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Offline DJWright

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Bullet for .475 Linebaugh?
« on: June 13, 2011, 06:56:12 AM »
Veral. Needing a mould for a .475 Linebaugh in a BFR revolver.
Best wight and design in your opinion?
Assuming the WFN design would be best for big game. . . .
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Re: Bullet for .475 Linebaugh?
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2011, 06:55:04 PM »
  I personally favor a 400 gr LFN, in plain base, and shot at a pleasant 1000 fps, which produces deadly results on game to elk at least.   However, 385 gr LFN gas checked has been the most popular weight and style bullet for many years.  I should perhaps say, this is most popular after the customer purchases his first mold in a heavy weight.   ( You'll understand the reasoning very well after dropping the hammer on a rew rounds in your new gun!)

  The WFN has become most popular with customers in the last 8 years or so, and works well, especially if you want to keep recoil down with relitively mild loads.  In which case, pick a weight from 350 gr up, to whatever rings your bell the loudest.    The gun will throw bullet weights up to 450 grains with massive power, if that's what you bought the gun for.  BFR's are well built and will probably handle plain base just fine with any kind of load up to full power, ifyou use one of the LBT lubes.  If you intend to use any other brand of bullet lube, you'd do well to order a gas checked bullet, which is also best with LBT lube if you want to wring the maximum possible power from the gun, because gas checked bullets operate at several thousand PSI lower pressure with any given stout load, even with LBT lube.   IF you load the the big ones to full house, carry a few bandades along on your first trip to the range.  They will stop the blood coming from where the front sight hits your forhead, from running into your eyes and spoiling the sight picture.
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Re: Bullet for .475 Linebaugh?
« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2011, 07:33:53 AM »
For what its worth I purchased a 475 LBT 410 WFN-GC for a Freedom Arms. Using linotype it weighs approx. 388 grains. Works great for anything from plinking loads on up to beyond what I want to shoot. I really like the large metplate on the WFN's and this one hits like a sledehammer even with moderate loads.

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Re: Bullet for .475 Linebaugh?
« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2011, 08:25:38 PM »
  For what it's worth.  I believe it's worth about double my opinion, as I haven't loaded for a 475.

  Thank you for the feedback.
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Re: Bullet for .475 Linebaugh?
« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2011, 03:37:34 PM »
Thanks Veral, mold will be ordered next week.
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