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Offline sherppa

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405 Win Bolt Action
« on: July 23, 2006, 02:58:41 PM »
Wondering out loud here. Could a person barrel and chamber an Enflied action to 405 Win?  What are your thoughts?

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Offline Dan Cash

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Re: 405 Win Bolt Action
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2006, 10:00:30 AM »
"Could a person barrel and chamber an Enflied action to 405 Win? "

A good #4 or one of the Indian #1s in 7.62 would work with the .405.  I think the hard part would be getting the thing to feed.  The SMLE rifle is a pretty stout affair, contrary to the "informed" literatti in the gun rag world.
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Re: 405 Win Bolt Action
« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2006, 06:05:12 PM »
Yep ... I believe its been done on the SMLE and No4 actions. But as one 'smith said to me when he showed me his pet No4 in 444Marlin ... "if you were paying me to get the feeding right ... you wouldn't be building it!"
Cheers...
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Re: 405 Win Bolt Action
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2007, 04:00:57 PM »
  The old 30-40 kreg should work. I did a 444 marlin with one.
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Re: 405 Win Bolt Action
« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2007, 07:18:53 PM »
Great, now you have me thinking.  I have an 1886 tube fed 8X60R Krochopek.  It looks like a 1871 Mauser.  I wonder if I reload mild rounds it that would work in 405 Win? Cause I am having a devil of a time finding ammo.
Guess I need to play with Cartridges of the World and see if the Over all and rim will work.  I should just sell the thing and stop thinking.
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Re: 405 Win Bolt Action
« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2007, 10:33:35 PM »
there is a pretty nice P14 enfeild that someone barreled into 405 winchester that I see an all the guns shows up here.  Not a terrible price but I think 700 was a little high.
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Re: 405 Win Bolt Action
« Reply #6 on: December 05, 2007, 01:39:38 PM »
The editor of RIFLE magazine has a Ruger M77 that has been converted to handle and feed the 405 WCF.

It could also work on the Siamese Mauser.
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Re: 405 Win Bolt Action
« Reply #7 on: January 13, 2008, 04:31:13 PM »
A good friend of mine from Ohio who is an excellent gunsmith (Legend Arms) built one out of an Enfield and also built a custom stock. Really a nice looking gun and a shooter to boot.
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Re: 405 Win Bolt Action
« Reply #8 on: January 20, 2008, 09:11:16 AM »
Quote from: encore58 on January 13, 2008, 04:31:13 PM
A good friend of mine from Ohio who is an excellent gunsmith (Legend Arms) built one out of an Enfield and also built a custom stock. Really a nice looking gun and a shooter to boot.

Do you have the contact info for Legend Arms?

Thanks
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