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I can't find them anywhere, did Remington stop production?
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I see that Graf's show them as currently out of stock. Normally when they list a bullet as out of stock it will return to stock when a shipment arrives. When the bullet is discontinued they drop the listing form their website. I ordered a bulk order of them about 18 months ago and had to wait a while for them to come into stock. Call Graf's, they can tell you for sure.
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I noticed Midway shows "out of stock" "no backorder" and date expected 3/21/12. The no backorder statement is confusing but I agree, I would expect a company to remove the listing if the product is discontinue.
I would like to try the 405's in my Guide Gun.
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It's too bad they aren't cheap any more. I bought a few hundred 10 years ago and still have most of them. A lee factory crimp die works well for this bullet.
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Graf's said they placed their order July of last year.
Remington said they don't even have them on the production schedule but do not believe they are discontinued.
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Try the Speer 400. I use the two brands interchangeably in my Marlin, went to the Remington because they were a lot cheaper and all I shoot is paper with my 45/70 anyway. I use the same load of IMR3031 with either bullet and they are equally accurate (scary accurate) out of my M1895 levergun.
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Try the Speer 400. I use the two brands interchangeably in my Marlin, went to the Remington because they were a lot cheaper and all I shoot is paper with my 45/70 anyway. I use the same load of IMR3031 with either bullet and they are equally accurate (scary accurate) out of my M1895 levergun. You say you usethe same load for both, Do they shoot to the same point of aim? thanks tom BTW the in stock date at Midway on the rem 405's is now May 7.2012
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Tom, Identical; I can tell no difference at all. My load is either the Speer 400 or the Remington 405, 50.0 grains of IMR-3031, Remington 9-1/2 LR primers loaded in R-P, W-W, or *-* cases. OAL is 2.540", velocity is 1645 fps avg (taken at 83 humid degrees). I did try the CCI-200 as a substitute primer once and the groups opened up (the above load will consistently shoot 1-1/2 MOA), I went back to the REM 9-1/2 and it performs best with either bullet in my Marlin M1895.
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I can't find them anywhere, did Remington stop production? Depending upon how many you need, I may be able to help you out. PM me for details.
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Tom, Been awhile since I loaded 45-70,but my notes are about the same as Odessa's. I always use CCI primers though.
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Thanks Vince,
how have you been?
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Still have some 405's left but you never know.
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I still have most of a bag of 100, but I will be looking into the speer 400's. tom
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I started shooting 405gr cast because I could never find the Rem's. Oregon Trail 405's over either 40.0grs RL7 or 28grs IMRsr4759. The one outside the group was from a clean bore.
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Midway now shows then out of stock no backorder.
glad I ordered the speers lol tom
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I can't find them anywhere, did Remington stop production? Depending upon how many you need, I may be able to help you out. PM me for details. I appreciate the offer but I don't want to start loading them and not be able to get them later.
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Need to ask a question. Since the Remmies appear to be no longer available, or soon fixin' to be, if you slow the Speer's down do they penetrate as reliably as the Remington's, or close to it, or are they too soft?
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