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NW: the 450 is a "modernized" .45-70 cartridge, they are dimensionally the same except for the rim/base.
It seems the big issue here is that hornady designed the dies to work with their bullets, not with everyone's bullets, which is usually considered a dick move in my book.
IIRC the lyman 2640193 is basically the same as the magma .45-70-405-RN-FP except the meplate on the lyman bullet is a little smaller and the magma is a bevel base bullet. I need to get out in the shop today and do a bunch of lathe work, might see if I can squeeze that in if I have something other than A2 or O1 steel...
It seems the big issue here is that hornady designed the dies to work with their bullets, not with everyone's bullets, which is usually considered a dick move in my book.
IIRC the lyman 2640193 is basically the same as the magma .45-70-405-RN-FP except the meplate on the lyman bullet is a little smaller and the magma is a bevel base bullet. I need to get out in the shop today and do a bunch of lathe work, might see if I can squeeze that in if I have something other than A2 or O1 steel...