Recent content by PerH

https://www.africahunting.com/threads/wanted-die-set-for-the-458-african-cartridge.80223/ Here is one post from last year about the African and with its measures also

Yes it’s off a slightly shortened and improved .404 case , the African one is . And it can cut a .458 win chamber quite easy also . And .460 G&A of which St Cooper ‘ Baby and his Kimber Crusher was chambered in them also .

And now with CZ rifles gone and Zastava likely gone also for minimum quite a while , two more sources at good price gone .

Very sad to hear , condolences to his family and friends . (Sadly the fb posts are starting to pop up of that kind and it’s many bizarre ones . )

@Hunter-Habib

Loaded it with 300 grain mono copper HP . The firm is closed down years ago , but I think NF could be asked to make one , or Rhino . That was into 165 .30-06 ballistics . 350 Woodleigh / 10,75 Mauser bullets were Exellent also.

Exellent writeup of the wild lands expedition you went on .

Since based off .404 J , it would be similar to .460 Guns&Ammo , but updated specs

I think USOG channel on YT made a video about the Heym combo some time ago.

https://germanhuntingguns.com/archives/archive-brenneke/ I would used Swift ,Rhino , NF also as a option for Barnes and Woodleigh . Rhino make a 320 grain that would be hard to beat as heaviest . But 286-300 of them would be Exellent also

I liked the way of the .404 case could compare with the others , with both smaller case and more in magazine . When I had the .404 some years ago But I have seen data for 450 grain from a dedicated fellow , he loaded the 450 grain on to at 700 ms .

The Germans loaded the 404 at 2300 fps to mimic the .416 Rigby , but one could load it much higher also with 400 grains of one wished for . And it’s a very versatile cartridge to load for . And the 2300ish make it quite a hammer with the 200 fps above the old British data .

I came across this blog which speaks of his life and mystery , aswell as his memorabilia on the wall . In his apartment in Paris on his wall was a hide which the 10,75 accounted for ...

My 7x57 was like that , second hand barrel cut down a little bit at chamber and remade from 7x64 by the smith .