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.450 Bushmaster tips?
- Thread starter Chaparral
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reynolds357
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My advice is don't reload for it. Hornaday puts voodoo or something on the factory loads. They are tack drivers. I can usually find them for less than $20 per box. Using the same bullet, I can't load them any cheaper.
AgedWarrior
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I get excellent results using Barnes Spit-Fire TMZ 250 grain with 35.5 Lil Gun. C.O.L. is 2.250. Yes, they are smoke pole bullets; obviously just toss the sabots. They are .451, work great in my Ruger American Ranch. Slightly under 1” at 100.
AgedWarrior
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Hornady 250 FTX are $28 at Grafs. Better buying bulk at Grafs though.
44caliberkid
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I got some Hornady on sale last fall for $24.99 at Theisen's. That's a farm supply store based in Iowa.
reynolds357
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I bought a pile of them from Midway and Palmetto State for under $20 per box about a year and a half ago. At $30 a box I would definitely reload.
I just looked at Midway. It looks like the ammo has been renamed "black". Guess that black box is worth $11.
I just looked at Midway. It looks like the ammo has been renamed "black". Guess that black box is worth $11.
I have shot the Hornady FTX in an 18" carbine chambered in 454 Casull to about the same velocity as the 450 BM (@2200) and had explosions and poor penetration twice in hogs and once on a deer. No longer use them for hunting. The Barnes 275 grs TSX however has been fantastic on hogs. All shots under 100 yards, most under 50, have shot six hogs with Barnes at just over 2050 fps and all but one have been through and through, destroying heart and lungs or breaking spine in the neck. The one recovered was a bad shoulder shot found up against hide in the off shoulder. Looked like a commercial. Almost perfect flower with only one and a half petals broken off. Very impressed with that bullet.
I bought a pile of them from Midway and Palmetto State for under $20 a box about a year and a half ago...
Good for you, but that is hardly “usually finding them...” More like a one-time close out.
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I've also heard that if you are shooting this round out of an AR platform it is best to double crimp. Does anyone know anything about this? ThxI get excellent results using Barnes Spit-Fire TMZ 250 grain with 35.5 Lil Gun. C.O.L. is 2.250. Yes, they are smoke pole bullets; obviously just toss the sabots. They are .451, work great in my Ruger American Ranch. Slightly under 1” at 100.
reynolds357
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That's the only 2 times I have ever looked for them. Not close out. Regular price. Only sale was free shipping.Good for you, but that is hardly “usually finding them...” More like a one-time close out.
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shuvelrider
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Around here in West Michigan, your looking at 30-35 dollars a box for the Hornady Black Box. I have the Ruger Scout Rifle and have been working on reloading for it, been experimenting with H110 and Accur 1680 and the 250 gr ftx Hornady bullet. Leaning towards H110 from my test results, made some more after adjusting the powder weight. Hopefully I can shoot them this weekend
I just loaded my first 250grain .450 rounds tonight. Some at 37.5 and 38.5 grains of H110 with CCI 450 primers. Will run them through the chrono and see what I like before I reload 50 or so.
It really is a fun round out of a 10.5” SBR.
I just saw that Buds has factory rounds for under $24 with free shipping if anyone is interested https://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/mobile/product/45852/hornady+450+bushmaster+250+grain+fxt
It really is a fun round out of a 10.5” SBR.
I just saw that Buds has factory rounds for under $24 with free shipping if anyone is interested https://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/mobile/product/45852/hornady+450+bushmaster+250+grain+fxt
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shuvelrider
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Targa, your similar to my recipe. They roar out of the Ruger Scout with that compensater on the barrel, a decent fireball also. Trying to find some more info on .45 acp bullet, 230 gr to load into the .450 cases. Checked the recipe in the Lee Book with Accur 1680, nearly filled the case with starting grain weight.
Be careful! the round headspaces on the rim so crimping may not what you are used to. I dont reload this. If I did, I would expect the sizer to set some heavy neck tension, no crimp. Obviously watch your case length. It is all a little to critical for me. But, dont let my nervous scare you off.I've also heard that if you are shooting this round out of an AR platform it is best to double crimp. Does anyone know anything about this? Thx