The 450 Marlin is a real problem, I avoided the 303 Savage until Prvi made brass then I stocked up, though there are some work arounds - a wrap of tape around a slightly shortened 30-30 will work to start. I have plenty of 35 Rem, but you can turn the rim off 303 British for that, I stocked up on .444, but added another 500 Starline who does still make them. 300 Savage is easy - .308 Win shortened, .307 Win and 356 Win - size and shorten 444. Most cases come from a few that existed in the 1890's to 1920's. Think the .284 is recent, turn the rim off a 45-70 and size down in steps - there ya go.
I do stick with my .243, .308, .358 and .300 Savage's in Savage 99's for most of my shooting, ever since military brass was sold by GIBRASS - 1970's for me
Last edited by MostlyLeverGuns; 01-14-2024 at 08:01 PM.
This conversation makes me appreciate my 30-30, 30-06, 243, 223.
Siamese4570
Oh, forgot 45-70
I didn’t realize I had a goldmine with once fired 450 BM brass sitting around.
Hey, anybody wanna send me some 480 brass for it? Heh heh
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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 |