to stock shaping, finishing and checkering The...

Man at that point, I'd shell out $1,550 and get a brand new CRF winchester M70 in .416 Rem mag, straighten the bolt handle out, put custom wood on it, new sights and call it a day. Nothing wrong with them from the factory, but this thread was about a custom rifle... so I would definitely...

The black bear in my avatar was taken with one shot from a .416 Ruger loaded with a 340 grain woodleigh weldcore PP at 2,600fps Not surprisingly, the round went through and through and dropped the bear where he stood. Took one the year before with a Winchester .375 H&H. That was a the old 300...

sorry, its a 20lb. Fat finger mistake. 9 is right next to 0. 29 would have been real tough to cycle haha

This only works with a fully supported 1911 barrel! Dont try .45 super with a standard 1911 barrel! A ramped barrel is what you need, then youd be all set. You run the risk of a case rupture with an unsupported barrel. The ramped barrel is what you need and converting a convential barrel to it...

Putting a ported barrel on the .45 super slows slide velocity down. This is mine. Solid steel guide rod, 29 lb spring, efk fire dragon ported 5.75" barrel in a springfield XD. Originally, I was pushing a 250 grain RNFP at 1050fps with Power Pistol, but settled on a 200 grain WFN at 1,250fps and...

O Oof! Thats a bit of a cobjob huh?

It would all be about the pressure on the bolt face. That is a simple calculation. Maximum PSI X Surface Area being pressed on. That gives you your bolt thrust. Its more compicated in real lift because the actual psi is based on the total thrust of the inside of the casing, but it would do for...

A 416 Rem has a shorter COAL than a .338 Lapua and since the Lapua operates at the same pressure as a .416 Rem mag, and the base diameter of a .338 Lapua is larger (thereby creating more bolt thrust than a .416 Rem), on that level it seems the action should hold up fine and fit the cartridge