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Offline flinter54

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416 Rem Mag Brass
« on: January 20, 2010, 11:39:53 AM »
Looking for some help finding 416 Rem Mag Brass. I have a beautiful Ruger #1 but no ammo to shoot. Midway, Graf&Sons neither of them have it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Re: 416 Rem Mag Brass
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2010, 07:58:01 AM »
If you can't find any just fireform any full length mag brass (if it's smaller) with fast powder and cream 'o' wheat. Anything bigger just full length size it for the same effect.
"Give me a lever long enough, and a place to stand, and I'll break the lever."

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Re: 416 Rem Mag Brass
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2010, 12:28:39 AM »
I own a 416 Remington and have always got my brass at Midway. If you can't find it talk to the person on the phone. I never had any problem.

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Re: 416 Rem Mag Brass
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2010, 04:58:29 AM »
Alot of info on the 416 rem is a 8mm rem mag necked up. can a person resize the 8mm rem mag case to?????

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Re: 416 Rem Mag Brass
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2010, 03:09:50 PM »
I called midway and they are out of .416 brass at this time. He was not sure when they would be getting more back in stock. I guess I can I can get some 8mm brass and form it form it from there.

Anyhow, thanks for your feedbacks.


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Re: 416 Rem Mag Brass
« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2010, 09:39:04 PM »
Get a machinist to make you an elongated, tapered expander ball with a piece of 7/16" (.4375") drill rod.  Taper it from .375" to about .420" and thread it to fit your decapper stem.   Use .375 H&H brass and neck it up.  Then put your .416 expander ball and decapper rod back in the sizing die and size the cases to create a false shoulder on the neck, just enough so that they will barely enter the chamber.  Use a modest amount of medium burning powder and the cheapest bullet you can find and fire form.
I used to use this method when I first bought a .280 Remington about 35 years ago.  The brass was hard to find so I used a piece of 5/16" (.3125") drill rod to make a tapered expander ball.  I tapered it from .270" to .3125" and necked up .270 Winchester cases.  I then put the factory .280 expander rod and decapper pin in the die and sized the cases just enough that they'd just barely chamber and fire formed them.  I could have necked down .30/06 cases but didn't want to use them as they have an overall length of 2.494" and .280 cases are 2.540".  You can't just neck up .270 cases to .280 as the shoulder on the .280 case is .049" further forward than the .270.  A necked-up .270 case would have excessive headspace.    

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Re: 416 Rem Mag Brass
« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2010, 02:48:26 PM »
hornady makes belted magnum basic brass. it is long enough to make the 416 rem. mag. from. full length size it and trim to length and presto you are done. I always keep a box of this brass on the shelf , it sure has been a life saver in the past for me.

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Re: 416 Rem Mag Brass
« Reply #7 on: February 17, 2010, 10:39:56 PM »
You might try contacting Rocky Mountain Cartridge, LLC  ----they used to lathe cut custom brass --I have some of their 50-150 ---contact info on the web.

Bob.

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Re: 416 Rem Mag Brass
« Reply #8 on: February 17, 2010, 10:42:06 PM »
Sorry typed that reply a little to fast -- should read 50-140 on above post- web site is:

http://www.rockymountaincartridge.com/

Bob.