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1914 Webley & Scott .450 NE boxlock ejector with 26" barrels. A lovely old beast.

Thanks for the invite, Mark! Not going to make it, unfortunately. Would have been wonderful to catch up.

https://www.bushmag.com/firearms/in-the-dna-the-rigby-shikari-boxlock-double-rifle/

I've used them quite a bit in a 7x64 Brenneke on African game. Kudu, gemsbuck, red hartebeest, blesbuck, springbuck, impala. Never managed to recover a single one. Great bullet in my book.

We are in the Adelaide Hills area.

I've used the .318 WR on a bunch of stuff. It's a magnificent choice for large plains game! Those 250-grain Woodleigh softs penetrate like crazy and hold together. I have no doubt that the .318 would kill a buffalo nicely, and if pushed, I would use a .318 on an undisturbed buffalo, but there...

The DGX is just about as hard as the DGS. Have a look at the Hornady website. They are indeed steel-jacketed "softs". I would not shoot them in any vintage rifle.

The quality of the current production Bertram brass in .450 NE is excellent. In fact, I would rate them as better as current Hornady .450 NE cases. The latest batch of Hornady cases I used were too thick towards the base of the case and tended to stick inside sizing dies. The Bertram...

Screw-grip Webley with an additional crossbolt. They wanted to make sure it stayed shut when it had to! Nice rifle, by the way.

It's a non-issue. They shoot just fine with 500-grain bullets and a bit of load tweaking. My rifle shoots lights-out with 480's but I've shot enough 500-grainers out of it as well. If I had to shoot 500-grain bullets in future, no problem.

They are one and the same.

I deliberately chose the .450 NE. It does the same things that the .470 does but with better sectional density and it burns less powder. Heym also built mine on a .450/400 frame, so it handles like a dream and still weighs enough to shoot comfortably (10,5 pounds with 26-inch barrels). Graeme...

I have an 89B in .450 NE. It was regulated with Hornady DGX factory ammo. I have no trouble whatsoever getting it to shoot perfectly well with 2209 powder, Bertram brass and Woodleigh 480-grain softs and Hydros. I live in Australia as well, by the way.

Thanks for the answers! It's a WW Greener, and except for the peep, it is in great shape. It weighs just over 7 lbs empty with a 24-inch barrel with Metford rifling. It is cased up with some of the original accessories. It handles like a good English rifle should. Standard military-surplus M98...