Testing 404 Jeffery

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

I bet those kicked! That's a lot of gas per mass. I'm not familiar with 2208 powder. I tried 4895 with 307 gr Hammer bullets and my 404 was too much to handle from the bench. Group was also not great so I threw in the towel. But the barrel wasn't broken in yet. I should try them again.

@Ontario Hunter
2208 is Varget in your neck of the woods
Bob

 

[Tucketed]

I use just the weight of the lead sled with my shoulder behind it on its pad. Plenty of weight absorbs nicely at least up to my 404J and hevi-shot turkey which are my largest recoil loads so far. Never had any issues with scopes, red dots or stocks.

 

[Maskell Shotgun academy]

@deewayne2003
If sent as a gift you can send projectiles to the USA without an issue. How do I know, I've done it
Bob

that's really good to know, thanks so much

 

[Maskell Shotgun academy]

I am getting 2250 fps with 69.5 RL 15 and a 1/2” of filler 400 gr CEB solids, without the filler my velocity was bouncing around quite a bit (50-75fps), with the filler got 2250,2253,2250, i stopped there, grouped about 1/2” but only at 75 yds, ready for elephant, now i need to load up some Barnes TSX and see if they have same point of impact for buff

what do you mean by a 'filler'?

 

[eyedok]

Open cell foam/backer rod, keeps the powder in a more uniform column on reduced loads

 

[eyedok]

Use on big cases w powders that dont require high percentage of case capacity

 

[Maskell Shotgun academy]

I just fill the case up

 

[Ontario Hunter]

How do you know how much filler to use?

 

[eyedok]

I use about an inch on my .416 Rigby , but less on the .404, i just eyeball the powder level and take a good guess, i really dont measure it. Not sure it matters exactly how much