Recent content by John Telford

I love the 404! Nothing builds confidence more that having done range time with your big bore.

Please check that your ammo cycle’s completely from full to empty magazine. What are you hoping to hunt? Thank you for choosing Botswana!

If the bolt face is big enough then use the action wisely for a magnum cartridge. 500,404 Jeff can be built is “smaller” actions . 450 Rigby or 505

My best mate had one as a schoolboy that he took on camping trips etc.. We gave him the name Rambo but secretly we all wanted one!

Impala: mc Donald’s of the Bushveld Buff: debt collector. Wildebeest : farm salesman or estate agent (realtor) if wounded he will gladly show you the whole farm when tracking him. Elephant : men in grey suits. Croc: Lacoste (after the French fashion brand- every tracker seems to have a cheap...

Correct we have a no baiting on lions policy. Leopards can be baited but we need to remove the bait every day at sunset. More lions get shot illegally at the cattle posts than what is reported . Typically a 30-06 through the guts and a slow painful death.

The difference between the 458 Express and the Lott is about the same as the difference between the Lott and the 458 win mag. During the 90’s in South Africa there was a mini arms race to improve on the .458 win. We have the ones mentioned in this thread as well as the .458 Sabi which is based...

Gert ask Pierre if he knows of a reamer locally. If you don’t have his number DM me. For interest sake the .458 African is very similar to Coopers .460 G&A.

Absolutely stunning Paul! I’ve only seen two such rifles and neither was engraved.

Nice- what powder did you use?

.505 Gibbs Heym ultra magnum action and one on a Mauser magnum action (by Gibbs) .500 Jeff Vektor Action .404 Jeff Vickers mauser magnum action .404 Mauser magnum and 2 on standard mauser actions. English made. .450 Rigby Vektor action .416 Rigby Vektor action .416 Taylor Mauser k98 action .458...

Hi Alan are you still researching these rifles? There is a .404 Vickers listed in John Speeds book .

I have never seen or heard of an original ZKK in 404J from the factory. BRNO rifles were popular in the 70’s/80’s the revival of the 404 J only happened in the early 90’s. I have seen an original in 9.3x64 Breneke dates 79 but never the .338 wm. All BRNO ZKK rifles have the year of manufacture...

I’ve had these issues before but usually fire forming the brass and the neck sizing helps. I have 4 9.5x56 1910 models and all are different!

I think you mean NG41.