Hornady .405 Win Case capacity

[crs]

While at it, I decided to measure the .405 case capacity and made these measurements:
Hornady case with fired primer = 210.25 grains
Case with case full of water = 285.43 grains.
285.43 - 210.25 = 75.18 grains of water.

For what it is worth, the Chuck Hawks case capacity table has no entry for the .405 Winchester.

[Bullard4075]

In the "books" isn't the case capacity measured to the base of the seated bullet?

Anyone have a Lee reloading book , I thought I saw capacity listed (in cc's) in there.

[Don McDowell]

For what it is worth, the Chuck Hawks case capacity table has no entry for the .405 Winchester.

I'll bet that will change before to long now

[crs]

Bullard;
I have seen it measured both ways, but now maybe I better go measure the empty case capacity of a .45-70 to see if it matches Hawks capacity table.
Well, maybe tomorrow, it is time for a whisky and a cigar.

[Bullard4075]

CRS,

For what it is worth I looked it up on the Web.
According to : http://forums.outdoorsdirectory.com/sho ... php?t=2071 (Look at the 14th or so response)
capacities (of water): 405 Win 76.89 grs
45-70 75.51 grs

Might be a starting point anyway.

[Leverluver]

Do a 45-70 of each WW, Rem, and Starline. You'll se why you have to watch what you ae doing pushing the envelope with Rem or Starline. All will do the same job at the same pressures but it will take different amounts of powder to do it.

[crs]

Bullard;
Good job of searching and thanks for the info. No surprise that different mfg cases vary some in capacity.
Interesting that the thread had no mention of using 400 grain bullets in the Ruger #1, as that is not uncommon now.

Leverluver;
Thank you for the reminder. Believe me, I have always been very careful about maximum loads in any caliber or rifle. One mistake can ruin a lot of fun.
It can be a research challenge with not-so-common cartridges like the .405 and .45-90 where there is no excess of available load data.

[Leverluver]

Should be pretty easy with the 405. Hornady is about the only game in town unless someone is crazy enough to go kangaroo. When I started playing with the 416 Rem, I found that there was 26 grains of difference between Bell and Remington brass, with the Rem being the heaviest (less capacity). Even so, the Bell brass started to deform (ejector marks) 10ksi below Rem. We won't even go into the differences in powder charges.

Clarification, that was 26 grains difference in case weight. I don't recall exactly what the difference in water capacity was but seem to recall it was around 4 to 5 grains.

[schauckis]

285.43 - 210.25 = 75.18 grains of water.

For what it is worth, the Chuck Hawks case capacity table has no entry for the .405 Winchester.

Nope, but you'll find it http://kwk.us/cases.html

[crs]

schaukis;
Thanks for the tip. I printed out this table and have filed it with my reloading references.