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Old April 12, 2013, 04:18 PM   #3
Mike Irwin
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According to Cartridges of the World, the .416 Hoffman was developed in the early 1970s and is, or was, loaded by A-Square. According to some data I've found, the .416 was developed by George Hoffman of Sonora, Texas.

I can't find any information about a .450 Hoffman in any of my cartridge books.

You'd need to have a chamber cast done that could then be measured to see what the parent case is.

It could be a belted cartridge, with the belt controlling headspace (a blown out and necked .375 wouldn't leave much in the way of shoulder), or it could also be based on something like the .416 Rigby case, which has much greater case diameter to work with.
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