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Post by kaytod on Aug 23, 2012 17:02:50 GMT -5
This weekend we not only played with the Glock. I have a ( new to me ) 450 Ackley Magnum rifle and so load development started. Frank sent me some 600 grain hardcast bullets for it and man does it look mean. Here is a brief clip of it's maiden voyage.   |
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Post by whitworth on Aug 23, 2012 19:15:25 GMT -5
Very nice, Todd! Lee has one and at one point I was building one, but ended up trading that rifle for something else. It's a great cartridge and my favorite of the .45 caliber rifle rounds. How much does yours weigh? Lee's weighs 7-lbs and is a bit painful to shoot.
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Post by Lee Martin on Aug 24, 2012 10:58:20 GMT -5
That's really neat Todd. Tell us more about the rifle. Who built it, barrel make, stock, etc. As Whit mentioned, I'm a big fan of the round and assembled this one on a stainless Model 70 back in the late 90's:  It only weighs 7 pounds so it can be a little punishing. I've been shooting 500 gr Hornadys over a full case of 748. I'll have to try some of those 600's though. -Lee www.singleactions.com"Building carpal tunnel one round at a time" |
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Post by stevemb on Aug 24, 2012 11:25:26 GMT -5
600gr hardcast ? I don't hate anything THAT much ! Ouch ! stevemb
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Post by Thunderjet on Aug 24, 2012 22:57:22 GMT -5
Used to own a 450 Ackley built by Brown Precision. Wow, the worse recoiling rifle I ever owned. It only weighed about 7 pounds and to be blunt BP did not do a good job building it. Immediately upon receiving it had to send it back as it would not even feed the first (or any other ) round.
Still, great range toy. Loved watching the looks on other guys faces when they touched one off:)
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Post by kaytod on Aug 25, 2012 18:15:18 GMT -5
When I was out west, one of the fellows found it locally and purchased it. Well, after seeing it, we came to a deal. I have no notion of the builder nor barrel maker. It is a FN Mauser action with 3.6" magazine. It wears a 22" barrel and a muzzle break that is reminicient of an artillery piece. It also has a Leupold scope and Redfield type base/rings. It is set into what appears to be myrtle stock with walnut tip and cap. There are "lightning bolt" style white line spacers at the cap/tip and pad. Combined with a glossy stock and rollover cheekpiece it is very '50ish in style. Pretty gun. When I'm done, it will wear a proper set of iron sights and most likely the muzzle break will be gone as I detest them. I have shot a 458 that had the 3.6 box mag so loading to the 458 Lott OAL was easy. The biggest bullet I've shot in the 45 cal so far was an NEI 645GC that came out lubed and checked at 705 grains. It got them to 1750 in the 458, alas the twist was still a bit slow to eliminate yaw. We shot thru 6 feet of wetpack and 3 inches of red fir before going deeply enough into the dirt I couldn't recover the bullets without a shovel. I hope I can get these 600's and the Ackley somewhere in the 2150-2250 range and be accurate. It would be a pretty good thumper. Wonder what it would do in a 14" barrel in an Encore handgun?   PS, Lee that is a fine looking rifle you built. |
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Post by whitworth on Aug 26, 2012 9:09:33 GMT -5
Wonder what it would do in a 14" barrel in an Encore handgun? Todd, I know a fella that recently built an Encore in .458 Lott -- it is brutal for lack of a better word! |
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