425 Express

Did a bit with the 458-300 Win. Case forming was pretty easy, 16 grains of Unique, fill the case with Cream of wheat, plug the neck with wax or soap, chamber and pull the trigger. Fun for blasting grasshoppers at 5-7 yards. Or alternately just chamber 300 Win Mag and pull the trigger. It gives a bit more case capacity than the 458 Win, which comes in handy before most 458 Win loads are more or less all of the appropriate powder you can get in the case without compression levels that cause problem levels of compression. You can shoot them in a Lott as well.
 
got the rifle back from the gunsmith and it seems to feed great....my next step is to find a nice stock to modify to fit the barrel mounted recoil lug....any old mauser stocks kicking around someone wants to get rid of cheap?
 
Is the fit somewhat unique? 3 years later and you haven't found one?
Bet you're glad to finally have the action back
And what is 'cheap'? a cheap surplus Mauser rifle could be had at several C'Nutz sponsors
 
boxhitch said:
Is the fit somewhat unique? 3 years later and you haven't found one?
Bet you're glad to finally have the action back
And what is 'cheap'? a cheap surplus Mauser rifle could be had at several C'Nutz sponsors
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I have had it in a ramline stock but recently had a ramline snap in half upon firing....the rifle recoiled and lifted while the fore end stayed in my hand...interesting experience....this was on a pre64 458....so have decided against plastic on the heavy recoil rifles...
 
wannabe said:
have a stock, hogged it out and now for bedding compound.....JB weld good enough or do I need something stronger?
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I used jb weld in my 8 pound 500 Jeffery in an old sporter p14 stock. It held up with zero issues. I've since made a new stock from a walnut blank and skipped the bedding and just machined the stock to be a direct fit. (In welding terms it was ground to bear / milled to bear)
 
There was a good right up on two different rifles a fellow picked up at auction in the US. Was posted on the Nitro express forums, but the sights down last month or so?
Anyway, one rifle was a a Factory A- Square rifle ,the others was Win 70 Express!
I believe he was making brass from 300 Win Mag?
 
yeah thats the common practice but I took the lazy man approach and used shorter 458 which isnt perfect but I am planning on reduced loads so hopefully they should work okay
 
somewhere I have an article on one built from a M-77 ruger....the story I heard on my rifle was that it was built after an incident near Smithers BC where an aggressive G-Bear took 13 rounds of 300 win mag factory to kill and this rifle was built either for a client or the gunsmith himself...it is in the white and came with redding dies.....over the years I obtained some .423 bullets so hopefully I will have it ready for my fall trapline trip
 
Evanguy said:
I used jb weld in my 8 pound 500 Jeffery in an old sporter p14 stock. It held up with zero issues. I've since made a new stock from a walnut blank and skipped the bedding and just machined the stock to be a direct fit. (In welding terms it was ground to bear / milled to bear)
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And what happens when the wood dries or swells due to moisture? Bedding isn't solely a solution to poor fit, it's stronger than wood and less prone to flexing.
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Yeah, it may be, but once the wood is dry it's fairly stable and if it shifts a bit with a extra thick free floated barrel, it's not the worst with an iron sighted rifle shot at 100m or less for fun. I would have gladly beded my rifle, but there is no room for bedding. I have a hard time adding clearance to such a well fitted stock but I would if it was required for what I use the rifle for, I haven't noticed any issues yet.
 
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