.375 Ruger, .458 Ruger wildcat, .458 Lott
GeoffB

.375 Ruger, .458 Ruger wildcat, .458 Lott

I re-barreled a friends .338 win mag in a Ruger M77 to what we now call the .458 Ruger (wildcat).
It is a .375/.416 Ruger necked up to .458". Yes it has a tiny shoulder but works a treat.
We used .416 Ruger cases as they were easier to neck up to .458"
CH4D made a set of dies from a few fired cases we sent them (took 18 months to get the dies)
This cartridge runs about 50-60 fps slower with 500gr bullets than the .458 Lott from a 24" barrel.
He has not had a chance to give it a run on Aussie buffalo yet but I am sure it will work well.
This is really cool! Since no belt, no problems with head spacing with the shadow of a shoulder? I have read where the .400 Whelen could have this problem if the chamber wasn't reamed correctly and/or the dies were made out of specs?
 
I want to know more about this! What are the chrono numbers? I have two 375 Rugers and one is begging to be something else.
 
Thats cool, how many of these are around?
SD OES it require much work to get it feeding etc?
Has it been done on actions other that Ruger?
 

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