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Never a fan of Bore Snakes ... As your dragging yesterdays dirt through your rifle bores ...If.... you are shooting a 450-400 the bore size is .410 10mm or 41 mag jag is what you are looking for

Same as any other Rifle.. A rod, jag, nylon brush, patches, what ever solvent you amuses you, oil and rag to wipe the gun down

Have used... 400H&H 450NE 458 Lott 505 Gibbs All shot inside of 50 yards last one was close enough I could have "Ugly" it to death .... still learning

My 450NE has accompanied me 3 times to Africa All 3 times I loaded CEB 480 Solids and 450 Raptors

IC top and bottom and and 1oz of 8's is all you need

You should be using the Bullet CEB makes for the 450NE a .457 dia Bullets in the 489gr Solid and 450gr Raptor ... This is the combo I shoot in my 1902 Gibbs I have successfully used RL 15 w/filler, H4350 and H4831 currently loading H4350

What KEC said Win 52, Win 69A, or Win 75

I own shoot and reload for a 450NE.... dirthawker is pretty much spot on.... If.. you are happy with the performance of Hornady's DGS & DGX and they shoot well in your gun then you're good to go. But as a Hand loader there are probably more quality .458 bullets to be found then many of the...

Bell shot Eles with a 275 and Buff with a 256 So I guess theoretically a DG Rifle is what ever you feel comfortable with or have in hand

"Yep. A 570 gr bullet at 2150 is a 570 gr bullet at 2150. While powder charge is a (very minor) component of calculating recoil energy - bullet weight, MV, and rifle weight are the big 3." If you are to believe https://shooterscalculator.com/recoil-calculator.php then weight of the powder...

Beck... the question is whether you can open the bolt face enough the rim dia on aw 416 Rigby is .590 and the 505 Gibbs is .640... I built my Gibbs on a GMA Safari magnum..

Here is a pressure study done by Michael McCourry and Sam Rose using various accepted fillers in a 470 load I believe the foam used was backer rod purchased at a local hardware store https://www.b-mriflesandcartridges.com/470-nitro-fillers

https://cuttingedgebullets.com/collections/rifle-hunting?sort_by=title-ascending&filter.p.m.customAttributes.caliber=.457