New .404 from Tip Burns/Texas Sporting Arms

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Just picked up a new .404 from Tip and he did a great job as usual. This is a no frills CZ 550 working man’s .404. :). NECG sites, 23” barrel, feeds great and topped with a 1-4 Nikon Monarch African with great eye relief. Will likely get some Alaskan Arms rings to bring the scope down a tad and be good to go. I have no need for this rifle, but grew weary of staring at the action and barrel. Will likely go to my 16 year old son, but I may have built it a tad on the light side for him. Balance is excellent and I should be able to get out and shoot it soon.

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As the old saying goes, only accurate rifles are interesting. The most accurate rifles I have were either built by Tip or Speedy Gonzales. Not sure if this will be .25 MOA like my .257 STW Tip built, but I will gladly settle for a little less on this one. :)
 
Welcome to the club. Are you going to hand load? The Von Gruff magic load works extremely well. A 400 gr Swift A-Frame over 84.0 grains of H4350 yields about 2300 fps with low SD and ES. As always, start out low and work your way up.
 
RR 314 said:
Just picked up a new .404 from Tip and he did a great job as usual. This is a no frills CZ 550 working man’s .404. :). NECG sites, 23” barrel, feeds great and topped with a 1-4 Nikon Monarch African with great eye relief. Will likely get some Alaskan Arms rings to bring the scope down a tad and be good to go. I have no need for this rifle, but grew weary of staring at the action and barrel. Will likely go to my 16 year old son, but I may have built it a tad on the light side for him. Balance is excellent and I should be able to get out and shoot it soon.
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Very Nice!. Those Nikon African scopes are excellent with great eye relief.

What does it weigh?
 
Oh, I have been a club member for a looooong time. :). Like I said, I had no need for an additional .404, other than perhaps for my son, but when Tip started building rifles again, I couldn’t resist.

My favorite load for 400 Aframes is 75 gr of RL15. Right at 2260-2275 fps.
 
Oh, and if anyone is in need of a factory CZ 550 safety, let me know. It was swapped out for three position.
 
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