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According to the lot numbers, the ammunition dates from the fifties and early sixties.

Everything is loaded with Cordite. I have shot quite a few rounds of them, but I would for a lot of reasons not use them for hunting.

I am not an expert of Ruger firearms, and I have never owned one, but I shot few weeks ago an elephant with the model quoted below. It was a borrowed rifle from a game department, but I can give a positive account of this type of rifle in terms of manufacturing, precision, and perfectly quickly...

I could be wrong, but it seems to me that someone put the marks on the rifle, no an official proof house.

What kind of rifle is this? I cannot identify the proof marks as absolutely British because normally there are much more signs. Some appear to have been added later. Be careful with this rifle.

Choosing the right bullet is not easy either, as it has to be suitable for both PG and DG. However, this should not to be a too big problem, because any bullet caliber 375 suitable for buffalo is also suitable for PG.

Unfortunately, there is no ideal zeroing distance, and also no general rules regarding shooting distances, whether for PG or DG. It is better to use different rifles. In all cases, compromises have to be made with a rifle that has to be versatile. Therefore, it is best for Africa to zeroing your...

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Have you asked him? He does a lot of custom work, but I don't know about the legal aspects for export. https://www.triebel-guntools.de/en/products/cardridge-bearing-reamers/

I have a choice, it is not always easy.

Reading your posts, I discover more and more cartridges caliber 458. I have known the cartridge 458 African for a few years, also the cartridge 460 G&A, but both only by name. Two weeks ago I got to know during a hunt the cartridge 458 Express, a slightly longer Lott, a cartridge which was...

In the eighties and early nineties, we did not have many DG cartridges to choose from besides the 375 H&H Magnum and the 458 Winchester Magnum.