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<blockquote data-quote="Grumulkin" data-source="post: 943725" data-attributes="member: 8239"><p>I have some thoughts:</p><p></p><p>1. What will you really be gaining after the trouble and expense of rebarreling? In rifles there are many other cartridges with just as much or more power you could get with much less trouble.</p><p></p><p>2. I've had 45 Colt, 454 Casull and 460 S&W handguns. Sure, it might be nice to be able to shoot multiple cartridge types if ammo was hard to get but, in practical terms I always found it easiest and best to shoot ammo in the gun that was made for that particular ammo.</p><p></p><p>3. Actually, the SAMI maximum pressure for the 454 Casull and 460 S&W Magnum is 65,000 psi but I don't think the data in the reloading manuals I have comes very close to that. So, if pressure is the only issue and you handload, it's easy to download these cartridges to very conservative pressure levels.</p><p></p><p>4. Then there is the "I don't want a single shot" thing. Each to his own but if you put the first bullet in the right place, it's pretty unlikely that you'll need more. I've actually tested this theory on things like Zebra, Blue Wildebeest, Red Hartebeest, Whitetail Deer, Warthog and a bunch of other animals.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grumulkin, post: 943725, member: 8239"] I have some thoughts: 1. What will you really be gaining after the trouble and expense of rebarreling? In rifles there are many other cartridges with just as much or more power you could get with much less trouble. 2. I've had 45 Colt, 454 Casull and 460 S&W handguns. Sure, it might be nice to be able to shoot multiple cartridge types if ammo was hard to get but, in practical terms I always found it easiest and best to shoot ammo in the gun that was made for that particular ammo. 3. Actually, the SAMI maximum pressure for the 454 Casull and 460 S&W Magnum is 65,000 psi but I don't think the data in the reloading manuals I have comes very close to that. So, if pressure is the only issue and you handload, it's easy to download these cartridges to very conservative pressure levels. 4. Then there is the "I don't want a single shot" thing. Each to his own but if you put the first bullet in the right place, it's pretty unlikely that you'll need more. I've actually tested this theory on things like Zebra, Blue Wildebeest, Red Hartebeest, Whitetail Deer, Warthog and a bunch of other animals. [/QUOTE]
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