DOES ANYBODY KNOW OF THIS? 408 CALIBER

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21 January 2008, 21:06

applebutter

DOES ANYBODY KNOW OF THIS? 408 CALIBER

I just saw a new cartridge and the headstamp is 408 CHEV TEC JAMINSON,it looks like a shorter version of the 50 cal. thanks

22 January 2008, 02:15

Cheechako

apple

Not a new cartridge. That's a 408 Chey-Tac (Cheyenne Tactical). Google it and you'll find out all about it.

ray

23 January 2008, 07:27

jeffeosso

necked down 505 gibbs

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

24 January 2008, 00:34

GarBy

Go talk to your local special ops boys...they can give you all the scoop you want.....and on the 416 Barrett too.

Gary
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14 February 2008, 05:55

flynbrian

Go to Uncle Teds website he is sponsered by Chey-Tac!...........uncle Ted being TED NUGENT

28 February 2008, 22:17

Cardinal

quote:
Originally posted by jeffeosso:
necked down 505 gibbs

Actually, it isn't. From a post by Triggerfifty/Dean Michaels on snipershide:

quote:
ON the subject of 408 brass. Guys should not assume that this round is based on the 505 Gibbs case. IT IS NOT. The outside dimensions are roughly the same, the case head size is the same, but the web thickness, flashhole dimensions, shoulder angles, and of course the neck diameter, neck tension, neck thickness, and a few more items are quite different. If you neck down .505 Gibbs cases and shoot them ( as some sad souls have done ), you will rupture the cases, have case head separation, blowback, possible chamber ruptures, etc. DO NOT USE 505 GIBBS BRASS!

The 408 and 375 CheyTac are two excellent extreme longrange cartridges.
I would probably get a 375 if I could afford it.