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Jamison has a stout brass 28 guage 3" cartridge. Headstamp says "28 G SIG Supermag."
He says he gets 2650 fps from 3/4 oz slug and shot loads in standard 20 guage smoothbore shotguns. clap

So what would it do in a rifle, like a single shot action, a Ruger No. 1? A double rifle? What?

And across the street from Mr. Jamison's Brass factory, Dakota Arms has stocks of .423 Dakota brass and Redding reloading dies for the .423 Dakota. I have acquired some of each.

The brass has headstamp that says ".423 Dakota" and has a tiny "DA" logo, no "Lapua" logo or name on the brass.

That simplifies things. Theirs is the .423 Dakota, 63 mm long brass. Mine is the .423 Lapua with 69 mm long brass.

I can now say first hand from handling the brass and seeing the Lapua Factory brass specs, that the .423 Dakota brass is:

63 mm (or 2.480") long +/- 0.6 mm
shoulder angle is 35 degrees
neck length is 10 mm = 0.394"

You finally heard the facts here.
No little birdies have misled me on this. thumb

BTW: There is a .338 Dakota Short Magnum that is about 62 mm long in the brass, a shortened and steeper shouldered .338 Lapua Magnum.

There is no 300 Dakota Short Magnum, that was just "birdie chirping too."
 
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28 Guage SIG Supermag ought to make a swell .590 Nitro Express double rifle. troll
 
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i like your 423 better...these others are just for suckers...

the only thing they will be good for is emptying wallets of knowlittles


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AAAH,
But does he make .410 brass?


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That would be awfully close to 45-120 brass. I rechambered a Ruger no. 3 in that caliber once and it was pretty impressive. If someone is really hankering for Lott performance in a double but wants low pressure and a rim, they are missing a real bet. At Ruger pressures, it pretty much duplicated the Weatherby.
 
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Sorry, I meant to say .550 Nitro Express.
The 28 guage is .550 bore diameter.
 
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Originally posted by RIP:
Sorry, I meant to say .550 Nitro Express.
The 28 guage is .550 bore diameter.


Sounds like fellas that are interested in the .550s need to send mailto:email@barnesbullets.com, requesting some .550 TSX and Solid bullets........like I already have! thumb


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