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rxgremlin
02-10-2014, 17:59
The title says it all. The only way that I can afford to feed my .470 Nitro Express is
by learning to reload for it. Anybody in the Metro area reload for their double?

Thanks
Hoser
02-10-2014, 22:13
Lots of crimp is your friend.

I load for a 375 JRS.
Husker95
02-11-2014, 13:34
Lots of crimp is your friend.

I load for a 375 JRS.

Is there a round you are NOT reloading for hoser? I had to go to the Googly Box to even see what a 375 JRS is. What are you running that beast in? 10" Encore??
earplug
02-11-2014, 15:02
I had a Westley Richards in .303. Was not to hard to regulate it. If I had a big bore like yours I would buy a mold and cast my own bullets. Consider paper patched if you can find a suitable mold. Making your own bullets will enable you to control your supply.
Hoser
02-11-2014, 19:11
Is there a round you are NOT reloading for hoser? I had to go to the Googly Box to even see what a 375 JRS is. What are you running that beast in? 10" Encore??

I have the attention span of a goldfish.

I am running it in a Remington 700 Safari.
rxgremlin
02-11-2014, 22:30
I am running it in a Remington 700 Safari.

Remington 700s aren't double rifles. [Wave]
rxgremlin
02-11-2014, 22:32
I had a Westley Richards in .303. Was not to hard to regulate it. If I had a big bore like yours I would buy a mold and cast my own bullets. Consider paper patched if you can find a suitable mold. Making your own bullets will enable you to control your supply.

Supply isn't my issue. I can get cast bullets, Woodleighs, Barnes and Hornady. It is developing loads for both practice and hunting that will regulate.
earplug
02-11-2014, 23:05
Its been thirty odd years, but I recall weight was more of a factor then velocity for regulating the barrels.
Hoser
02-12-2014, 09:17
Remington 700s aren't double rifles.

Your 100% correct. My advice on crimping heavy kicking calibers can not apply to double rifle calibers...
Zombie Steve
02-12-2014, 15:45
Loading for a double should be easier than for a bolt, lever or certainly any semi-auto. Should be really REALLY easy to case gauge (just drop it in and look at it), don't have to worry about feeding, etc.
rxgremlin
02-12-2014, 22:41
Steve,

You are correct about not worrying about the feeding part. The tricky part is developing a load that will place both barrels at the same point of aim at a specified range.
This makes a double rifle so difficult to make and fantastically expensive. I just wanted to see if anybody in the metro area owned a double rifle and reloaded for it.
Zombie Steve
02-12-2014, 22:46
I can understand how the barrels wouldn't be perfectly matched. Treat it like you're doing load development for two rifles. One is going to like one thing, one will like the other and you settle on the load that does ok to good in both. That, or you have left side loads and right side loads. [Coffee]
bobbyfairbanks
02-12-2014, 23:21
Steve

Why do you have to make this a left vs right thing[ROFL1]
Zombie Steve
02-12-2014, 23:47
Devilishly divisive. Really a perfect set up for a double-shooter. I should get one.