This thing takes the 41 to a NEW level!! I understand why they say "it kills on one end and maims on the other".

I tried a few 265GC WFN's, WLN's and some of the 300 grain Hornady's today. This thing make the 444 Marlin seem like shootin a 44mag! I will admit that i am either gonna have to reduce loads, goto lighter bullets or buy a shooting glove, LOL! It is VISCOUS!! I just got the barrel today and shot 12 rounds and it just about took off me index finger. Will have to tame this beast a lil before i can sit down and shoot some groups. I am gonna have to "work up to" full power loads.....

Mike, I always thought you were a little further out there than the rest of us with the 41 cal thing, but now I know. You are just crazy! All kidding aside, let us know when your finger comes loose, I mean how the groups are.

Just got back from South Louisiana, was down there for the Easter holidays. I took "The Green Machine" and the .411JDJ to shoot some nutriea. Those big bullets sure make a BIG splash in that swamp mud. The.411JDJ is something, as with your .405Win, that needs to be taken in small doses. I do use shooting gloves (Past)and the .411 is Mag-Na-Ported but it is still a real hand full. Maybe someday we'll get the chance to shoot our beasts together and shake up the world.

Pete,

We are having a very informal "git together" in mid June over a weekend. We plan on shootin a bunch of handguns. If you have the time and are interested, send me an e-mail and i will give ya the details.....

The 405 can be loaded well beyond what i am capable of shooting. I am starting work on lighter loads and hope work up to fairly stout loads. I have become accustom to the 444 Marlin out of me contender but this is a beast of a different color!!

Pete, BTW, did ya shoot any of them big rats down there??

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As happens many times when I break out my guns everyone wants the "try" them. All totaled I came hone with 300 empty(mt) .41RemMag, 200 mt .41GNR and 80 mt .411JDJ. I don't think I pulled the trigger on those guns more than 25 times total. We really raised havoc with the nutria. We went to our family camp and shot in that area of marsh land just south and east of Raceland. I had a hodge-podge of loads with me (cleaning out the ammo locker of short runs and test runs)from 170g jacketd to some 300g X bullets for the .411JDJ. Speeds were from 900FPS to almost 2400FSP. We really had fun. I re-learned something, NEVER SHOOT A NUTRIA IN THE MUD AT MUZZLE TOUCHING RANGES. I think some of the "stuff" that rained down us was from "The Big Bang" (pun intended). Sure smelled like it. We were able to recover and turn in enough tails to cover the cost of the weekend of shooting. All in all it was a very fun week and the first time in 12 years that we were all together.

BTY forgot to post that I just today at 1344 purchased a Ruger SBH Hunter in .41RemMag YAHOOO have a NIB 2x Leupold just waiting for it to get home.

Did i tell ya i got a On Target Tech custom 12" 414 Super Mag barrel comin for the Contender??

I am not sure which one of us is worse with this 41 thing, LOL!!

didn't mention that I'm already talking to Gary Reeder about a .414Super cylinder for the Hunter or maybe a conversion to his new as yet pictured Ulmiate .410GNR which uses the Hunter as the platform.

Well if I didn't spend my money on .41s' it would be wine, wimmen, and high money 5 card stud. Think in the long run the .41s' will please longer then the others.

I'll check my work schedule to see if I'm free for the shoot. Will try hardest to make it.

I have been playin with the heavy cast gas checked bullets in the 41mag and have also shot them in the 405. I am also playing with the new Hornady 300 grain bullet. Out of the 405 with a full power load these are something to behold! I will also be tryin these in the mag and sm soon......

Still Crawfish,

Sent you a private email.

Got the start load chrono'd for the 405 with the Hornady 300 grainers, 2100 fps! I still have about 3 grains to go if i want more!

The 210's that i loaded were wimpy, gonna load some more to a more pleasing "WOW" factor. This thing likes large charges of RE7.

do you think that big old case will like the light stuff. seems to me that you will really have to crimp down a light bullet to get ALL that powder to burn and not blow out the end and flash off. maybe with a 16 inch barrel you won't have to much flash off. i have seen some night time fireballs becasue of flash off that were spectacular and made other shooters move real fast and real far away.

BTY that Competitor you shoot is pretty neat. Is that the pistol that has a kind of "rolling" cannon breach to load from?

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Ken Waters tried the 200's, 210's & 220's in his rifles and his results were very favorable. These loads that i tried were reduced and did ok. I think that a stout charge of RE7 will work great. The heaviest load that i tried was also the most accurate. I will turn the 210's up and test em for accuracy. According to his velocity data, i am only losing 100fps, he used a 24" barreled rifle. I should be able to get 210's in the 2400+ range. Not sure if the bullets will be able to handle that kinda speed. The cast gas checked bullets should handle it well and their accuracy has been good. Got more brass and 300's comin, cant wait till the next range session!

The Competitor is a "rotating breech". It is very strong and has the ability to chamber the belted magnums. I also like the fact that a 16" barrel on one is similar in length to the Contender in a 14" format. It has proven to be very accurate and easy to work with and load for. The mid-grip design was the only thing that concerned me with a caliber with REAL recoil. After todays session, i am no longer concerned. Learned how to shoot it from the bench without gettin wacked in the palm, LOL!