Milsurp After Hours

Hello all.

After shooting my Beaumont rifle I noticed that the cases needed to be resized.

I do not have the necessary funds to buy an original Beaumont die set.

They are about $300.00 USD over here.

Then I heard that a .45 Colt die set would do the job too.

I borrowed the .45 Colt die from Rene (Dutch Sako).

It was just collecting dust at his place.

I think it worked out quite well.

Made some pictures of it.

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The case comes out of the Beaumont like this.

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Resizing step 1.

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Resizing step 2

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Resizing step 3.

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Resizing step 4.

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From left to right.

1) Case the way it comes out of the Beaumont
2) Resized with the .45 Colt die set
3) Case belled so it can accommodate the 340 gn .457 Beaumont bullet.

Priming the cases using the RCBS press instead of the LEE auto-primer.

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Primed and unprimed case.

Looking good.

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Resized using the .45 Colt die

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Didn’t cast this one myself.

I will start casting some .457 bullets for the Beaumont this weekend.

I’ll make some pictures of it and will post them in here.

Met vriendelijke groet,

Martin

The Beaumont is a fantastic rifle.

Not just because it is Dutch , but it is just plain fun to shoot it.

Results are getting better every time I go to the range.

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I experimented a bit with the seating depth of the bullet.

I made a few with OAL 64.00mm / 2.52", 65.45mm / 2.57" and a few with 66.65mm / 2.62".

Turned out that the ones with the OAL of 64.00mm worked best for me.

Next time I will try some with a seating depth between 62.00 and 64.00mm and see how they perform.

I'll keep you posted.

Met vriendelijke groet,

Martin