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Originally posted by jeffeosso:
Rich,
Did you sort out the hangfires?
2150fps is all you are going to need.. HEH, which is why and how I load the 550 express.

Neal sent me some of that brass, and I dropped a .585 bullet in it, and called Boomie and told him (after I told Neal) that it would need a belt swapped in!

The 505 gibbs, which is a rimless 577/500 NE, funny enough wound up giving birth.. the 550 flanged and 550 gibbs... and funny as it can be, the same test barrel for the 550 flanged became the 550 Gibbs barrel!

AR is the BEST site in the world... and for the Bigbore wildcats born and bred here are outstanding

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you won't be able to sleep on the plane, either!

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Originally posted by JPK:

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Originally posted by boom stick:
How bout trying to brain a buff from the tail and first... I think that is the only way you are gunna get a chance at bullet recovery.

I had a North Fork 450gr .458" flat nose solid penetrate, from high on the rump, the whole length of the spine, out the back of the neck, back into the rear of the head, through the skull and brain and out the boss. That bullet left the muzzle at 2200fps. That buff was brained from the rear, no bullet recovery since it fully penetrated the boss.

Looking at those 550 bullets, I think you'd need two buff standing end to end to have even a chance at getting a bullet back.

JPK

JPK