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Thanks, that makes sense, I'll start with that in mind

Thanks for the input, Yes, it's a double krieghoff, would a gas check help do you think?

Hi I have a lee ..470 mould which drops 400 grain lead bullets. I can't find a load for my . 470NE. Everything seems to be 500gr. Can anyone suggest one or a place to look?

Krieghoff make a fantastic double rifle chambered in.375. I can testify to it's effect on cape buffalo :LOL:

Hi I'd like to use my .470 in the indoor range. I'd need a light loads with a soft lead bullet about 700 ftlbs. Does anyone have experience of such a thing? I'm wary of the case powder capacity. G

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Hi Kevin, Good to hear from you. I took the buffalo at about 30 yards side on with hornady 270 soft point just behind the right shoulder. It ran on about 50 yards and, after an appropriate wait for the bellow, we followed and found it collapsed under a tree facing back the way it came. I gave it...

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Hi kharn I have the "big five" model in .375 flanged magnum. lovely gun. No problems. Very accurate once I found the loads Make sure you have an ammunition supply though. Good luck Gareth

Hi Kevin The brass is from kynoch in the UK but I think Norma make it too. http://www.kynochammunition.co.uk/ 80 grains N160 from vihtavuori 3.725 COL The hardest part of the process was finding a softpoint and solid combo that regulate to the same point. It's trial and error but a useful...

Yes, I took a good buffalo last year with a kreighoff double in this calibre with a 270 hornady soft point through shoulder/heart on a side shot. No complaints at all and strangely accurate at 100m on the range (buff was 30 m)

What did it come out of Matt?

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