.474 Woodleigh bullets in a 470 Capstick

The Accurate Reloading Forums

This topic can be found at:
https://forums.accuratereloading.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/4711043/m/421105148

30 March 2008, 06:17

chuck375

.474 Woodleigh bullets in a 470 Capstick

Dumb queston. Based on the book, "Any Shot You Want", the 470 Capstick is a .475 caliber normally 1 in 10 twist barrel. The closest bullet Woodleigh makes is a .474. Can I use .474 caliber Woodleigh bullets in a .475 caliber barreL?

Chuck

Regards,

Chuck

"There's a saying in prize fighting, everyone's got a plan until they get hit"

Michael Douglas "The Ghost And The Darkness"

30 March 2008, 06:49

500grains

The Woodleigh .474" 500 grainer works great in my two 470 capstick rifles. However, I cannot answer whether a large volume of shooting would cause early erosion or not.

30 March 2008, 16:24

Will

quote:
Originally posted by chuck375:
Dumb queston. Based on the book, "Any Shot You Want", the 470 Capstick is a .475 caliber normally 1 in 10 twist barrel. The closest bullet Woodleigh makes is a .474. Can I use .474 caliber Woodleigh bullets in a .475 caliber barreL?

Chuck

From the stories I hear, it won't matter.

-------------------------------
Will / Once you've been amongst them, there is no such thing as too much gun.
---------------------------------------
and, God Bless John Wayne. NRA Benefactor, GOA, NAGR
_________________________

"Elephant and Elephant Guns" $99 shipped.
“Hunting Africa's Dangerous Game" $20 shipped.

red.dirt.elephant@gmail.com
_________________________

If anything be of note, let it be he was once an elephant hunter, hoping to wind up where elephant hunters go.

30 March 2008, 21:22

chuck375

Thanks all, for DG I plan to use the Swift A-Frames at 2400 fps (above recommended Woodleigh velocity for their 500g bullets) but I also plan to load it "down" to 470 Nitro velocities for elk and bear so thought the 500g Woodleigh Weldcores would open up better.

Chuck

Regards,

Chuck

"There's a saying in prize fighting, everyone's got a plan until they get hit"

Michael Douglas "The Ghost And The Darkness"

30 March 2008, 21:25

chuck375

Macifej those solids look awesome. What are they made of and how much are they?

Chuck

Regards,

Chuck

"There's a saying in prize fighting, everyone's got a plan until they get hit"

Michael Douglas "The Ghost And The Darkness"

30 March 2008, 22:02

Macifej

Brass - $275.00 per hundred shipped. Out of them now but doing another run soon due to popular demand.

Regards,

Chuck

"There's a saying in prize fighting, everyone's got a plan until they get hit"

Michael Douglas "The Ghost And The Darkness"

opinions vary band of bubbas and STC hunting Club

Information on Ammoguide about
the416AR, 458AR, 470AR, 500AR
What is an AR round? Case Drawings 416-458-470AR and 500AR.
476AR,
http://www.weaponsmith.com

31 March 2008, 08:08

Macifej

quote:
Originally posted by chuck375:
How hard are they on barrels?

Chuck

Not - but hard on targets!

Mine are .4750" +0000" -.00005"

01 April 2008, 02:17

Atkinson

Yes you can and the difference is times 4 btw as the bullet has basically 4 sides, so thats not a lot of difference in size..It won't hurt your barrel at all...It won't hurt accuracy, in fact many tell me they are more accurate and the bullet are less distorted..The groove cuts look the same to me btw....

Ray Atkinson
Atkinson Hunting Adventures
10 Ward Lane,
Filer, Idaho, 83328
208-731-4120

rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com