Casting for a 470 Nitro Express

[Petander]

Look what The Cat dragged in:



Feels like Christmas.

[W.R.Buchanan]

While maybe a bit overkill that .470 would be an interesting gun for a wild boar hunt.

Do you get the big Russian boars there?

I am not much of a hunter these days but I would like to shoot a wild boar or two.

We don't have any close but they are spreading through most of the US and we now have a population in Alberta due to escapies from farms where they were introduced for meat and hunting... but I don't have a .470 NE double rifle!

Longbow

But you do have a Shotgun, and You can shoot slugs in it!

Randy

Petander: My cat rolls up in a ball like that too. In fact he looks alot like yours., This is TAZ!

[longbow]

True Randy... but no hogs nearby and it's a thread about .470 NE.

I'd like to say I'm trying to stay on topic but you know me!

We do have hogs in Alberta now which is only a day's drive. I may head that way to chase a hog one day. No Finnish pink elephants there though!

Longbow

[Petander]

[15meter]

Look what The Cat dragged in:



Feels like Christmas.

Need a full frontal shot of the cat, looks like multiple cats(like dozens that looked the same over the decades) that hung around at the family farm for the last 45+ years. Last one migrated to the next door neighbors house after I sold the farm this past winter.

Curious if those genes are world wide.

It's name was Stupid. It was for the most part anti-social to the guy that fed and built the heated water bowl AND made sure that it was kept full even in -15 degree weather last winter.

Until the last 3 weeks before the farm was sold.

THEN it turned into a buddy. I named it Stupid 10 years ago and the name still fits.

And yes, it's a shameless thread hijack. Not even the first on this thread. I'm a bad person. Just ask my wife.

[Petander]

15Meter, catjacking a thread is absolutely fine.

Here is my next test, a NLG / BB bullet from Accurate. Very interesting. I used a 16 BHN alloy, maybe harder, will know in a couple of weeks. I also double PC:d some other colours, this "Antique" is single coat because clear coats great and thick. And for the looks,of course.

Mold is not seasoned yet, got it two days ago. But I gave it five heat cycles (30 min in a 200°F oven, one hour cool down to room temp) . Acceptable bullets started dropping after six pours and tendency for tinning was not bad at all.


390 grains for those ~2000 fps 25-75 meter plinkers,again.

[murf205]

Petander, that boolit looks like a moose thumper as well as a plinker. Tom does beautiful work, let us know how it shoots. BTW since catjacking is allowed here is the queen of our house.Attachment 292915

[Petander]

I even found a mint CH Trim die for this. $40. Thank you Russ.

Some Fleabay 470 NE trim die prices are just out of this world. Hundreds. I almost lost all hope.

Need a full frontal shot of the cat, looks like multiple cats(like dozens that looked the same over the decades) that hung around at the family farm for the last 45+ years. Last one migrated to the next door neighbors house after I sold the farm this past winter.

Curious if those genes are world wide.

Here you go:



As long as there's a cat, there's hope.

Petander, that boolit looks like a moose thumper as well as a plinker. Tom does beautiful work, let us know how it shoots. BTW since catjacking is allowed here is the queen of our house.Attachment 292915

Great mold,I'm excited about this. And sweet Queen!

[W.R.Buchanan]

Sometimes life is just too much!

Randy

[15meter]

I even found a mint CH Trim die for this. $40. Thank you Russ.

Some Fleabay 470 NE trim die prices are just out of this world. Hundreds. I almost lost all hope.






Here you go:




As long as there's a cat, there's hope.



Great mold,I'm excited about this. And sweet Queen!

Apparently those genes are worldwide. Stupid, the cat at the farm could be your cat's twin.

[Petander]

Claybirds break good with both barrels up to 50 meters with Mihec 400 grain GC bullet, PC:d .477 @ 2000 fps. Vihtavuori N135. I neck size and use a NOE expander before seating the bullets. Regulation was a big,nice surprise,barrels are 4" apart @ 75 meters with this bullet.

Barrels stay very,very clean.

Fast fire practise is great fun with this "Marlin level" economy practise load.

[Petander]

Now I loaded 400 grn bevel base NLG bullets from Accurate. First time shooting these,they are .477 plus PC.

I used the same charge as for Mihec 400 GC:s for 2000 fps. I didn't feel like shooting groups so I put some claybirds on the 75 meter berm and started shooting them, the scope @ 4x .

Both barrels broke every clay I shot at, I stopped after six and moved on close to shoot the rest, practising fast shouldering and quick doubles. Amazing regulation for a practise load if you ask me. Me happy!

Oh and the barrels show no visible leading with eyeglasses. Two dry patches,then normal Ed's Red cleaning.

[W.R.Buchanan]

Taz likes your pretty boolits. Randy

[Petander]

Taz likes your pretty boolits. Randy

[Petander]

Oops.

Only 40+ reloads, never full sized. 20 full 500 grn loads, 20+ 400 grn practise loads.

[elk hunter]

Have you been annealing the necks? If not it's probably not too late to start. If you have been annealing, any case will fail if reloaded enough times. It hurts more when they're big, hard to find and expensive.

[lar45]

I shoot a 500gn cast, from a Mountain Molds mold, at 2150 with RL15 and a tuft of Dacron, Fed 215s of course.

[15meter]

Stupid, the last photo I took just before I went to the closing on the farm.

Pretty sure the cat knew it was the last time.



After about 6 months with the new owners, she migrated to the neighbors. Apparently the cat liked their brand of cat food better than the new owner's brand at the farm.