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cowboy wrote:been lurking untill I could register. got a 20" at a yard sale like new! no scratches on mag even! hope to learn more here!

You got it a yard sale?! Wow, wished I could come across a few firearms at yard sales!! Welcome to the board!

Welcome to all the new members.
Yeah, No garage sales like that around here, that's fer sure!

I am a new member. I do a lot of hog hunting and have 8 ranches here in central Texas I can hunt on , every day if I want to. Over the past 11 years my son and I have shot an impressive number of hogs. He has the honor of shooting the biggest so far. A lady who raises hogs for a living in this area looked at it and estimated its weight at somewhere between 525 and 550 pounds.I love to reload but am new to the 450 craze. I have just finished loading a group of test rounds for the 450BM using Hornadys 300 grain XTP-MAG. Over the years I have shot hogs with just about every caliber but nothing larger than a 300 win mag for my long range shots.I am retired military having retired in 1976 ( U.S. Army ) at the age of 37, so I have had a lot of time to grow up with my two sons. I will be 73 in February am all crippled up and starting to feel it, but I refuse to go easy. Most of my free time is spent trying to get into a hogs head but in 11 years I have yet to do it. They kind of remind me of turkeys , who dont know what they are going to do next, but its fun trying to figure them out.I have a form i made to fill out when i see a hog, or shoot a hog, its quite helpful as it covers everything from location, time, moon phase everything. It works quite well and I review it every time I go hunting.Right now its hunting water holes or " tanks " as the ranchers call them. The water situation is getting very critical right now. Thanks " Hog Buster "

Hello everybody.

I'll try to post this again since it didn't seem to work the first time. I picked up a 16" 450B upper last week and mounted my ACOG on top. It's already taken a deer and I have to say that I'm hooked! I'm just sorry that I didn't get into this caliber sooner!

Thanks for welcoming me to the 450 "thumper" family, I look forward to doing a lot of shooting with my new 450.

I've been a long-time lurker and have gleaned an incredible amount of great information from this site. I finally pulled the trigger on getting an upper, but have yet to pull the trigger on my carbine. (Planned for ths Saturday!) I really want you to know how much I appreciate this site. The give and take is outstanding and always positive. Great job, guys!

Welcome you guys!

Thanks to Mudbug for this site, and thanks to Hoot for helping me get on board!!!!

Hello to all. New member here, love the site. I very much like the civility here. I will apologize in advance for my lack of computer prowess. A little about me, I have been building AR's for over twenty years, I wont plug my business here. Match rifles are my specialty. The 450 will be new territory for me in an AR. I look forward to visiting with all of you. Just remember a hit with a 22 beats a miss with a 45, but...a hit with a 45...well I guess I'll find out.

Hey everybody, new guy here. I've recently gotten bit bad by the Evil Black Rifle disease, and I'm having a helluva time sorting out my cartridge options. Seems like .450 BM is the way to go with the big bores, and I'm looking on learning from your guys' experiences.