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Re: First ,hello all I'm new to 450 BM

Postby Hoot » Fri Oct 31, 2014 11:24 pm

While I have worked with and had excellent accuracy from the 225gr FTX, about the only powder related to this caliber, that I haven't had any experience with is H110. I did some experimenting with N110, but not H110. Sorry

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Re: First ,hello all I'm new to 450 BM

Postby Willy5 » Mon Nov 03, 2014 4:35 pm

Shot 10 through my chrono on Sunday, 2232 to 2278 was the low and the high. I may try 40 gr and 40.5 gr after hunting season, for now I think I'm good to go. Shot it out to 250 yards to check nikons spot on balistic calcs and it was really close, it very we'll was me the circles in the scope are not very precise. Then again I'm trying to hit the kill zone not a golfball. Held a 3 1/2 inch 5 shot group at 250 yards using lead sled rest, don't know if I am capable of doing any better.
Oh and the only reason I started with h110 was strictly because I have lots on hand it's what I use in my 454 loads, I use rem 7 1/2 br primers for the same reason. Both have gave me the best out of my super redhawk and I figured the 450 BM was pretty comparable.
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Re: First ,hello all I'm new to 450 BM

Postby Hoot » Mon Nov 03, 2014 9:34 pm

Willy5 wrote:Shot 10 through my chrono on Sunday, 2232 to 2278 was the low and the high. I may try 40 gr and 40.5 gr after hunting season, for now I think I'm good to go. Shot it out to 250 yards to check nikons spot on balistic calcs and it was really close, it very we'll was me the circles in the scope are not very precise. Then again I'm trying to hit the kill zone not a golfball. Held a 3 1/2 inch 5 shot group at 250 yards using lead sled rest, don't know if I am capable of doing any better.
Oh and the only reason I started with h110 was strictly because I have lots on hand it's what I use in my 454 loads, I use rem 7 1/2 br primers for the same reason. Both have gave me the best out of my super redhawk and I figured the 450 BM was pretty comparable.


The 225's can do faster, but they're very lethal at 2232-2278 and you won't expand your brass case heads much over time if at all using that load. The difference between what you can safely get 225s up to and where yours are loaded is inconsequential in term of performance as they expand fine at lower velocities than 2200. You might gain a half inch point blank range but that would be about it. The fact that they hold 3 1/2 inches at 250 yards is telling you that speed range and your barrel are a good match up. Stay with it for serious use.

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Re: First ,hello all I'm new to 450 BM

Postby Willy5 » Tue Nov 04, 2014 5:02 pm

Thanks, I'll just do some more shooting this weekend, and see what it does to some meat on November 15 th.
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