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Offline mr.frosty

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« on: December 29, 2004, 12:55:57 PM »
i had this in an earlier post i was wondering about  making the 300
wsm a straight wall case 475 is from a 45/70 etc.
as anyone looked at doing that yet how large a bullet will one use ?
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« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2004, 04:58:01 PM »
Is it going to headspace on the case mouth?  The 300 WSM is .545" at the base, but I think you're probably going to need a shoulder with that case.  Headspacing on the case mouth you could probably get a .500" bullet on a straight-walled 300 WSM.  The 50 Action Express is .547" at the base, .540" at the case mouth and uses a .500" bullet.
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« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2004, 08:12:22 PM »
a new 500 magnum then huh?
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« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2004, 09:52:35 AM »
The .500 S&W is one sweet round. 350 grn. bullets at 1,875 and 275 grn. bullets at 2,100 fps. from a 10 in barrel. AND you don`t have to form cases.
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