end of era... old style 416 hornady bullets

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30 November 2006, 20:05

jeffeosso

end of era... old style 416 hornady bullets

loaded my last old style 416 hornady 400grs today.... in the 416 ar of course...

so, who's in for lots of 500 units, for the old style 416 hornady bullets

probably can get a run if we hit 5000

jeffe

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

30 November 2006, 21:12

Hog Killer

Might go for some of the old style 500 gr .458". If they were near the same 50 cent price as they use to be. Fine for practice at that price.

Hog Killer

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30 November 2006, 22:30

vapodog

This is spinning of the wheels.....Hornady quit making the steel jacketed bullets because they could no longer get the copper clad steel sheet metal.

Apparantly woodleigh is still using it and maybe the mfr of this material is Australian and the cost of importing it from aussieworld is out of perspective.

Anyway, Hornady didn't develope a new solid because they like developing new bullets....there was a reason.....the stuff wasn't available to them!

BTW thery quit making steel solids about seven years ago!!!~

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30 November 2006, 22:37

gumboot458

So are they going to make a monometal solid. Hard to imagine the world with out Hornady solids. Who knows what a Bridger solid is ? I,ve never heard of them . { which doesn,t mean anything } Execpt to me . Also what are the prices on GS Custom bullets. OO KEE DOOOKEEE gumboot out.

30 November 2006, 22:45

vapodog

quote:
So are they going to make a monometal solid.

Hornady's solids are very heavy "brass" with encapsulated lead cores.

I have no clue if they'll change it but if they're listening, their 375 Ruger will need a better bullet. One may assume the 416 and 458 will follow if they bring out a new bullet.

01 December 2006, 03:18

NFMike

400 Nitro mentioned that the 450-400 was going to have an old style steel jacketed solid. Heard other scuttlebut out of Grand Island residents to the same effect. It would be silly to make steel jacketed for only one diameter. My impression was that steel was coming back.

01 December 2006, 04:39

400 Nitro Express

Mike:

That's what the point man on the .400 project said - specific to the .400. He didn't mention other calibers, and I neglected to ask. You're right though, surely they won't do it for just one caliber.
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01 December 2006, 05:59

jeffeosso

well, good news.. these are coming back.. at least the cannelure location!!

jeffe