450 Bushmaster

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Shit that ammo is expensive

Ya but it's a hell of a lot better than the 50 beowulf ammo, or the 458 SOCOM. For such a knock down round!!

[meatman]

Ya but it's a hell of a lot better than the 50 beowulf ammo, or the 458 SOCOM. For such a knock down round!!

I hear it's a lot easier to find ammo than those two calibers as well, though there isn't much variety in what's available in factory loads.

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I hear it's a lot easier to find ammo than those two calibers as well, though there isn't much variety in what's available in factory loads.

Ya it's easier to find and I think it has a better range and accuracy from what I hear to. But like ya say, factory loads. Hornaday and Remington and mabey one other make it. Not sure how much cheaper I can reload it vs buing it??

[Troublco]

I have a 458 SOCOM, and I haven't had any issue finding ammo. I reload too, and the nice thing is you can use any .458 caliber bullets and there are a ton of them out there in weights from 250 to 600 grains. Brass is easy to come by as well. 450 Bushy and 50 Beowulf use pistol bullets, SOCOM uses rifle bullets. All work well. I bought mine for pig hunting, and because I also have a 45-70 and I can use the same bullets for both. Good luck with your bushys!

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I have a 458 SOCOM, and I haven't had any issue finding ammo. I reload too, and the nice thing is you can use any .458 caliber bullets and there are a ton of them out there in weights from 250 to 600 grains. Brass is easy to come by as well. 450 Bushy and 50 Beowulf use pistol bullets, SOCOM uses rifle bullets. All work well. I bought mine for pig hunting, and because I also have a 45-70 and I can use the same bullets for both. Good luck with your bushys!

Hey Troubleco.

I was thinking of the .458 for my next build. Get the .450 Bushy out the way. And move on to the next. Just takes time and money and I don't have alot of either.

The Damn cold this week set me back $380 for my water tank in my pump house to get it replaced because it froze and started leaking.
Oh well Mountain living, I still love it!!

[SideShow Bob]

I have a 458 SOCOM, and I haven't had any issue finding ammo. I reload too,

Where did you get SOCOM dies from, I can't seem to find them.
I am also looking for 300 gn. Spitzer bullets like SBR sells in their loaded ammo.
Care to share load recipes ?

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Where did you get SOCOM dies from, I can't seem to find them.
I am also looking for 300 gn. Spitzer bullets like SBR sells in their loaded ammo.
Care to share load recipes ?

I second that! ^^^^^^ let me know!
Thanks DSB

[Troublco]

MidwayUSA has Lee, Redding, and Hornady dies right now. I have Hornady dies, and like them. Ordinarily I prefer Redding, but when I got these Redding weren't available. The Hornady dies are good quality, and I'm favorably impressed with them.

The only 300 grain spitzer bullet I have found lately is this one:

http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct...tNumber=544442

I have a fair amount of load data; I've only used a couple of them so far and I haven't experimented from the given data. I'll have to find it; I'm not sure where I put it as I can't find the SOCOM folder in my reload stuff. I probably printed it out and stuck it in my AR binder. Let me know what you're looking for, and I'll see what I've got.

[SideShow Bob]

Thanks for the info.

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Ya thanks x 2!!!