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    450/400 3” Velocity…is it enough?

    Folks it was brought to my attention by TroubleShooter (Great Catch bye the way) that the Data that I presented on my post #22 was in error ... The Data I copied was for the 450-400 3 1/4" page 159 of Wright's new book the Data that should have been copied was page 157 of his book for the...
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    450/400 3” Velocity…is it enough?

    The bore riding bullets like CEB seem to run a little faster then convetional bullets and the petals will shear at a lower velocity CEB raptors and Solids are what I run in my 1902 Gibbs 450NE
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    450/400 3” Velocity…is it enough?

    318AE Here is data that has been generated on the JBM Website using Hornady's .410 400gr DGs at 1950fps https://www.jbmballistics.com/ This is from the Woodleigh Bullet Catalogue notice the recommended velocity range Data from the JBM Site with the Hornady 400gr DGS at 2100fps
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    450/400 3” Velocity…is it enough?

    Copy from Wright's new book .... Can you tell us about the Double
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    318 Westley Richards Drop-Lock

    Just Wow
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    Safari boots and brands !!!

    Courtney's Jim Greens neither fit my Fat Feet
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    505 Gibbs — Favorite Powders & Presses

    The beauty of reloading is you have options.. the Woodleigh Manual offers powder choices for their 525 gr bullet, weights ranging form 102grs of RL 15 to 140grs of RL 25. If you plug those numbers into a recoil calculator https://shooterscalculator.com/recoil-calculator.php that weight...
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    Uk Importing

    Give these boys SSI a call they are good to work with
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    Most reliable scope under 1000

    go to ebay find a used leupold 2.5x8
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    Macnab...

    People forget to mention The "Royal McNab".... After shooting and catching Fur, Fin and Fowl you bed the Upstairs Chamber Maid
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    400 H&H

    Been shooting my 400 since 2011 Ditto on the remarks above great cartridge
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    Has anyone here hunted Africa “Backwards”?

    First African hunt Buff and Tuskless with a Double
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    In search of a used double for first hunt in Zimbabwe

    https://www.champlinarms.com/Default.aspx?tabid=30
 
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