45-70 elk/moose gun

[anglia2]

I've never heard of anyone building a 458WM on a long action BLR , but more than a few BAR's have been converted . I shot one that an old friend , now long gone , had built in the early 1980's . To be honest , it wasn't to bad to shoot . Being gas operated help spread the recoil forces out over a longer time period , but it still had some serious recoil . The BLR and the BAR have very similar bolt designs so it is possible , but like you said , it would be a bit of a beast .

 

[Slamfire]

I've heard of BLR's done in .416 Taylor and .416 Ruger. I like my BLR takedown just fine as a .358 Winchester.

 

[anglia2]

I like my 358 as well . It'll do anything I need to do .

 

[sherlockbonez]

I've heard of BLR's done in .416 Taylorand 416 Ruger. I like my BLR takedown just fine as a .358 Winchester.

I think its easier to comit suicide by pointing the muzzle end towards yourself instead

 

[torontogungal]

When the triceratops & t-rexs come back I’ll look at converting our 300 WM BLR ‘81 to 458 WM.

 

[Slamfire]

Famous Bigfoot hunter Jacques LaFleur's preferred round. None of those beasts in your neck of the woods?

 

[torontogungal]

I think its easier to comit suicide by pointing the muzzle end towards yourself instead

With a 458 wm conversion either end of the gun would work.

 

[Slamfire]

.300 WM BLR weighs 7.75 lbs and fitted with a .458 barrel it would weigh a bit more than that. Recoil should be no problem.

 

[S1nnerman]

no did not test the 7.62x25 sorry

 

[fingers284]

.300 WM BLR weighs 7.75 lbs and fitted with a .458 barrel it would weigh a bit more than that. Recoil should be no problem.

Lots of people complain about the brutalization their hand takes in a mild 45-70 loaded lever gun, I cant feature that being "fun" firing a 7.75 lb. gun with your hand in that cage with somewhere close to 80 ft lbs of stock recoil.

 

[Slamfire]

To fire these big boomers Wheaties for breakfast is the order of the day. Take it from Bruce/Caityln Jenner.

 

[remington jim]

3553 ft-lbs
About the same ME as the factory hornady 350 gr fp ammo but a heavier bullet.
The trouble with the 450 marlin is big bullets take up so much of that small case.
It shouldn’t be difficult to convert a BLR in 450 marlin to a 458 win mag.
The action is certainly strong enough to handle it.

I take the spacer out of the mag box and i can then seat 500 gr Horndays out to a overall lenght of 2.875 . RJ

 

[remington jim]

To fire these big boomers Wheaties for breakfast is the order of the day. Take it from Bruce/Caityln Jenner.

Your SICK Slammy ! and Hes Shes Disgusting ! RJ