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Sounds like a good plan, Sir Larry.
You'll get more velocity per grain of powder with the 404-gr Shock Hammer seated like that
than what Speer shows here:



Weird is all I can say about the short M70 Super Express mag box.
Could it be one of those Monday or Friday rifles circa Connecticut closing in 2006 ?
Maybe one of the depressed employees grabbed the wrong box in assembly ?
Close, but no cigar on that one ?

Speaking of mag boxes and assembly, my FN Mauser with 24", 1:10" twist Pac-Nor is finally
moving in the one-man assembly line at Hilltop Gun Shop and Spa for Wayward Rifles.
Gunsmith messaged a blurry photo yesterday asking if this was OK:



I said it was swell, looks like a Westley Richards front sight ramp placement. Stylish.
He used the barrel sights that came off of my 19.75"-barreled .458 B&M+, with No. 4 sporter Pac-Nor, 1:10" twist,
when I had it cut down to 16.9" barrel length.
That is where the old front sight fitted on a No. 5 sporter Pac-Nor cut to 24". Sweet.
So I will eventually have a 24" fast twist .458 WinMag to compare to a same maker/twist 16.9" barrel on the .458 B&M+.
Mag box on the .458 WinMag is a Sunny Hill that is about 3.470" inside length, IIRC, drop box.
Should be interesting.
Both can share the same suppressor or muzzle brakes.
One or the other might be better for subsonic work or VLD supersonic plinking,
will see eventually, heh-heh-heh.