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Post by bigbores on Dec 14, 2010 2:20:51 GMT -5
I know the 480Ruger can be loaded pretty warm but that gun only has .040" between the cylinders can it really stand up to full power 475L loads? www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=206226181P.S. marked correctly "475 LNBGH" ?... I would have marked it ".475 finger remover "
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Post by tek4260 on Dec 14, 2010 5:40:21 GMT -5
Guess that Carpenter steel is something...... I really don't know what to say, so Ill see what the experts have to say.
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Post by Lee Martin on Dec 14, 2010 8:54:01 GMT -5
Not sure I'd convert one to Linebaugh, but the Redhawk does handle 454 @ 60,000 PSI in a six-shot Redhawk. 475 @ 48,000 with a little less steel may be safe. Sort of like a 44 Blackhawk @ 40,000 vs. a 45 Colt Blackhawk @ 32,000. Again, that's just a guess. Wild West has a good reputation, so I'm sure they did their homework. -Lee www.singleactions.com
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Post by AxeHandle on Dec 14, 2010 15:06:32 GMT -5
Looks like one of the reasons that Ruger discontinued the 480 SRH...
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Post by aciera on Dec 14, 2010 16:38:57 GMT -5
Is the cylinder long enough? By that I mean somebody does a full house 475 load and shoves the bullet in to fit the cylinder length for this Redhawk. Pressure goes up and.....
Is it as long as one of John's conversions?
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Post by robl on Dec 14, 2010 19:54:39 GMT -5
I know that there are some other guns with the same size cylinder bored out for 6 shot 475s. They are ran with 480 level loads and they work fine. I saw lot's of chopped 480s and 454s in AK. Gifted a 5" 454 to a friend that is still up there. I imagine one day Ruger will figure out they have a popular thing right there, they just need to chop em to a more packable size. The Alaskan is fine as far as it goes but 4 or 5" barrels are more useful.
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Post by aciera on Dec 15, 2010 6:46:00 GMT -5
Good points brought up, I stand corrected. After doing this for a while I guess one gets stuck in our own ruts. If you kept the 480 pressures, using the longer case would make NO difference. Very good point.
If you used 480 loads, the pressures would drop. SEE excepted.
Does Ruger use Carp 465 in the 480 as well as the 454?
The PROPER 475 loads may be OK. But if someone uses the warmer ones..........
Sorry, I am sounding like a lawyer. You shouldn't handload if you don't know what you are doing.
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Post by bigbores on Dec 15, 2010 14:11:12 GMT -5
Yes they do, my Ruger SRH gets sticky cases with warm 480 loads, having several .475Linebaughs it would only take time before a full pressure load found its way into the gun. Now the .480R max pressure is 48k and the .475L is 50k so maybe it would be ok, then again 2k could be the final straw then again Ruger might be counting on lower pressure factory loads.
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Post by redhawk44 on Dec 21, 2010 9:00:01 GMT -5
There is really not that much difference between the pressure levels of the two cartridges.
The cylinder is long enough for the 475 all right, but it is simpler to just seat bullets in the 480 case to the same overall length as the 475 and then load to 480 velocities.
This will result in lower pressures than either one, and believe me, when you get the 400 Gr. bullet going at full 480 velocities, you will find that that is quite enough.
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Post by aciera on Dec 21, 2010 9:11:03 GMT -5
I agree with bigbore....... Any loading manuals go to the 48,000 limit? ?? What pressure do the factory losds run? ?? Would it be better to rechamber a 454 cylinder with the Carp 465 steel? Do I have any more questions? ?
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