577-450 made from Magtech 24 gauge brass
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Apparently brass shotshells are ITAR exempt. They won't ship other sorts of brass at Buffalo Arms, but specifically note the magtechs are A-OK.
I know it doesn't help the OP, but there was a saskatchewan dealer (or possibly from Alberta) at the Brandon gun show last weekend who had piles of the stuff. $40/box.
I've made 577-450 from them last winter and it's not hard to do once you develop a knack. Trim, anneal the top 1/4 inch of the case, not letting the heat go down past where the neck will be, lube evenly, turn the die down 1/2 turn at a time, re-spreading the lube each step, to avoid wrinkles (wrinkles and tiny lube dents are death when forming this case). When you begin setting the shoulder to roughly 1/4" from its final position and the press becomes harder to operate NOW anneal the shoulder area and continue.
It's my theory that you do not want the ENTIRE worked area of the case to be soft, but you want it to be progressively harder from the mouth down so as not to collapse the case - especially when you begin forming the neck and shoulder.
I did about 80, and only ruined 2 (lube dents).
I also ran mine into a snider die first, but this works the brass so little that I'm not sure if it's necessary.
Zuke,
You may get some help over at http://britishmilitariaforums.yuku.com/ as they have a good few Canadian members with Martini Henrys and Sniders. There is a regular on there (PommyB) who makes and sells 577/450 cases from Magtech's and they are pretty cheap too. Whether he ships to Canada, I dont know, but he may be able to help you out. Good luck.
You may get some help over at http://britishmilitariaforums.yuku.com/ as they have a good few Canadian members with Martini Henrys and Sniders. There is a regular on there (PommyB) who makes and sells 577/450 cases from Magtech's and they are pretty cheap too. Whether he ships to Canada, I dont know, but he may be able to help you out. Good luck.
yes he ships to canada i bought some .577 snider off him at $45.00 for a box of 25 plus the shipping.
I picked up several box's of 24 gauge brass to convert them to 577-450. I have extra's that I have done up that I don't need and thought I'd try selling them here to recover some of my cost's but I'm not sure what to ask for them
Some of my brass is on it's 8th reload,and still going strong.
