This is kinda continued from the old board on the 405 that wants to be a 416 thread. To refresh memory I have been working with several different boolits as time allowes through the summer. They are,
LBT - 300 LFN/GC
LBT - 350 LFN/GC
RCBS - 350 FNGC
MT - 410 LFN/GC
NEI - 400 RNDD/GC
The RCBS and NEI molds are for 416 cal and sized at .415" for the 405 Win worked very well indeed. As best as I can measure a slugg from my barrel I got .4128". My rifle is an older Browning B-78 rebarreled to 405 at close to the conture of the origonal round barrel and same length at 26". Wont bother listing all loads tried just the one I setteled on for moose hunting this year. I went with the RCBS 350 FNGC because it is an absolutely perfect fit in my rifles throat and the nose rides snuggly on the lands. It prooved to be extreamly accurate and has given several three shot groupes at 100 yards that resemble perfect little clovers. The load,
case - Hornady 405 Win
bullet - RCBS 350 FNGC 6/1 alloy air cooled @.415" speed green lube
primer - cci #200 LR
powder - 49.5 gn H - 4895
av. velocity at 10 ft - 1959 FPS @ 70 F
Got my chance at a nice smaller meat bull this week. At about 50 yards broad side a center sholder hit. Not exactly what I wanted but the excuse I will go with is the still leafy foliage between us and a poor guess as to where just behind the sholder was. Anyway he did not run but turned as if to try staggered sideways a couple steps and was down for the count. I figgured his blood pressure dropped pretty fast cause he never got it together enough for even a couple aimed steps. The boolit sailed on through both sholders(drats) and caused ALOT A damage between. Not that much meat loss thank God but inside the chest cavity looked like a blind roto ruter man was trying hard to find his way out. Went just over the heart but missed it but both lungs could pretty much be poured out. Exit hole in the hide was not big but like two to three callibers. Inside the cavity on the on side through the ribbs the hole was about 1" and on the off side after passing through the lungs and back into the ribbs it was 2.5 to 3". No lead fragments were found during butchering. I shure woulda liked to have found that boolit. Thought some of you heading into the woods soon with your home brew's might gain some confidence from this. Hope the detailes arent too grusome or offencive to some but this is how we learn and develope loads that work as desired.
BIC/BS