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  1. Looking for a 450 Bushmaster load using Lee 340gr

    check out the hodgon load data web site. it is all jacketed data but, that is where i got my load of 5744 for my noe 452-300-rf bullet. i’m sure they have a load for 5744 of you wanted use that...
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    .450 cast boolet around 2000 fps

    i think also with the pressures that the .450 BM runs at it deforms the base of the bullet pretty quickly. i have known some people to have success with plain base bullets on the .450 bm reloading...
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    i tried shooting that lee 452-255-FN powder...

    i tried shooting that lee 452-255-FN powder coated and with out a gas check with abysmal results. I believe the base of the bullet was getting deformed after ignition. i tried the lee bullet with...
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    .450 cast boolet around 2000 fps

    finally some success. getting back to the range after taking almost a month and half off for deer hunting.

    i loaded up those NOE 300 grain gas checked bullets with 31.00-35 grains of 5744. 1st...
  5. Forum: Cast Boolits

    so i just ran this experiment today. im running...

    so i just ran this experiment today. im running a lee 356-120-tc-Tl in my sr9e. granted im powder coating them and not tumble lubing them. i get my best accuracy by sizing to .357 before powder...
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    Sticky: not really reloading related. However, i finally...

    not really reloading related. However, i finally broke down and bought a set of ear muffs for shooting at the range. Being 38.5 yrs old, working in a shop setting for the last 13 years, and doing...
  8. Forum: Our Town

    that is the reason or theory behind the case...

    that is the reason or theory behind the case length restrictions. has to do with the population density. in this map 3/4 of the state of michigan population lies in the lower 1/3 of the state....
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    Questions about rifle cartridge requirements.

    no approved cartridge list. just have to be within that spec that was listed. I believe the new rules have been in affect since 2014.

    357 mag and 44 mag were popular for a hot second before...
  10. Forum: Our Town

    supposedly i’ve known guys from the michigan...

    supposedly i’ve known guys from the michigan sports man forums who have trimmed down 45-70’s to be in spec.

    my thing is you have to have a C/O that is gun savvy to understand that a trimmed down...
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    Forum: Leverguns

    Who is running a .360 Buckhammer?

    i am currently working on a cast load for my .450 bm. i have a pretty lengthy thread on the forum about it. Started with the lee 452-255 mold using powder coated. now i’m using the noe...
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    Forum: Leverguns

    Who is running a .360 Buckhammer?

    this is the rule for rifles in the limited rifle zone aka shotgun zone in michigan “ . 35 caliber or larger straight walled cartridge, a minimum case length of 1.16 and a maximum of 1.80 case...
  13. Shot a new Stevens 308, made in Turkey, range report.

    savage/stevens is marketing this gun for beginning hunters. savage/ steven’s is also coming out with a turkish made semi-auto 12 gage. supposed to msrp for $550 I believe. if i did more small game...
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    first deer on my land

    doe down. first deer taken on my 7 acre property in south west saginaw county. not the biggest doe i’ve taken but, not the smallest. First time ever taking deer in consecutive years. 2nd year in a...
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    Forum: Leverguns

    Who is running a .360 Buckhammer?

    except you can’t use the 38-55 to hunt with in the limited rifle zone in michigan or many other whole states to hunt deer with. That is what is driving the cartridge development of the .350 legend,...
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    basically, most people are too impatient to shoot...

    basically, most people are too impatient to shoot cast bulllets and to be fair most people don’t have the time anymore.

    i’ll be honest if i didn’t literally live 2 miles from my conservation...
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    i’ve herd a lot of good things about tisas. one...

    i’ve herd a lot of good things about tisas. one of the guys at my range i talk to regularly has one 45 cal. loves it


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    Lee 452-255 rf

    it feeds alright in a bolt gun. i was using a ruger american .450. sometimes you will have to help it into the chamber.

    i played around with it in my gun powder coated. i sized to .452 and .454...
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    yes they were both the all weather all black...

    yes they were both the all weather all black henry’s


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    Forum: Leverguns

    Who is running a .360 Buckhammer?

    i don’t have one but, i’ve seen the 360 buck hammer at the range. i’ve seen it shoot sub moa out of a lever gun with a scope @ 100 yards while doing 2500 fps.

    at this point i think the 350,...
  21. Forum: Leverguns

    Is this bullet too pointy for a lever gun?

    that is a good point and really he wouldn’t have to take much off to flatten the tip. couple passes with a file and call it good.


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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    so here is the new mold NOE 452-304-rf . this...

    so here is the new mold NOE 452-304-rf . this NOE mold drops really nice looking boolits. with my lymen #2 alloy it drops just a couple tenths over .454. I was able to find a .452 and .454 lube...
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    450 Bushmaster loads

    the lyman 51st reloading manual has cast load data for a 225 grain plain base round nose and a 325 grain gas checked flat nose. I believe they also have loads for 4 jacketed loads. the 325 grain...
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    Sticky: new NOE mold came in the mail yesterday. whew,...

    new NOE mold came in the mail yesterday. whew, fast shipping. Utah to michigan in 2 days. this NOE 452-304-rf mold makes a really nice bullet for .450 BM. the mold started making perfect bullets...
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    some one should be in jail for that top one. ...

    some one should be in jail for that top one.


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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check