Reeder Custom Guns - For a heeled type centerfire that is fantastic!

WB
For a heeled type centerfire that is fantastic!
Friday, May 17, 2019, 11:51

I know a .22 RF is heeled but the bullet alloy is so soft it bumps up easily and it's hard to get it wrong. The .480 Achilles you have there is likely one of the most accurate CF Heeled bullet shooting guns there are.

I remember working with the .41 Long Colt (and yes, there was a .41 Short Colt, besides the .41 RF), the bullet (heeled) was 0.401" and the bore 0.403". Less than optimal but much better than post WWI ammo that had a hollow base 0.386" inside lubed slug. With either one best I could manage was 4-6" and Harry O said that was real good! He should know.

As I mentioned I could easily be bent to have a belly gun in .480 done up on a modern Italian chassis. They are generally less than $300-400. The accuracy is evidence that your rig was put together right.

The 480 Achilles ... again ... - Jim Taylor, 2019-05-17, 11:23
- Noce Jim, easn't thete some sort of - Grover Sr, 2019-05-17, 19:38
  - Crap, excuse the misspelled words. Fat fingers, Small phone (nm) - Grover Sr, 2019-05-17, 19:40
    - There were lots of heeled bullets in the early days - Jim Taylor, 2019-05-18, 05:47
      - They were all heeled - AlanT, 2019-05-19, 09:56
- target - Martin Riggs, 2019-05-17, 13:27
- For a heeled type centerfire that is fantastic! - WB, 2019-05-17, 11:51
  - Now if you had a micro grooved - Sid R, 2019-05-17, 12:58
  - If the alloy is soft it does best .. - Jim Taylor, 2019-05-17, 12:03
    - A very dirty thought... - WB, 2019-05-17, 12:16
      - Hmm... now why would anyone try that? - Jim Taylor, 2019-05-17, 12:40
        LOL (nm) - Sid R, 2019-05-17, 12:56