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her head became unhinged,the .450 will kill a deer if you hit it in the right place.--- grin--- Rio7 I would have loved to see that. I might have laughed. miles
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I want to shoot Blue's .450 Howell. Got the itch for a .416 or .458 cal rifle.
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I want to shoot Blue's .450 Howell. I shot it back in January and it is surprisingly easy to shoot for such a large bore rifle. I will be bringing the .280 RCBS that Ken gave me, with enough ammo for anyone to shoot it, that wants to. miles
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I want to shoot Blue's .450 Howell. I shot it back in January and it is surprisingly easy to shoot for such a large bore rifle. I will be bringing the .280 RCBS that Ken gave me, with enough ammo for anyone to shoot it, that wants to. miles Music to my ears and Judy will cry!
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...I might have laughed. miles have?  The load Blue is using effectively duplicates a .458WM. The .450 Howell will duplicate the .458 Lott in a shorter, beltless case if loaded to the upper end. The .458WM level loads just happen to be the most accurate. It is a great shooting, comfortable rifle! Ed
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Is it a .404 Jeffery necked up and shortened?
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Is it a .404 Jeffery necked up and shortened? Yes, sir. Ken got it right when he designed the cartridge. It met every spec he wanted, including staying under 50K PSI at max. Although it might over-penetrate, it is an excellent varmint rifle.  Ed
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I would post a photo of it, but now photobucket is giving me the same pop up trouble that this site used to!!! Can't win for loosing!!!
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Ed,
I just texted you the pics of Blue's .450 if you wanna try to do anything with em!
It's as I finished assembly. W/o scope
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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Is it a .404 Jeffery necked up and shortened? Yes, sir. Ken got it right when he designed the cartridge. It met every spec he wanted, including staying under 50K PSI at max. Although it might over-penetrate, it is an excellent varmint rifle. Ed Thanks Ed. Bob,posting pics of the rifle is cheating!
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Unless there is some sort of emergency, I will absolutely be there. I've gotta scout for my 15-25 september elk hunt in that unit!!!  Jon
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Ed, I just texted you the pics of Blue's .450 if you wanna try to do anything with em! It's as I finished assembly. W/o scope Bob, I got the pictures just fine. The problem I'm having right now is my phone won't let me transfer them.  I'll keep working on it and see if I can't get them up. Ed
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Unless there is some sort of emergency, I will absolutely be there. I've gotta scout for my 15-25 september elk hunt in that unit!!! Jon You ARE bringing the lovely Mrs. Graham, aren't you? Ed
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Unless there is some sort of emergency, I will absolutely be there. I've gotta scout for my 15-25 september elk hunt in that unit!!! Jon Another good elk tag! I still regret missing last years, and this year I'm going with Enrique here in that same time frame. Is that archery or ML? Kent
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Ed, I just texted you the pics of Blue's .450 if you wanna try to do anything with em! It's as I finished assembly. W/o scope Bob, I got the pictures just fine. The problem I'm having right now is my phone won't let me transfer them. I'll keep working on it and see if I can't get them up. Ed E-mail them to your self and open and save on your computer.
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![[Linked Image]](http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r174/lt13demi/Mobile%20Uploads/image-1954.jpg) Ta da!!! Hope you don't mind me posting this Blue!!!!
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Bob, OK with Me,I am very proud of the .450 and can't thank you and Ed, and Miles. enough for helping with it. I will bring plenty of ammo to N.M. everyone that want's to shoot can, you will be amazed how it shoots.
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can't thank you and Ed, and Miles. enough for helping with it. Blue, I am just proud that you and Ed let me hang out with you. I had a great time. miles
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Unless there is some sort of emergency, I will absolutely be there. I've gotta scout for my 15-25 september elk hunt in that unit!!! Jon Another good elk tag! I still regret missing last years, and this year I'm going with Enrique here in that same time frame. Is that archery or ML? Kent Yessirr, she'll be in tow, along with Miss Kaydence. She'll be needing some shooting help on her little pink cricket .22 from some of you guys. I'm going to pencil in some leave and drive down early friday morning to help with the set up. Looking forward to seeing this group of riff raff. Hopefully I'll be dragging along my new toy. Looking at getting a Honda Pioneer 700 to blast around the woods in. There are trails for days around Armijo Springs. Kent, its a archery hunt. It'll be my first time chasing elk with a stick and string. I hope i'm up to the challenge.
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