DocRock
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Send it to JES Rebore and go 375 Whelen, or go all the way: 400 Brown-Whelen.
I've been given a lemon, and I want to make lemonade.
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Wonder if 375 Ruger would work. Slightly better than 375 H&H in a regular length action.
400 Whelen is really touch and go for headspace. Just not enough shoulder remaining.
I suggest you give up the bigger bore idea completely and go smaller. A 270 Winchester would be real good and would kill anything in the lower 48, shoot flatter, and not kick the stuffing out of you. Definitely want to keep the 30-06 based case so you don't have magazine feeding issues. Trust me, you will shoot something smaller way more than something bigger. If you like varmints, a 25-06 would be the ticket.
It would with a magazine box and bolt head change.
DocRock
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Thus, 400 Brown-Whelen. It really adds nothing as far as capacity but gives a shoulder to headspace on.
I like the AI, BW versions better than the original Whelens just because of the more defined shoulder
I have a 405 Winchester Ruger Number 1 Tropical that I load for, so I know a bit about forty caliber. I would much rather have a 35 Whelen Improved or a 338-06 for the bullet selection alone.
I like that! That's a training aid for cannon cockers for sure.
Yeah me too!....ya know....savages are pretty adaptable....
Anyway, that artillery trainer is not what I used that 14.5mm cartridge in. The Germans used that device during the war (WWII) and used the same cartridges. In Germany, we had a stubby bolt guns that looked kind of like a benchrest rail gun, but with an adaptor for inside of the breech of the six inch (152mm) gun on an M60A2 tank. These bolt guns were single shot and fired out through the tank's cannon tube. We used them on a subcaliber training range firing at little tanks and such. I considered it pretty much a waste of time. The last time I did that (1978 probably), I ended up with a live round and brought it home.
so it was like miniature golf for tanks!?
Ive got a Raptor somewhere on the Mainland right now. I need to look up which shop I sent it to, as I haven't heard anything from them for a while.
I think its a neat round, and im looking forward to playing with it (if i ever get it back), but given access to a long action Id go with a larger cartridge.
Yep, except the golf balls flew through the air at a rather slow rate of speed instead of rolling. The idea was to watch that big bullet go out and hit wherever, say low left of the target and then adjust your sights from there to hit the little tank. Something any rifleman with a 22 can do in his sleep. Which is what I usually wanted to do while that training was going on.
Anyway, I don't guess we want to totally hijack this thread to talk about artillery training devices.
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I appreciate that offer and may take you up on it, however I'm beginning to think I may not even be able to get the barrel off of the action. I'll let it soak a little longer in the PB Buster.
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I'd try shooting it first - you might be surprised. Savage takeoffs are plentiful and cheap if you are good with a standard caliber. Personally I'm another vote for 9.3x62 if you plan to go bigger.
I agree. If you have a long action, take advantage of it.
Put a bit of heat on it.
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I'll try some rounds through it. I cannot see the chamber itself, only the rifling through the muzzle end. The action and the bolt look fine but when I attempt to close the bolt I can feel the lugs on the bolt "grinding" a little bit in their locks (I guess one calls them that) and then I have a hell of a time opening the bolt - I had to use a rubber mallet last time. I'm thinking the chamber might be corroded also, if it is I'd hate to expand a shell in the chamber; I'd never get it out. But dang, that's the fun of tinkering with rifles, isn't it, playing around and seeing what workz and what doesn't?
its damn near a chronic disorder for some of us.....
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.45 acp. Hahaha. Good one. I'll dress up i a cape and pith helmet when I use the rifle.
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