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Old 12-26-2009, 03:54 PM
alorton alorton is offline
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jjmcrowell, its a cartridge I came up with... neck up 458 SOCOM to 50 cal. I have a 458 and firing subsonic isnt that impressive, bullet selection leaves a little to be desired as well.
The action is a Savage FV action that I milled the bottom out of to facilitate feeding. The barrel blank was by Brux. I had the reamer ground at PTG and the dies were made for me by Hornady. I chambered it for use without the Savage nut in my shop.
What did the 458 do (or not do) subsonic? I've never done it so I'm just curious what this round would do that a 458 wouldn't. I'm working on my first 300/221 but if all goes well I may be very interested in a larger caliber subsonic.
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