475L Brass, Sell it or Cut it?

[AxeHandle]

Holding some 475 brass. Wondering if I should cut it to 480 length or sell it?

[gnappi]

To some cutting it to some may be more of a pain than it's worth unless you needed it and missed the Starline run they made earlier this year.

To sell as .480? I cut down 250 myself before it went for sale on Starline's site and anyone who needs it should be happy to get it.

[silcott]

Midway has 480 brass



www.midwayusa.com/product/1021324391

[bearskinner]

Aug 30, 2024 12:32:57 GMT -5 AxeHandle said:

Holding some 475 brass. Wondering if I should cut it to 480 length or sell it?

Midway has 480 brass ( Starline ) for $62. Per 100, and 475 Linebaugh ( Hornady ) for $117. Per hundred. Both in stock currently. Just to show you what replacement cost would be

[nicholst55]

I cut some .475 brass down to .480 length during the recent brass famine. Once. I don't believe that I would do so again - certainly not with the equipment that I currently have. I would spend the money to have the gun converted to .475 Linebaugh, first. That would require a new cylinder and opening up the frame window, at a minimum (according to Hamilton Bowen). You could buy a BFR revolver for less money.

[bigbore5]

Buy a 475 and use it. The 480 is a great cartridge for the 800-1000fps range. The 475 is better for the top end and heavier bullets. Plus the BFR is very reasonable for what you are getting.

[jensonev]

Aug 30, 2024 15:20:17 GMT -5 bigbore5 said:

The 475 is better for the top end and heavier bullets.

If the heavy bullets are loaded long then 480R will be no different than 475L. Both have the same case capacity when loaded to the same COAL and the difference in pressure spec is academic rather than practical.

[tullymars]

How many you got and what do want for them? I don’t really need more brass but better safe than sorry.

[AxeHandle]

That's what I'm talking about! I'll get a count and send a PM in a few days.

[tullymars]

You do still have a .475 gun don’t you. Or maybe a set of them.

[bigbore5]

Aug 30, 2024 15:32:08 GMT -5 jensonev said:

Aug 30, 2024 15:20:17 GMT -5 bigbore5 said:

The 475 is better for the top end and heavier bullets.

If the heavy bullets are loaded long then 480R will be no different than 475L. Both have the same case capacity when loaded to the same COAL and the difference in pressure spec is academic rather than practical.

If the same bullet is used and crimped in the same groove, the 475 will always have more capacity. The cylinder in a 475 is normally longer than Rugers 480 cylinders. Before you can seat a bullet out far enough in 480 brass to equal a max oal 475, you simply don't have enough of the same bullet left in the case to guarantee proper neck tension in the 480 brass.

I don't currently have a 480 chambered gun, but I do use the brass for reduced loads in the 475 for the fact of less capacity. Eventually I will get one just for the reduced loads so there's no readjusting of the sights when I change between between heavy 475 hunting loads and reduced general purpose 480 loads.

[AxeHandle]

Lots of big bore stuff once lived here. All the evil ones have departed. My wrists are good for another 20 years of nice stuff. Don't expect to make 20 more myself but my wrists will be good when I go.

[leftysixgun]

How many pcs of 475 and what’s the price?

[gnappi]

Aug 30, 2024 14:48:07 GMT -5 nicholst55 said:

I cut some .475 brass down to .480 length during the recent brass famine. Once. I don't believe that I would do so again - certainly not with the equipment that I currently have. I would spend the money to have the gun converted to .475 Linebaugh, first. That would require a new cylinder and opening up the frame window, at a minimum (according to Hamilton Bowen). You could buy a BFR revolver for less money.

 I hear you, I've been there... but in a famine and uncertainty for another rare caliber like we went through with the .480 I'd do it again. 

[reflex264]

If some of these other gentlemen don't take it I would be interested.