One more vote for using 458 Win Mag brass. Although I'd really like to have some nickle-plated brass, as my rifle see's alot of saltwater. I'm not having any luck finding nickle-plated 458WM brass, but I could probably find plated 338 Win Mag brass. I do wonder how the plating would stand up to the necking up process?

Also, I prefer to use Winchester brass, as it's a bit thinner.

Brian
nickle plated 416 REM brass is about 35� on midway...

tubing cutter is about 9 bucks....

nickle plated 416 taylor... but a tad risky if there is EVER the chance of a 416 rem around

jeffe

Hey Jeffe - just wonderin' - have you ever REALLY done this? The reason I ask is this. I've shortened .30-30 cases to 30 Herrett. Some weird things start happening when you use the shoulder to form the neck. Generally, the brass is uniform thickness in the "original" neck area. The brass elsewhere (i.e. body and shoulder) is tapered in thickness and can necessitate neck turning - another dreaded task. In some of my .30 Herrett cases, you can see the distinct shoulder/neck junction in the new neck - the brass makes a jump in thickness there.

Brain - I hear you man. Let's see - Speer, Remington, Federal and Winchester all have nickel plated safari ammo, but just try to buy it as a handloading component!!

How was the shrimp the other day??? That one looked like a mini-lobster!!!

I have an A&B barrel on my Taylor. I neck up .338 brass because I have a .338 WMag. Necking down .458 brass I would imagine you will have to turn the necks down. Even with the thinner necks from the .338 brass necked up, the fired/unsized cases barely allow a bullet to slide in the neck. They may not be all chambered this tight but I'd guess that they are close. One thing you will probably like with the A&B is that they throat them long so that a properly seated bullet runs just short of the mag length.

cut down rem to taylor? nope... cut down unformed cases before making them.. yep...

have a reamed necks, inside or out... OOH YEAH...



just a suggestion... give it a whirl

jeffe

Thanks all, I appreciate the input.

Good luck and good shooting,
Eterry

I've used both 458's and 338's, and both wores fine.
Now I'm mostly using Federal's nickelplated 338 Win cases.
I just like that "porn"-look of nickel, and another reason is that my buddy hates it.
But if you're going to neck up any cases I'll highly recomend the Lee "416 Taylor" dieset. It works flawlessly because of the tapered expander it has.