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Hi Sarg, good to hear from you. I hope life has been treating you well. That photo brings back a lot of fond memories.

While I love my leverguns, when it comes to hunting DG, there is nothing quite like a tuned bolt action in 458Win.
 
There have been a few BLR conversions here in Oz. The most recent ones I’ve heard of were in 375 & 416 Ruger. The starting point is a BLR with a steel receiver.
That is a problem here. Finding BLR's with steel receivers for sale on the used market is rare. I have seen exactly 1 aluminum receiver BLR converted to 416 Ruger. They cut the barrel off but left I think about 10" or so of the barrel on the receiver. Then they bored and threaded the original barrel, and threaded a new 416 Ruger barrel to match. The company said the jigs that had to be manufactured to machine everything true were a major undertaking. This was done by a company called Aria Ballistics Engineering. I spoke at length to the owner of this company about converting a BLR for me to 458WM. He did not say "no", but did explain what a PITA these guns are to convert. I got the idea this was going to be a VERY expensive proposition, if they accepted the job. They were relocating their shop to another state at the time, and were not taking on new work. I haven't checked back since. If I recall correctly, the 416 Ruger converted rifle was offered on GB at around $4800. Very professional work. I had no idea the barrel had been "spliced" from the detailed photos. I only knew because the owner told me.
 
If you want something close in a BLR, look for a one in 450 Marlin and use a mag that suits a 325 WSM. The factory 450 mags are blocked and the 325 mags aren’t and allow a loaded length of 2.8”.
 
With any bullet long enough and a longer leade or throat, the .45/70 can easily be loaded long and shoot well, but, you must have a Lee Factory Crimp die to crimp them. While this doesn't matter with TSX bullets due to the multitude of grooves, those bullets are not needed in the .45/70 of any type, however the lighter ones of 250gr. and 300gr. in HP flat nose configuration are said to expand well from a .45/70. Their 300gr. might just be an excellent deer bullet for across the field shots in both .45/70 and .45/90.
 

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idjeffp wrote on Fish2table's profile.
I will be looking for a set of these when my .505 is done... sadly not cashed up right now for these. :(
Need anything in trade?
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cwpayton wrote on Halligan1975's profile.
what kind of velocity does the 140 grains list, curious how they would fit in with my current 130 gr, supply of 270s. maybe a pic of the box data listing vel. and drop. Oh and complements on that ammo belt, nice.
 
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