Harald Wolf Gunsmith

[rookhawk]

Foxi/members, I need some assistance in regards to get in contact with Mr. Harald Wulf to ask him if he has available a drawing of a reamer ( CIP specs ) of the 9.3 x 70 caliber, I really want to build this caliber into a hunting rifle..the people at Pacific Tool/Reamer and gauge company needs a drawing of the reamer so they can make me a duplicate of the reamer /or maybe three live rounds will work as well...then I need to see if I can get a set of re-loading dies as well...I really would appreciate it very much if members can assist me..

Since this cartridge is an unofficial wildcat, you're going to run into several problems. One, is that you need to make brass from .404 Jeffery. Two, CIP has no standards published for a reamer. Three, it is less than .375 caliber so its illegal in many jurisdictions for dangerous game. Four, many locations require properly headstamped brass which will increase costs for custom brass significantly.

While it appears Brenneke invented this cartridge, original cartridges haven't been made since the 1920s-1930s it appears and finding 3 of them to reverse engineer a reamer will be a challenge.

Might I suggest you go with a 9.3x64 brenneke instead, it achieves the same goals while avoiding most of the same challenges.

 

[Gert Odendaal]

Since this cartridge is an unofficial wildcat, you're going to run into several problems. One, is that you need to make brass from .404 Jeffery. Two, CIP has no standards published for a reamer. Three, it is less than .375 caliber so its illegal in many jurisdictions for dangerous game. Four, many locations require properly headstamped brass which will increase costs for custom brass significantly.

While it appears Brenneke invented this cartridge, original cartridges haven't been made since the 1920s-1930s it appears and finding 3 of them to reverse engineer a reamer will be a challenge.

Might I suggest you go with a 9.3x64 brenneke instead, it achieves the same goals while avoiding most of the same challenges.

Rookhawk, thank you for the reply, I am fortunate to just being contact by a Gunsmith in Belgium who has this caliber build in a hunting rifle, and he has a drawing of the reamer, so I am sorted, I am going to get a duplicate of the drawing from Wim, owner of bullet factory/gunsmith send it to a reamer company, or I can order this caliber 9.3 x 70 reamer from the Triebel reamer company as well..I now need to get re-loading dies..I will ask Wim to send me three live rounds to use as measurement so a company can make me re-loading dies as well..I do not hunt dangerous game, will use this caliber as I use my 404 Jeffery hunting rifle..to hunt normal plains game like eland, kudu ect...I do not need head stamp brass ..I use my 404 Jeffery brass or I can fire form brass to fit in this chamber...or use .375 H&H Magnum brass to fire form to 9.3 x 70 brass to shoot in the 9.3 x 70 caliber rifle

 

[Pieter1963]

I was reading about a Belgian Gunsmith recently by the name of Mr. Harald Wolf . This gentleman made some pretty impressive rifles in some rare German calibers and it is my understanding that he is the man responsible for bringing back the .500 Jeffery in 1986 after which it became popular due to Mr. Tony Sanchez Arino ( one of my favorite big game hunters of ALL time ) using it successfully on elephant. Mr. Harald Wolf apparently run a company called Mastergunworks in Belgium. But l can't find any trace of him anymore. Does anyone here know if he is still around and making rifles ?
He even used to run a rifle Magazine called " Hatari Times " . He seems to have Vanished .
Does he have an email address or website ?

Hi I am Pieter van Zyl from Namibia. I was given a 416 Rigby rifle on a Mauser magnum action that was build by Harald Wolf on order from Tony Sanchez for a mr Seratosa of spain. Seratosa later gave the rifle to his son in law which was living in Namibia. Tony and the son in law hunted a couple of times together and became freinds. Then something on the bolt of the rifle broke and the son in law gave the bolt to Tony to take to Wolf in Belgium for repairs. Tony and the son in law had a quarrel and Tony then threw the bolt away and they never spoke to each other. Now the rifle is mine and I am trying to find a bolt that my gunsmith can make fit. Can anyone maybe help or assist in finding a bolt.

 

[Pieter1963]

Hi I am Pieter van Zyl from Namibia. I was given a 416 Rigby rifle on a Mauser magnum action that was build by Harald Wolf on order from Tony Sanchez for a mr Seratosa of spain. Seratosa later gave the rifle to his son in law which was living in Namibia. Tony and the son in law hunted a couple of times together and became freinds. Then something on the bolt of the rifle broke and the son in law gave the bolt to Tony to take to Wolf in Belgium for repairs. Tony and the son in law had a quarrel and Tony then threw the bolt away and they never spoke to each other. Now the rifle is mine and I am trying to find a bolt that my gunsmith can make fit. Can anyone maybe help or assist in finding a bolt.

 

[rookhawk]

a bolt can be sourced from prechtl or Reimer Johansson out of German. A bolted action in the white is about $4500 USD. If they’ll sell you a bolt alone it is likely over $1000 and you’ll need an expert gunsmith to fit it.

 

[Pieter1963]

a bolt can be sourced from prechtl or Reimer Johansson out of German. A bolted action in the white is about $4500 USD. If they’ll sell you a bolt alone it is likely over $1000 and you’ll need an expert gunsmith to fit it.

Thankyou

 

[John Telford]

Does anyone have a contact email for Harald or business please?

 

[Foxi]

Does anyone have a contact email for Harald or business please?

Not exactly current news, but I came across this.
RiP Harald.

@Hoss Delgado, haven't heard from you in a while.
Did you end up going to Botswana with your grandfather?

 

[pjaln]

that action looks to be standard length not a magnum , any 98 mauser bolt should be able to be fitted there are many military actions around the only problem is opening up the face

 

[grand veneur]

that action looks to be standard length not a magnum , any 98 mauser bolt should be able to be fitted there are many military actions around the only problem is opening up the face

I think your post refers to post #68.

It was not entirely clear in 2019 what kind of Mauser action it was. Already in the nineties, Harald Wolf used Mauser Magnum actions to built rifles in caliber 416 Rigby or 500 Jeffery.

 

[PerH]

He also made his own Mauser actions , but often if he could get them like the 9,3x70 he made ( fever gun ) that was a 1909 Argentino

 

[pjaln]

here's a pic of one of Harolds rifles , I would call him once a month and chat he was an interesting guy for sure. I have all the hatari times I will see if there is a pic of the 500 in them somewhere

 

[grand veneur]

You can read more about his rifles caliber 500 Jeffery in HATARI TIMES N°5. The article is well-documented, but reflects a certain arrogance regarding owners of rifles of this caliber. Reading this article will convince the average hunter not to acquire such a rifle, as it is primarily designed for elite elephant hunters. Reloading the cartridges 500 Jeffery is also not possible in the author's opinion for normal people with hobby reloading tools. I have known the cartridge 500 Jeffery since the sixties and had a rifle built at the same time in the nineties as Harald Wolf wrote his article. I have also shot several elephants with loaded cartridges caliber 12,7x70 Schüler/ 500 Schüler, rather the exact name of my cartridge. Harald Wolf does not mention the three different cartridges in his article because the difference was not known at this time before the standardization. By the way, A-Square was the first to contribute a bit to this topic.

 

[pjaln]

You can read more about his rifles caliber 500 Jeffery in HATARI TIMES N°5. The article is well-documented, but reflects a certain arrogance regarding owners of rifles of this caliber. Reading this article will convince the average hunter not to acquire such a rifle, as it is primarily designed for elite elephant hunters. Reloading the cartridges 500 Jeffery is also not possible in the author's opinion for normal people with hobby reloading tools. I have known the cartridge 500 Jeffery since the sixties and had one built at the same time in the nineties as Harald Wolf wrote his article. I have also shot several elephants with loaded cartridges caliber 12,7x70 Schüler/ 500 Schüler, rather the exact name of my cartridge. Harald Wolf does not mention the three different cartridges in his article, because the difference was not known at this time before the standardization. By the way, A-Square was the first to contribute a bit to this topic.

yes I just went thru all my copies , it was actually the first issue where he gets into it I,d like to post it all I have pics of the first prototype and the 2nd 500 ,I need to get the pics in the computer im slow at that im wondering to start a new thread as this is old

 

[grand veneur]

When it comes to Harald Wolf's rifles caliber 500 Jeffery, his cartridge 500 Jeffery "Improved" must be mentioned. Forgets it, I don't know how that was possible at this time and as Art Alphin writes in his famous book, cases for it was made in a guy's basement in Germany and all this has made a hash out of standardization.

 

[pjaln]

When it comes to Harald Wolf's rifles caliber 500 Jeffery, his cartridge 500 Jeffery "Improved" must be mentioned. Forgets it, I don't know how that was possible at this time and as Art Alphin writes in his famous book, cases for it was made in a guy's basement in Germany and all this has made a hash out of standardization.

yes that was the second gun he made for Tony arino Sanchez and it was made on his own action a magnum length. the first was on a standard length

 

[grand veneur]

I somewhat doubt that Harald Wolf manufactured its own Mauser Magnum actions. At the time, some of the gunmakers claimed something like that, but given the small number of rifles initially built with Mauser Magnum actions in the nineties, especially by Harald Wolf, such a claim is not entirely credible.

 

[Pondoro]

I am pretty sure Harald made his own M98 actions for the .500 Jeffery Improved and .425 WS Improved, that is these cartridges made with a full rim, not the rebated version..

 

[pjaln]

I somewhat doubt that Harald Wolf manufactured its own Mauser Magnum actions. At the time, some of the gunmakers claimed something like that, but given the small number of rifles initially built with Mauser Magnum actions in the nineties, especially by Harald Wolf, such a claim is not entirely credible.

I seen the pics of the 2 rifles that he built one was a standard action the other was on an action that he states that itv was built by him it doesn't look like anything else ive seen the bottom metal custom built for sure. I will try to get some pics up soon