No. 4 Mk 1 Project Ideas

[yumastepside]

Just for the record, 405's won't fit ....too long.....Gruff did a shortened version on one of his.....

Roger

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Just for the record, 405's won't fit ....too long.....Gruff did a shortened version on one of his.....

Roger

@yumastepside
When I built my 444 marlin on a No4 Mk2 I thought about the 405. Would have been a perfect fit for standard length rounds. Could have got 5 in a straight line in the mag and plenty of room in the action. AMMO was to expensive when and if you could find it tho.
Bob

 

[Scrumbag]

@Bob Nelson 35Whelen to be fair, not much wrong with the triple 4.

Not sure how I'd feel about a 405W bolt action, feels like it should be in a lever. 375-303 though, now we're talking!

Scrummy

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

@Bob Nelson 35Whelen to be fair, not much wrong with the triple 4.

Not sure how I'd feel about a 405W bolt action, feels like it should be in a lever. 375-303 though, now we're talking!

Scrummy

@Scrumbag
Scrummy long time no hear. The 444 in the No4 was awesome. It only weighed 7.5 pounds field ready.
Those 265gn flex tips at over 2,400 fps got your attention in the light rifle. The beauty of ot was that it could be loaded even better than the marlin. Would have liked to try some 400 grainers at 1,600 to1,800fps as I had a 1:20 twist barrel and no magazine feed lenght to worry about. Would have been interesting.
The 405 on a bolt gun would be interesting but not for the recoil sensitive.
Got rid of that nice rifle to build my 35 Whelen.
Bob

 

[crs]

A couple of thoughts on the .405 WCF , a cartridge for which I have some experience and two rifles, a Simson Suhl DR and a Winchester 1895 .405 WCF.
In the double and 1895, I can shoot 210 grain bullets, 300 grain bullets and 400 grain bullets. The cape buff in the pic to the left was taken with a 400 grain Woodie at 2100 fps, but a 300 grain North Fork at 2250 fps has taken water buff . The .405 has done it all in India and Africa for many years.

You could also use the Hornady 210 grain bullet for deer, hogs, and similar sized critters.