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Howdy Alaskans,

I couldn't help but read some information on the .450 Alaskan in some of your forums.  It sounds very exciting.  It's on my to get list as well as the .50 Alaskan...

I plan to purchase a Marlin 1895MXLR chambered in .450 Marlin or the Marlin 1895XLR chambered in 45/70 and convert it into a .450 Alaskan.  Which rifle caliber do you think would convert more easily?

Check out how purty these Marlin XLRs are....

http://www.marlinfirearms.com/firearms/xlr/1895MXLR.aspx

Can anyone recommend an outfit that can accomplish this?  So far I have been looking at Nonneman Custom Rifles and Montana Rifleman.  

Murphy, if you are still offering load data for the .450 Alaskan, I would greatly appreciate it.  I would also like to hear some of your sea stories...that would be fascinating.

For some of you all having a hard time finding brass and dies, I took the liberty to find some for you.

Brass for the .450 Alaskan is available at MidwayUSA.com  Here is the link...

http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=830465

I would size and form the dies, as it appears there are a lot of variables with this brand of brass.

RCBS three die set is also available there...

http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=538421

The cost is $252.99 right now....but they seem to be the only ones I can find right now.  If you reload a lot you will pay them off real quick.  If you want to factory crimp them, send a dummy cartridge to Lee Precision and they will custom make you a Factory crimp die.  I forget how much they charge but you can inquire at www.leeprecision.com. ; I wanted one for my .500 S&W ammo and they custom built me one.  I thought that was pretty cool.

Thanks for your time.  Hope to hear from you all.

Brandon

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