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I have been loading some Hawk 500 grain .035 jacket bullets in my .470. The Woodleighs that I normally shoot are .474 but the Hawks are .475. Sometimes I have some difficulty closing the action. I think that the Hawks are so soft that the simple act of seating the bullet is causing some minor distortion and puts a slight bulge in the neck of the case. Anyone have any experience loading Hawks that might have some suggestions? Dave DRSS Chapuis 9.3X74 Chapuis "Jungle" .375 FL Krieghoff 500/.416 NE Krieghoff 500 NE "Git as close as y can laddie an then git ten yards closer" "If the biggest, baddest animals on the planet are on the menu, and you'd rather pay a taxidermist than a mortician, consider the 500 NE as the last word in life insurance." Hornady Handbook of Cartridge Reloading (8th Edition). | ||
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Dave I've loaded them in my 450/400 and my 404 Jeffery. As you have stated they are dead soft! I have not had any problems loading them, although in some of my cases there is a bit of a neck bulge. I wouldn't think that in a factory chamber they would be a problem? My only concern is to make sure I start back at a lower load with the Hawks. Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends." ----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836 "I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841 "for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” | |||
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Rusty, I was aware that the Hawks generate somewhat higher pressures. However, my .470 was regulated with WR ammo not the Federal stuff. It regulates with Woodleighs at 2000 to 2030 fps. With the Woodleighs, these are very modest loads. I used the same load (99 grains or IMR 4831) with the Hawks. I haven't shot them across the chrony yet but if the primers are any indication while they may be somewhat higher pressure than the Woodleighs, it is nothing to cause concern. I'll know better when I can get them across the chrony. Dave DRSS Chapuis 9.3X74 Chapuis "Jungle" .375 FL Krieghoff 500/.416 NE Krieghoff 500 NE "Git as close as y can laddie an then git ten yards closer" "If the biggest, baddest animals on the planet are on the menu, and you'd rather pay a taxidermist than a mortician, consider the 500 NE as the last word in life insurance." Hornady Handbook of Cartridge Reloading (8th Edition). | |||
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