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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...

I recently acquired a very nice vintage .318 WR and it came fitted with the peep sight in the attached photograph as well as the original express-type sights. I have been searching the net far and wide to find out who made the peep, but no luck thus far. I have no idea what the "A" may...

Dzombo in South Africa made a 550-grain solid in .458. I'm not sure if they are available in the US, though.

You will not be hunting in Kruger itself but in one of the privately-owned reserves bordering and open to the park to allow animals to roam around freely. Most of those reserves actually derives 80% plus of their income from hunting so the touristy bits are confined to certain areas and the...

I had a V-spring as well as a cocking dog break on a vintage best Westley Richards 12-bore boxlock ejector on two separate occasions. As I lived in South Africa at the time, it was a real pain to set right again. The modern trend seems to be in favour of coil springs.

Buzz's rifle broke a small latch connecting the cross-bolt and the toplever. After I put him in touch with the right people, Heym offered to send a replacement part with his next client from Germany. It's a minor thing to put right and happened at an unfortunate time. Just another thought...

I've hunted with Walter Enslin from Kwan Safaris numerous times and we are booked with him again for next year. He has good dogs, knows his areas very well and a good time was had by all.