.458 win mag brass

adkennedy03

New member
Joined
Jan 21, 2022
Messages
8
Reaction score
7
Greetings all,

I see that midwayusa no longer carries any 458 win mag brass but they do still stock 458 Lott brass. This begs the question, can Lott brass be converted to win mag brass by trimming and resizing? Curious if anyone here has done it. In case anyone’s wondering I have an M1917 in 458 win mag, and I suppose I could have it converted to a Lott and I’ve thought about it but it would be a bit of work to get the magazine to work right. Again, just curious if anyone has tried this.
 
I don't see why not. Trim Lott brass to 2.5" and aneal before resizing.

A 10 second Google search revealed .458 Win brass in stock at grafs dot com
I really prefer Grafs over Midway...

Always first check our sponsor @RAVEN ROCKS PRECISION
Unfortunately, Ravenrocks dot com does not have .458 Win brass in stock at this time.
 
Ditto Mark A Ouellette on the brass conversion.
No problemo.
Get a mini-chopsaw from Harbor freight to speed things up in whacking off the Lott brass to roughly 2.5"
then FL size and finish trim to 2.500".
You do not need to go all the way down to 2.490" if your rifle is SAAMI correct.
The SAAMI .458 WIN MAG chamber is 2.520" long.

Raven Rocks had some Lehigh .458 WinMag brass recently but all us fans bought it up pretty quick.

Grafs must have gotten a larger stock of Quality Cartridge .458 WM brass if they still have that in stock.

Raven Rocks is doing much good lately. Speedy delivery of internet orders.
They got some .500 Jeffery Norma brass in stock recently.
It was still "in stock" there as of yesterday.
 
I don't see why not. Trim Lott brass to 2.5" and aneal before resizing.

A 10 second Google search revealed .458 Win brass in stock at grafs dot com
I really prefer Grafs over Midway...

Always first check our sponsor @RAVEN ROCKS PRECISION
Unfortunately, Ravenrocks dot com does not have .458 Win brass in stock at this time.
+2
 
Surely there are more win mag rifles out there than Lott. I would imagine it is a supply chain issue and will pass ?
 
Add to that, I have checked the usual sources and 470 and 500 NE brass isn't listed. Bottom of the totem pole.
 
There are five different ads on GB for 458 Win Mag brass right now
 
I’m still sitting on a decent enough supply of brass and ammo where I’m not super worried about it and I’ll probably order some brass from Grafs. I saw that hornady and Norma apparently stopping selling raw win mag brass as components so that kinda made me wonder if converting Lott brass would work. I was mainly concerned if the inside diameter would be different at 2.5 in with the Lott brass.
 
I’m still sitting on a decent enough supply of brass and ammo where I’m not super worried about it and I’ll probably order some brass from Grafs. I saw that hornady and Norma apparently stopping selling raw win mag brass as components so that kinda made me wonder if converting Lott brass would work. I was mainly concerned if the inside diameter would be different at 2.5 in with the Lott brass.
We sell norma 458 Win Mag brass.. We're just out right now, but we've essentially become the biggest supplier of Norma DG brass in the US over the past couple of years.

We do have plenty of 416 Taylor. I'm under the impression one can make 416 Taylor from 458 Win Mag, not sure if the inverse is true... Just a thought for when it dies up again.
 
We do have plenty of 416 Taylor. I'm under the impression one can make 416 Taylor from 458 Win Mag, not sure if the inverse is true... Just a thought for when it dies up again.
@RAVEN ROCKS PRECISION Heck, I can help you both! I will send new .458 Win Mag brass to Raven Rocks in exchange for .416 Taylor brass, one for one of course :)
 

Forum statistics

Threads
70,081
Messages
1,563,684
Members
166,935
Latest member
TerryQvo72
 

 

 

Latest profile posts

migrabill wrote on Surgeon1's profile.
Be careful of this Wolfen guy. 2 messages. Both trying to sell something. He PM'ed me trying to sell something and he PM'ed my friend on here trying to sell something. Fishy.
Bright Path Acupuncture & Functional Medicine is a healing center that focuses on blending traditional acupuncture techniques with modern functional medicine practices. Their goal is to support patients in achieving optimal health by addressing the root causes of their health issues.
autofire wrote on Dr Ray's profile.
Hi Dr. Ray, I will be in Cooktown from Oct 16 to Oct 23 fishing Lizard Island Black Marlin Tournament.

I have several "slack" days after fishing before I head for stay in Sydney and Fiji.

Do you have any recommendations for 1 or 2 day hunt near Cooktown?

I've hunted both DG and PG in 4 different countries in Africa.
Thank you,
Bob
 
Top