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Post by bullseye on Dec 14, 2021 20:38:35 GMT -5
Picked up 300 of the discontinued Remington 405 gr Soft Points from a forum member, I have an early straight grip 1895 Marlin with the Micro groove rifling that absolutely LOVES this bullet! Thanks Trapr! ![]()  |
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Post by contender on Dec 15, 2021 8:56:20 GMT -5
I always enjoy finding goodies I seek,, especially when they are no long made. Looks like you Christmas is gonna be bright!
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Post by leadhound on Dec 16, 2021 10:54:07 GMT -5
Congratulations on the haul! I hate when you find something you like and they discontinue it! But I prefer that over them changing the item keeping the same stock number and trying to convince you it’s the same.
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Post by x101airborne on Dec 16, 2021 11:04:24 GMT -5
Oh great, those are discontinued too? That was my all time favorite go to bullet for high pressure loads. Well son of a gun. Glad you got some. We dont shoot high pressure 45-70 down here unless there is a problem hog and we go into the brush to get it. Rarely comes up but nice to know the firepower is there when you need it.
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Post by magnumwheelman on Dec 16, 2021 11:06:51 GMT -5
that's a score... they work perfect in my 45-70 BFR, & if they were more available... I'd be loading them all the time... instead I'm hanging on to the 100 or so I have
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Post by bullseye on Dec 16, 2021 16:24:45 GMT -5
that's a score... they work perfect in my 45-70 BFR, & if they were more available... I'd be loading them all the time... instead I'm hanging on to the 100 or so I have Hopefully, with Remington ammo back up & running, these will return to production one day...🤞 |
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Post by matt56 on Dec 16, 2021 17:12:50 GMT -5
I have about 300 of those and 400 of the Speer 400gr for shooting subsonic 45-70. Last time I was at a gun show there was a box of 100 for $50 and I still kick myself for not getting them.
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Post by cas on Dec 16, 2021 17:35:28 GMT -5
When did that happen?
Obviously, I haven't tried to buy any in a very long time.
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Post by bullseye on Dec 16, 2021 19:32:35 GMT -5
When did that happen? Obviously, I haven't tried to buy any in a very long time. Back around the time Remington started having financial problems. |
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Post by cas on Dec 16, 2021 19:51:43 GMT -5
Must have been MUCH later than that, like decades.  |
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Post by bigbrowndog on Dec 16, 2021 20:23:27 GMT -5
I’m glad they got to you, I’ve still got about 700 of the old Remington 300’s left, as well as some Hornady 510gr FMJ/SP’s I personally settled on the Speer 350’s for my Marlin 1895.
Trapr
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Post by bradshaw on Dec 17, 2021 10:18:54 GMT -5
Picked up 300 of the discontinued Remington 405 gr Soft Points from a forum member, I have an early straight grip 1895 Marlin with the Micro groove rifling that absolutely LOVES this bullet! Thanks Trapr! ![]() ***** Have taken whitetail with this bullet, in Remington factory .45-70 load, from the diminutive Ruger No. 3 carbine. After messing with various 300 JHP and the Hornady 350 Round Nose, the old mosey along 405 punches like a heavyweight. Factory ammo adhered to the 1873 Springfield Trapdoor loading of 1,300 fps, which is much more pleasant to fire than the same bullet, hot rodded. Haven’t shot water jugs with this bullet, but suspect penetration should considerably exceed the average shotgun slug. David Bradshaw |
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Post by bullseye on Dec 18, 2021 10:43:10 GMT -5
Must have been MUCH later than that, like decades. The time that finally led to bankruptcy...I should have been more specific...😉 |
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Post by jeffh on Dec 18, 2021 11:07:15 GMT -5
Things are getting dicey for a lot of classic stuff, with market forces much greater than we few, demanding more and more of a narrower and narrower ranges of cartridges and the guns that chamber them. Not just to be a "Debbie-Downer," but it is lamentable that so many cartridges, which were once pronounced "obsolete" by the gun-pundits, had sidestepped their own funeral processions and became readily available and popular - for a time.
My absolute favorite 6.5x55 bullet was the Hornady, 160 grain round-nose. My bother is currently punching holes in deer with what I had left from just over a decade ago, when I was buying bags or one hundred "blems" from Midsouth for..... seriously..... TEN BUCKS. They shot sub-dime-sized, three-shot groups (it's a HUNTING rifle) and they do the trick on deer, lumbering along at moderate velocities and pressures.
I've not seen those for sale for quite a long time - since the last drought, at least.
Great fortune for a member here, and through the doings of another member here. Happy day to see someone come across such a treasure!
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Post by edk on Dec 18, 2021 15:04:27 GMT -5
My absolute favorite 6.5x55 bullet was the Hornady, 160 grain round-nose. My bother is currently punching holes in deer with what I had left from just over a decade ago, when I was buying bags or one hundred "blems" from Midsouth for..... seriously..... TEN BUCKS. How about a thread on supplies of classic stuff laid in during better times? One that comes to mind for me is the 35 cal 180gr single shot pistol bullet - don't know that we'll be seeing those again... |
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