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18 December 2004, 01:40
JefferyDenmark
Re: 500 Jeffery 450gr bullets
Forza Italia
Welcome to the forum
Do you shoot the ,500 Jeffery or the .500 NE ?

My barrel is 24"


Cheers,

Andr�
18 December 2004, 07:07
gringo_pistolero
I appreicate all the imput. Any recommendations on reloading dies or brass?
19 December 2004, 02:48
JefferyDenmark
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Any recommendations on reloading dies or brass?



Get some brass from Dieter Horneber in Germany
http://www.huelsen-horneber.de/frame_engl.html
And Die-set from either Rcbs or Triebel. Find out what tool that was used for making your chamber and get at die-set from that company.

Cheers,

Andr�
17 December 2004, 17:00
jeffeosso
Martin,
and 120+ grain of surplus powder with a 535 woodleigh will hit 2350... and, well, just makes a big old hole in stuff... like pigs!!

jeffe
17 December 2004, 13:48
MartinPotts
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100 gr of Varget or RL 15 will push a 535 gr to 2200 fps. It's a fine enough deer load, and not to abusive on the shoulder. This is with Star brass, I haven't worked up loads in the Hornbear brass.

I wonder what velocities those bullets are designed for, they might be designed around some of the older black powder rounds, and hence might expand a bit more then desired @ 2200 fps.

If you want some fun practice loads, get some ~450 gr cast pistol bullets and load them over 30 gr Unique for ~1200 fps.



Gezzzzzzzzzz Paul your using a 500 Jeffery's to shoot deer

Did some deer in a past life really upset you

Hell if you like i could snail mail you some 1000 grain
.700 Bullet's so you could do them up right
but your going to need the 700 Nitro to use them

What deer are there in Alaska that require a freaking monster rifle to kill.
the last few i shot up there on the island were 4 point and a forked horn and both of them i could have fit inside my over night luggage.

Next thing you guy's are going to be using are small boulder's rolled from the top's of cliff's -squish-
17 December 2004, 13:46
ASS_CLOWN
Paul,

The 450 Barnes Originals grenade at a muzzle velocity of ~ 2200 fps when they hit a pine 4X4, at least mine did. Loaded in a 50 Beowulf (after being turned down to 0.500 and then weigh 443 gr) they did very nice at ~ 1500 fps, busting through railroad ties with ease!

The 535 gr Woodleigh SP hold up well even on head shots up to ~ 2400 fps.

I really see no need, other than economic, for using a bullet lighter than the Woodleigh 535 gr. It, the 535 gr Woodleigh will work GREAT on deer, bear, elk, moose, buffalo, cats, dogs, mice, squirrels, rabbits, etc, etc, etc.

ASS_CLOWN
17 December 2004, 23:35
JefferyDenmark
AC

I developed up that load without a chrono.
I will clock the loads this weekend with my new chrono.
I did shoot 10 rounds of the 120 grn loads and the recoil was nice and stiff

I just want to se what a 120 grn load will do
What I am looking for is 2300-2400 fps with the 535 woodleigh bullet and 2400-2500 with the impala bullet.
My home-made bullets (500 grn) will be tested at both 2300 and 2400.

Cheers,

Andr�
17 December 2004, 13:34
Paul H
100 gr of Varget or RL 15 will push a 535 gr to 2200 fps. It's a fine enough deer load, and not to abusive on the shoulder. This is with Star brass, I haven't worked up loads in the Hornbear brass.

I wonder what velocities those bullets are designed for, they might be designed around some of the older black powder rounds, and hence might expand a bit more then desired @ 2200 fps.

If you want some fun practice loads, get some ~450 gr cast pistol bullets and load them over 30 gr Unique for ~1200 fps.