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There is a fellow on youtube (Kentucky Ballistics) who I believe shoots all of those. Don't know if he actually owns all the rifles, though. But perhaps he would be willing to part with some brass if/when they have been reloaded enough times.

I see that @Mark A Ouellette was faster than me in replying. Typing on the phone is sloooow :-) Yes, it would probably not do much difference, but it will do some, even if the majority of the extra powder burns after the bullet has left the barrel. The extra powder takes up space, which means...

Yes it does. Ish. But the pressure curve is different as the peak pressure is reached sooner. And it could get into dangerously high pressures if too much of a too fast powder is used. If you load e.g. a 7mm RM with a pistol powder (i.e. fast) you could only load the case to so full before it...

Välkommen! Jo, så är det - bättre bilder och historier, mindre tjafs om huruvida 308 är perfekt för allt :-)

I haven't taken my 404 for any DG hunt, but my hope is that I'll be able to do that in the future. Have owned that rifle for 5-6 years, and in that time I have not purchased or fired a single factory loaded cartridge. I actually started reloading because I wanted a big bore rifle, where the ammo...

Very nice wood. Not too familiar with Ruger in general, or the "express" model in particular. Would that be standard on a factory rifle, or have the stocks been upgraded afterwards? Also, I thought that the M77 had a tang safety, but from these picture it does not seem like that.

Mixed results - a few of the deer I've shot in the heart/top of the heart have dropped on the spot. Not likely that the spine was hit, but perhaps a bullet (or bone) fragment might have hit the spine. Don't know if there would be enough energy in such secondary projectiles to stun the animal. I...

Probably not much difference, but your bog pod might be a bit sturdier/steadier than most other tripods. I believe that quad-sticks are also getting more common. Takes slightly longer to set up (an extra second), but is super-steady. Does not allow for as much horizontal panning, though.

I don't yet have a lot of experience with the NF bullets, but when we spoke on the Swedish Game Fair 2 years(?) ago, you recommended the PP bullet in 404J for the local big game, as it will open up a little quicker in softer targets than the SS. I bought a box or two to try them out. Loaded...

AFAIK all the production equipment was moved to Sweden following the sale of the company to Mr. Boström a few years ago. According to the web page it is located in Kristianstad in southern Sweden. I *believe* that Osby (a smaller town nearby) was listed previously...

52. Namibia. PG. Thinking about going for buffalo sometime not too far into the future.

Did pretty much the same thing around the same time last year, however only 7 days of touring on our own. We had very good dealings with Acacia Travel (on recommendation from Philip), to whom we communicated our want-to-see's. Through them we got an itinerary worked out, with rental car...

Interesting, but anecdotal so to speak. These particular ones are almost the same length, but either the 375 is loaded longer, or the 416 shorter, than allowed by CIP/SAAMI specs. It is quite possible that a 375 with a long bullet, but still within spec, is longer than a 416 loaded with a...

The 416 Rigby is a considerably longer cartridge if I'm not mistaken. Max COL for the Rigby is 95.25 mm (3.750"), and for the 375HH it's 91.4mm (3.600"). The empty case is not that much different in length, though. So I guess that it would be possible to build a 416 Rigby rifle on an...

Very beautiful mounts @Red Leg, but can I agree with @Ontario Hunter to some extent. However, you've basically solved the 'angle issue' by hanging them rather high up. Nice to look at, and won't poke your eye out. :) In effect that is somewhat like having the skulls mounted lower, but at an...

I can certainly see the use for a double in "not Africa". But it would really depend on what type of hunting you do. On a driven hunt, where game may come flying fast past you at close range, or being able to stalk really close to a deer/moose/boar/bear, sure. For those 'across-the-valley'...

Exactly 0. Got a 9.3x62 and a 404J, though.

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Nah, the Tembo uses (used?) a 'true' .400 cal bullet. And I think only a handful of rifles were ever made, so the chance of this being one them is slim. But since they were a bit 'experimental', any markings on the action a/o barrel may not mean anything. And this is certainly true for any...

416/404.... It could well be that you have bought yourself a wildcat of some sort (i.e. a non-standardized cartridge). The name suggests that the base cartridge is one of the 416's (Rigby, Remington, Taylor, Hoffman, Weatherby, Dakota etc), but necked up to 404 (which is actually .423 calibre)...

I would say "Not really", especially not in a hunting situation. Perhaps you can feel the difference if you really concentrate on it when pulling the trigger, but why should you? There are so many things that affect felt recoil, and bullet velocity is just one of them. Of more importance I would...

Hunting the Elephant in Africa - C.H. Stigand African Camp Fires - Stewart Edward White The recollections of William Finaughty - elephant hunter 1864-1875 - William Finaughty Five years of a hunter's life in the far interior of South Africa - Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming The wild sports in southern...

Another option, but probably not a clever choice, could be the 6.5-284 Norma. A 284 Winchester necked down to 6.5. Previously a wildcat until standardized by Norma ~25 years ago. Has a little more oomph than the 6.5x55, but not overly much. According to wikipedia, it has some history with...

6.5-300 Weatherby? 264 WinMag? 26 Nosler? Of these, I guess that only the WinMag could be called 'classic' (1950's). The others are only approx 10 years old. The 6.5x55 is a great cartridge. But it is for all intents and purposes very similar to the 7x57. The same goes for the 6.5x54MS.

Thanks again. I certainly believe you it can be (and has been) interpreted as banning firearms for hunting trips to Zim. It was just that when I asked the relevant (hopefully all) authorities here, they did not see a problem, at least not over the phone. Perhaps they would say a different thing...

Well, it would probably be a good idea to have the 'verdict' from the authorities in writing before booking any tickets. But it is perhaps harder than it seems, since both of the ones I've identified (police dept and ISP) clearly say that they don't really care about hunting tourism, or at least...

Thank you - I've seen the same document (or a translation thereof) previously. That is the reason I was initially so sure of it being forbidden. The wording is strong and sweeping, but it seems to me that the intent is banning arms exports - not to stop people from going hunting. "To prevent...

It seems possible that some things might have changed, or are as mentioned, treated differently in different countries. I have also heard, and probably re-iterated, that "Zimbabwe is under EU embargo, so you cannot bring your gun". But out of curiosity I called the customs office here at home...

Maybe the best course of action would be to swap it with someone who is really looking for a DSB? Don't really know what that market looks like... Being lefthanded there are sadly so many choices that have already been made for me. M98's, or clones thereof, are few and far between.

Personally, I would do what @PeteG recommends. Even if you only hunt with iron sights right now, it gives you more options down the line. Unless you *really* think that the front square bridge is an abomination to the eye, you should keep it. If I squint a little when looking at the first...

I basically split the case prep work into two steps; cleaning and resizing. Cleaning Visual inspection for obviously broken cases. Wipe off outside dirt, if any. Decap with a separate decapping die. Then clean the primer pocket. Clean the inside of the neck with a nylon brush. Done...

On a side note (and not specifically for Zim), what is the reason for the very different daily rates between hunting PG and DG? It seems like daily rates, where I see them listed are 3-4 times higher for DG hunts. Some types of extra costs seem to be itemized separately (park ranger fees...

Excellent stuff, but I had not heard of Chaudhuri or Radclyffe. I am re-reading Stigands "Hunting the Elephant in Africa" at the moment, unfortunately not in @rigbymauser's nice old edition, but the same Capstick-library edition as @Huntsmans Bane . I have Sutherlands book in a Safari Press...

I'll bet that almost any expanding bullet will work well on a moose - they're not armour plated. I've never hunted any kind of bear, and from what I understand they can be fairly 'soft' targets, but I guess that there could be situations where you'd want to drop them quick-quick. So in that...

Didn't...hmm..@BRICKBURN (?) take an SA PH course a few years ago? Not for the purpose of changing career as I understood it, but more for the actual gain of knowledge. Sorry if I got it wrong regarding which AH member it was.

Too bad we're on different sides of the Atlantic. I have a a hundred or so I would gladly part with for a beer. I don't think one can ship brass internationally as a private citizen - you probably need some sort of import/export permit because of "security"/"terrorism" blah blah blah. Go to a...

From looking at just this one side of the blanks, I think you made a wise choice. Both of the leftmost ones seem to have the correct grain orientation. Looking at them purely from an aesthetic point of view, I would probably go for either of the two on the right. But they may not be the best...

Ooohh.. I think you'll run into problems with that scope @rifletuner. If you can just send it my way, I'll make sure to recycle it for you. Especially if it's the Z6i EE variant, those batteries need to be responsibly disposed of :)

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Almost the same here - heavy-for-calibre + K.I.S.S = 200gn Oryx over 54gn of Norma MRP for everything. Loaded to a moderate ~740 m/s (approx 2450 f/s). Have taken moose, red deer, fallow deer, roe deer, wild boar and even a few badgers with that combination. Would not hesitate to use on fox. I...

Kevin "Doctari" Robertson really likes the North Fork cup point solids for buffalo. No personal experience.

Nice collection of heavy hitters. But what is 20/577 AH? A 20ga brass hull necked down to 577?

I suspect that the flaring die could be for opening the case mouth a little, before seating cast lead bullets.

Some slightly older literature. F.C. Selous: - A hunter's wanderings in Africa, being a narrative of nine years spent... - Travel and Adventure in South-East Africa: Being the Narrative of the Last Eleven Years... - Sport & Travel East and West - Recent Hunting Trips in British North America...

Aren't many of the tacticool scopes for ARs often fitted with funny reticles and turrets? I have no experience with Vortex, so that is maybe not applicable. For ordinary hunting, I personally prefer the German #4 reticle, and capped turrets. As few bells and whistles as possible. Sight in an...

Not off the top of my head. I guess that such companies exist, but hunting here is largely (as has been stated before) very often a "local affair". Did a quick internet search and these are among those that came up; https://www.nordguide.se/moose-hunt-stalking-and-calling/...

Forestry company?

Unfortunately not true anymore. I believe that we're now down to ~65,000 moose taken per year. The last decade, the forestry corporations that own a lot of land have been quite aggressive with their moose quotas ("forcing" hunting clubs that lease the hunting rights to shoot more - otherwise...

I've used my 404 on two roe deer (A-Frame 400gr) and one fallow (NorthFork PP 400gr). One of the roes got a bit messed up as there were a lot of secondary projectiles (bone hit) so it was rather bloodshot, and some meat was wasted. I guess it could have happened with a smaller calibre as well...