Developing a .404 Jeff Cast Bullet plinking / practice load

[Ray B]

One option to obtain .424" cast bullets is to get cast bullets for the .44/40 which measure .427" and run them through a sizer die squeeze down the .003".

 

[3nyala]

Why not Hawk bullets, from 300 to 400 tn, $110 vs $68 for the bengals. Nice thing is they are soft copper and lead and would extrude well at reduced velocity here in this thread.
And a 404J is not one of the cheapest rifles to build or feed, so why not Hawks?

I searched for 404 bullets and only got main stream premium bullets. Hawk never came up. Also Bengal does not seem to have a way of ordering. I may have used an old link or something. I’ d go with bengals for practice for sure.

But does anyone think this will work?

 

[farmer_john]

Why? They’d be more expensive than the coated gas-checked HC .424” boolits that Bengal Bullets makes now.

.404 (.424

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Whats the difference in the hardness options?

 

[3nyala]

One option to obtain .424" cast bullets is to get cast bullets for the .44/40 which measure .427" and run them through a sizer die squeeze down the .003".

They seem to only be 200 grainers though. Want closer to 400.

 

[Jack Stevens]

Whats the difference in the hardness options?

Due to velocity differences, i.e., how fast do you intend to send them?

There’s Rigby velocity, original.404J velocity, and downloaded “plinking” velocity (typically using 5744 or similar).

.404 (.424

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