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Originally Posted by steve4102
458 Socom

A guy at work has a Socom that he built. Nice but, expensive to shoot. He has dies for it but, hasn't got everything up and running yet.


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Buddy dropewd his Ruger bolt .450 into a magpul. Looks cool but is a tank.


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Originally Posted by Burleyboy
In a #1 I'd go 45/70. I have ran 350g Hornady flat noses up to 2100 fps in my marlin guide gun. My gg is not ported though and as I've gotten older those loads are too much. ....

The Barnes 300 grain TSX flat point is a nice hunting bullet.

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My Ruger #1 chamber is about to get stretched out to .45-90. I should be able to run smokeless .45-70 loads, and Trail Boss or BP .45-90 in the same rifle, sort of like .38 Special and .357 Mag.


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CDNN out of the stainless #1s in .450 BM

A blued .44 mag reamed to .445 Supermag might be cool. Get ya a rim at least.

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Originally Posted by frogman43
I searched for, and found, a Ruger #1 Lipseys special in 45/70 . It's a #1C with the Circassian walnut and a 26" tube. I have both cast lead, and jacketed handloads for it and can cover ANY animal on the Continent that I wish to hunt!


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Still kick myself for seeing one of those on a local gun rack and not getting it, years ago. Also, I remember seeing the anniversary model #1 45-70 for about $1200 new. Now they are double that

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Originally Posted by Vic_in_Va
To address the OP's question, I have both a .45-70 and a .458 SOCOM. The .45-70 is very versatile and can be quite powerful, but an AR with that much THUMP is a lot of fun.

I am a .45-70 guy but the Bushmaster and the SOCOM interest me.
My biggest problem with the AR is throwing. 75 to 85 cents on the ground every shot.


Here is a full auto Bushmaster at Texas Guns. The last part of the video is best. About 30 seconds total.

https://www.facebook.com/texasgunshop/videos/1691120264237731


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about 5 years ago, I went into Bass Pro in Reno with every intent to get a DPMS AR-10, saw them advertised and wanted one.

They were out of them. guy behind the counter said we have this 450 Bushmaster on clearance. I knew little to nothing about 450 BM, but it was $499. after some basic research on my phone, I bought it. not long after I found ammo at about .75c per round and bought 1000 rds. I Don't shoot it much, and never hunted with it, but In My humble opinion if you're going tp deer hunt with that cannon, you're going to blow the deer in half. It is a beast. I can't fire it more than about 4 or 5 rounds without dislocating my shoulder.

that thing is made to drop a rhino.

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Originally Posted by william_iorg
Originally Posted by Vic_in_Va
To address the OP's question, I have both a .45-70 and a .458 SOCOM. The .45-70 is very versatile and can be quite powerful, but an AR with that much THUMP is a lot of fun.

I am a .45-70 guy but the Bushmaster and the SOCOM interest me.
My biggest problem with the AR is throwing. 75 to 85 cents on the ground every shot.


Here is a full auto Bushmaster at Texas Guns. The last part of the video is best. About 30 seconds total.

https://www.facebook.com/texasgunshop/videos/1691120264237731

450 BM right now is roughly $1.50 / rd

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Originally Posted by strikeu
Originally Posted by william_iorg
Originally Posted by Vic_in_Va
To address the OP's question, I have both a .45-70 and a .458 SOCOM. The .45-70 is very versatile and can be quite powerful, but an AR with that much THUMP is a lot of fun.

I am a .45-70 guy but the Bushmaster and the SOCOM interest me.
My biggest problem with the AR is throwing. 75 to 85 cents on the ground every shot.


Here is a full auto Bushmaster at Texas Guns. The last part of the video is best. About 30 seconds total.

https://www.facebook.com/texasgunshop/videos/1691120264237731

450 BM right now is roughly $1.50 / rd


It's not that bad for me, I load .45-70 and use basically the same bullets and powder. I have primers, too, I shoot .45 ACP quite a bit. Cases are a little pricey but last really good.

It's still not as cheap to shoot as a 5.56, though.

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Originally Posted by strikeu
about 5 years ago, I went into Bass Pro in Reno with every intent to get a DPMS AR-10, saw them advertised and wanted one.

They were out of them. guy behind the counter said we have this 450 Bushmaster on clearance. I knew little to nothing about 450 BM, but it was $499. after some basic research on my phone, I bought it. not long after I found ammo at about .75c per round and bought 1000 rds. I Don't shoot it much, and never hunted with it, but In My humble opinion if you're going tp deer hunt with that cannon, you're going to blow the deer in half. It is a beast. I can't fire it more than about 4 or 5 rounds without dislocating my shoulder.

that thing is made to drop a rhino.

Lol! Easy to tell somebody who doesn't know big bores. They don't "blow deer in half" and they ain't Rhino guns. FWIW I'm a 45-70 guy who used to be a 450 Marlin guy. The less potent 450 Bushmaster is somewhat appealing to me but I haven't got one

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This thread cracks me up, over and over again.

I can do anything I want with a .45-70 so far as bullets/loads etc. It runs circles around the little baby .45s. Fella can take one well aimed shot and the deal is done, or he can spray and pray....

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Funny thing is you can do the same with a levermatic. Been there, done that too.

Got little use for AR platforms these days. Someone comes knockin' with one of those I'll just take it and call it good.


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.450 bushmaster? 😂😂😂 ….oh, wait your serious?
Sorry, I made my choice years before it was conceived. 😎

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With factory loads, they are both loaded down quite a bit. One for old guns, and one for ARs.
Handloading can boost the performance of both.

In an area where both are legal, I'd go 45-70. But southern MI uses the damn case length that Indiana started with. So 450 it is.

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The .450 ShrubMaster should have been designed with a .458 bullet. The base of the case is plenty large enough to run a bit less taper to accommodate a .458 caliber projo.

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Run it up, until you blow it up, then back it down a bit.
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Ruger also made the #1 in .460 s&w. Another option. And i just looked and it has a 20 twist barrel, so i wouldnt think youd be limited to the hotrod 200 grain ammo.

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Originally Posted by steve4102
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This is how you tell everyone that you didn’t read the OP without saying “I didn’t read the OP””


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One thing I've found nice about my 350 legend in an AR is that brass is relatively cheap so I don't worry too much if I can't find it after the shot. With my 458 socom I put in a fairly good effort to find brass which sometimes slowed down the rabbit hunting.

I had a bunch of more pointy NBTs that were 300g and relatively thin skinned so they expanded easy. They were originally made for muzzle loading sabots but us socom guys had them run a bunch for sps without the sabots I bought 1000 of them and later sold off what I had left here for too cheap. I could have used them in my 45/70 with 1 in the chamber and 1 in the mag. They worked well on Jack rabbits and gallon water jugs at a bit over 2000fps.

I still think I'd go 45/70 in a number 1 and only go bushy in an AR or a little bolt gun like an AR mag fed ruger American.

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Originally Posted by Burleyboy
One thing I've found nice about my 350 legend in an AR is that brass is relatively cheap so I don't worry too much if I can't find it after the shot. With my 458 socom I put in a fairly good effort to find brass which sometimes slowed down the rabbit hunting.

I had a bunch of more pointy NBTs that were 300g and relatively thin skinned so they expanded easy. They were originally made for muzzle loading sabots but us socom guys had them run a bunch for sps without the sabots I bought 1000 of them and later sold off what I had left here for too cheap. I could have used them in my 45/70 with 1 in the chamber and 1 in the mag. They worked well on Jack rabbits and gallon water jugs at a bit over 2000fps.

I still think I'd go 45/70 in a number 1 and only go bushy in an AR or a little bolt gun like an AR mag fed ruger American.

Bb

458 socom / rabbit hunting.... sure youre using enough gun?

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