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I finally got the chance to shoot my Ruger #1 450/.400 today with fellow AR member Tom Kessel, and we were both impressed. We each shot a 100-yard group, and both groups were 3/4" center-to-center. I was using a 4X Leupold scope, and the load was 82 grains of IMR-4831 & Woodleigh bullets. I was very pleased; also, as I predicted, the rifle is a little light for caliber, and kicked like hell. ____________________________ .470 & 9.3X74R Chapuis' Tikka O/U 9.3X74R Searcy Classics 450/.400 3" & .577 C&H .375 2 1/2" Krieghoff .500 NE Member Dallas Safari Club | ||
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Frank How much does she weigh scope and all. You may find that off hand recoil is not that bad. Congratulations, sounds like your 400 is a good shooter. For deer and pigs you might get some 300gr Hawk bullets with the .025jkt. Load them with the same powder charge as the 400grainers. Velocity should be @2330fps and they kill deer and pigs like the Hammer of Thor. They hit the same place as the full power 400's in my 450/400 3 1/4" double. They also have less recoil. DOUBLE RIFLE SHOOTERS SOCIETY | |||
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I'm guessing, scope & all, that the rifle weighs 8 1/2 lbs. I think I'll try your load, so I can get more practice using a single shot for hunting. ____________________________ .470 & 9.3X74R Chapuis' Tikka O/U 9.3X74R Searcy Classics 450/.400 3" & .577 C&H .375 2 1/2" Krieghoff .500 NE Member Dallas Safari Club | |||
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Congratulations on your new 450/400. If you load Hawk's 400 grainers, start with a lower powder charge. The Hawk's are dead soft and seal the barrel better than other bullets. I shoot the 300 grain hawks in my 450/400 and 300/400 grainer in my 404 Jeffery. Awesome pig/deer rounds! I think the Hornady bullets are .410 caliber. Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends." ----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836 "I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841 "for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” | |||
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