My question is hopefully a simple one, I have a spare long action vanguard receiver and a brother who dreams of a .458 win mag.
A .458 win mag is 62,000 psi while a 300 wby mag (available in vanguards) is 65,000 psi. With the same chamber wall thickness.
My question is; Is there anything I am missing? Is there some freak condition that I am missing about the bolt lugs that is going to result in a failure? I am just a little more paranoid since this is for someone else and I am responsible for research on the subject.
If this sounds legit to any smiths on here then my next quest will be to find a smith here in central Kansas who'd be interested in cutting some metric threads for me and I'll do the fitting and headspacing.
A .458 win mag is 62,000 psi while a 300 wby mag (available in vanguards) is 65,000 psi. With the same chamber wall thickness.
My question is; Is there anything I am missing? Is there some freak condition that I am missing about the bolt lugs that is going to result in a failure? I am just a little more paranoid since this is for someone else and I am responsible for research on the subject.
If this sounds legit to any smiths on here then my next quest will be to find a smith here in central Kansas who'd be interested in cutting some metric threads for me and I'll do the fitting and headspacing.
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