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In the vid below, this dude, pretending to be blowing stuff on the ground, instead uses his power-blower to “de-wig“ various wimmins. Said to be filmed in either the Dominican Republic or West Africa, it’s hard to tell. Kinda reminded me of a Third World ‘Candid Camera’ episode. Anyway, skip...

Very nice!

Very nice .404, OP! … Love your stock. The stock on mine, an AHR custom, is English walnut and is much lighter in color.

Old thread, but for what it’s worth I have 40 or so pieces of Bertram .404J brass. It’s loaded and fired just fine. Most of my .404 brass is Hornady, along with some NOS Bell brass.

So …. like a Jeep but cheaper, flimsier, and probably comes with a minimally-legal warranty.

I’ve used the CCI #34 variant. Essentially it acts like a (hard) large rifle magnum primer.

Well, if the bear is on you before you see it coming, it doesn't matter whether you're carrying a semi or a revolver. You won't get it deployed in time ... and then you're lunch. That's actually happened in some documented "Bear Attack" cases - a split-second attack so fast the bear mauled or...

Why would you wait until an attacking bear makes physical “contact” with you to fire your weapon? Doesn’t matter whether it’s a 10mm semi-auto or a big-bore wheelgun, in either case you’ll be this guy … the bruin’s lunch. Don’t be ‘that guy.’ :oops: :eek:

At what velocity?

The .45acp is marginal for stopping the big bruins due to its slow velocity - which makes it a poor penetrator on thick hide, sinew, and bones. Adequate and consistent penetration is required to reach a bear’s vital organs. The 10mm, with its better sectional density and higher velocity, is the...

Only maybe if you’re are hunting and therefore actually have a rifle in your hands when the bear appears. :rolleyes: The pistol that you have on you (which the Danish soldiers do since it’s their sidearm) is for immediate self-preservation - because your hands, as is typically the case, were...

:rolleyes: ….. The 10mm’s hardly “new.” It’s been a thing since 1983. 10mm Glock 20 stops Grizz charge. Just doing what it’s supposed to do ….

Wayne might well have other ‘smiths he could recommend now. I recall some years back where he had announced publicly that he was handing off his line of BRNO and CZ 550 “upgrade“ work to Tim and his group @ Matrix. If Matrix is shut down or simply not an option within your timeline for Africa...

My thought would be to shoot an email - with a pithy description of your project - to Wayne Jacobsen @ American Hunting Rifles (AHR). Specifically ask him if he can’t take on your project as described, could he recommend a competent rifle-smith who might be able and willing to do so. If I...

Since I have a modern “Auto-Burglar” in 20ga, built off a Stevens 311 with 9” dbl tubes, I can you it will absolutely fire 20ga slugs (“solids”) just as well as buckshot. So yes, it’s the modern equivalent of a Howdah.

These are muy better … Ithaca Auto-Burglar barrels were made in the 9”-12” range depending on caliber and could be had in 28ga, 20ga, and 12ga. Thankfully no 10-gauge A-B models were ever attempted. Officer Max Rockatansky was known to favor the Australian variant in 20-gauge when out on...

Actually, per several articles on WR 425 rifles, weak magazine springs were determined to be a causal factor in failing to lift the long heavy cartridges. Might not have been the only factor, but … Any time.

THIS, for sure. You don’t start with choosing the stock set-up first. You choose WHICH type of sight system you intend to hunt with: irons only or with an optic of some type (which today can be anything from a traditional low-powered, receiver-mounted scope to a forward-mounted LER “scout”...

For baboons, orangoutangs, and general “monkey bumping” using jack-lights on the tree branches after dark, I prefer my handloaded 235grn JSPs over Varget. Blows them right off branches 30’-40’ feet up and you try to count how many branches they hit (“bump”) on the way down. A very under...

With modern high-quality .375 and .400-class ammo, 22”-23” barrels are sufficient to keep velocity up. In the Olden Days (early decades of the 20th Century) when DG ammo displayed inconsistent velocities due to propellant quality, 24”-26” barrels were deemed necessary to maximize it. Should...

So we see 30 pics of a beautiful but overpriced custom No. 1 that shouldn’t exceed $2K on its best day. And yet no bids nor offers. Surprised? :rolleyes:

:rolleyes: Noop …. Neither. Back in its heyday, Jeffrey’s .404 with a 400grn/423-dia bullet at 2050-2100fps (original velocities) accounted for more dead elephants and other dead large DG than its faster contemporaries in the 400-class (e.g., 416 Rigby). Shot-placement matters …. but...

The best round for “bear protection,” across any species, whether black, brown, polar, or otherwise, is the most-awesome 10mm AUTO. There’s a reason the 10mm Gen4 Glock 20 is the Mil-issue sidearm for Denmark’s Sirius Sledge Patrol soldiers operating in the arctic regions of Greenland. The...

Sounds aspirational ... :rolleyes: But I'm patient.

Appreciate the ammo updates, .... but super deals on .404 Jeffrey ammo are strangely failing to load here, big shooter. For reference, said ammo looks sorta like: ;)

.458 would be even easier. These day, unfortunately, getting into the .404J will be slow and painfully expensive.

No! Unnecessary. The .404 Jeff was never intended to be a 416 Rigby. :rolleyes: MODERN .404J bullets of 400grns - launching at original .404 velocities of 2050fps-2100fps - will kill the Big Critters all day long. Elephant, rhino, water buffalo, et al. Heck, Kynoch’s .404J ammo @1975fps...

Custom work? …. Good gawd, what chewed up that follower? A rabid hyena?

The Jeff’s original “semi-anemic” loads with .423”/400grn bullets were closer to 2050-2100fps from a 23”-24” barrel. Most ammo companies tested their loads from 25”-26” or longer barrels, so you have to factor actual velocity from the barrel of a real-world rifle carried in the field. Kynoch, I...

From the perspective of ease of component acquisition, a 458 Lott probably makes more sense now than the .404J when you’re talking about a ‘from-scratch’ build. Back when my rifle was built .423/424 bullets and .404J brass were still available so I stocked up.

Absolutely.

Not if you tame it a bit, like we did, by ditching the M600’s old hard factory recoil pad in favor of a well-fitted 1” Kick-Ezz pad. Then it’s a different beast. We also customized the M600’s sighting system with a ‘sorta’ Ghost Ring receiver aperture. The aperture is mated to a modified front...

Yeah, the glaring contradiction here is with the guys who want a “feather weight” 400-class rifle (7lbs) that can be carried in their back pocket. There’s no free lunch in the trade-off between felt-recoil (via free recoil energy) versus the cumulative weight of the rifle that’s kicking you...

Two Tsavo lions can’t compete with a real man-eating bruin like:

A 400grn 404 Jeff @ 2050-2100fps is all you need for the Big Stuff. Has been too since like, 1903.

Your first mistake was scoping it. These .400-class DGRs are meant for close range work with iron sights. If you can’t see the water buff at 50-yds, you’re Elmer Fudd and Lasik surgery is clearly indicated. Your second mistake was pulling the trigger - off a bench set-up. Nobody hunts or...

LOL! Ah no, I don’t live in AK. So I’ll keep it at 23” for now.

Yep, we need a thorough range report.

Good point. I noticed that too. All I can say is my full-custom .404 from Wayne has never hiccuped or bobbled once while feeding rounds, whether it was factory ammo or my handloads.

Nice! Great start! (y)

This, exactly. My AHR .404 rifle was a 2012 build by Wayne that started with an in-the-white CZ 550 Magnum action, honed, trued, and blueprinted. Every component on the rifle after that was a custom addition. The only quibble I have with Bonk’s comment above is on relative pricing...

Good gawd, it’s got that high-mounted scope that only a giraffe-necked Euro fella could love. Noop … hard pass on that one.

AHR full custom .404J. ... Wayne built it in 2012.

Sounds aspirational.

Nicely done …. and an unusually beautiful stock. Congrats! That said, I‘d remove the “express” sight altogether and forget the fantasy of trying to shooting full-load 458WM ammo accurately with it. Yes, you might well pay extra $$$ to have a custom peep installed, but the accuracy gain is worth...

Mine is the .350 Remington Magnum, the world’s first short magnum. It can be loaded up or down and thereby cover the full ballistic range of .35-cal/.358 cartridges - from the .35 Remington to the .35 Whelen. The main advantage and difference with the .350RM is that it fits a .308/2.800...

What .400-class rifles do you own/shoot? Just curious.

Noop, still waiting on the bullets. But I’ll start with the low-end .404J load data and work up. I’ll post back here or in a new thread with a review of how they performed.