ken98k Posted March 14, 2010 Report Share Posted March 14, 2010 Very interesting reading on the infamous .400 whelen http://www.z-hat.com/smashing_the_headspace_myth.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brenden Posted March 14, 2010 Report Share Posted March 14, 2010 That is an intresting read Ken. Thanks for posting that. Brenden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzRednek Posted March 14, 2010 Report Share Posted March 14, 2010 Years ago, late 70's or early 80's friend of mine did a 400 Whelen. He had a bit of headspace problems on the initial fire-forming but after that it worked just fine. Been to many years to remember the exact cost but the custom dies were very expensive. He died a few years ago, Don't know if he still had the 400 Whelen rifle and passed it in to his daughter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken98k Posted March 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 Years ago, late 70's or early 80's friend of mine did a 400 Whelen. He had a bit of headspace problems on the initial fire-forming but after that it worked just fine. Been to many years to remember the exact cost but the custom dies were very expensive. He died a few years ago, Don't know if he still had the 400 Whelen rifle and passed it in to his daughter. What I get from reading the article is that the many of the dies did not match the chamber reamers and the shoulders were resized too small. With a proper die/chamber combination, headspace problems are nonexistant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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