About 7-8 years back I had C. Sharps build me an 1875 model in 405. I didn't get to shoot it though, a friend would not give me a rest and gave me twice the purchase price for it.... Always thought I would get another but too many other projects are in the way 

When Hornady brought back their .405 brass I was very excited and bought every 25 pc. bag I could find. Back then they ran about $30 a bag, and I built up a good supply. Then suddenly Hornady dropped it with no warning!
But a few years back Gary Reeder Custom Guns got in a back order that they had ordered long before Hornady stopped. His order was 20,000 cases and he sold them at the old price before they went crazy. He had a 500 pc. maximum, and I ordered 500 pcs. I told some friends the next day, and when they called the entire 20,000 pcs. were already sold.

yamoon wrote on Mar 9^th, 2024 at 11:26am:


I've never lost a case yet. Mine are all shortened to .40-63 Ballard or .40-70SS and none have split. But my pressures are down around 18000-19000 and velocities around 1350 with 4198 smokeless powder. 
If I ever lose a case it will likely because I damaged or dropped it, not from reloads.

craigster wrote on Mar 9^th, 2024 at 11:51pm:


The cases Donelly mentions as a compromise are the .30-40 Krag he states are short. But BACO was somehow stretching them to be as long as .40-70SS or .40-63 Ballard, but never to .405 length that I know of. Those stretched cases were pretty thin though.