First off, nice job to Concreter.
Heavy lifting is neglected by so many bodybuilders today, even the young guys. The days of the 90's and early-mid 2000's have passed. Back then, almost all bodybuilders followed the example of men like Dorian Yates and Ronnie Coleman, who were known for lifting extremely heavy weights and consequently, were also extremely large.
Back when I first started lifting, everyone bench pressed. Hell, if you didn't bench press, you didn't work chest! That was the mentality back then and big bench presses were common. Now it seems that barely anyone does bench presses.
In the early 90's you could walk into any high school weight room in America and see at least a few kids lifting 300-350 lbs on the bench...drug-free, as it wasn't common back then for high school kids to take steroids. If someone did, they were the rarity and everyone talked about it.
In most gyms there were tons of drug-free guys hitting 300-350 lbs, and every now and then someone would hit 405 lbs. I am talking about the drug-free crowd here. To hit 405 lbs drug-free was considered impressive. If someone was using steroids--they better be able to lift 405 lbs--that was just the way we thought. If someone was a steroid user (typical gym lifters did not use insulin or GH back then), then 500 lbs was considered good...and many gyms had a few guys who could do it. Today, I barely ever see anyone who can lift 400 lbs with drugs, let alone 500 lbs...and good luck finding a bodybuilder who can bench 585 lbs (6 plates--that was considered a great bench press for a bodybuilder, and there were quite a few advanced/pro bodybuilders who could do it in the 80's and 90's).
However, to see someone at 50 years of age or older lifting 405 lbs, that is pretty impressive in my eyes, as most guys have fallen apart by then and can't handle those kind of weights anymore. Their joints just won't let them.