W. J. Jeffery .318 AE

Wyfox said:

Can't you swage 338 bullets to 330?

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HunterX said:

@PaulB would love to see pictures of your .318 doubles.

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PaulB said:

Below are a few of them. I have 13 WR magazine 318s, 3 doubles (2 boxlock and 1 DL)

I haven’t had a chance to take decent photos of a lot of them, I’m going to do a post with all of them in one pic soon.

318 Deluxe - with my 577 DL
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.318 Take apart
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318 tang takedown
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318 boxlock
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Below is my baby. My droplock
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Adam Stevens said:

Your collection only gets more amazing the more you post. Wow!

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PaulB said:

All great info. Also, you can get dies from Hornady, they will make a custom and it takes about 7mo.
I like the Hawk bullets for target, but I’ve never had one stay together on medium game…even with the “thicker jacket” option. The best bullets I’ve found for hunting is the northern precision 250gr bonded RN. I’ve used them with Great success. I’m taking them to Botswana on Tuesday, and I’m taking my .318 WR droplock double rifle Tanzania on June 26. Can’t speak highly enough, they group well in my bolt guns, and regulate well in all my .318 doubles

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pinotguy said:

In the early stages of planning a 318 project. It will be much more utilitarian in nature . Anyway, a couple of questions for you regarding the Northern Precision bonded bullets in .330": In examining them, they appear to be very similar in profile to the Woodleigh RN in the same caliber, at least to my eye. Have you loaded the Woodleigh in this cartridge? If so, would it be reasonable to assume that the NP bullet would perform in a similar fashion?

Thanks in advance and best of luck in Bots.

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PaulB said:

All great info. Also, you can get dies from Hornady, they will make a custom and it takes about 7mo.
I like the Hawk bullets for target, but I’ve never had one stay together on medium game…even with the “thicker jacket” option. The best bullets I’ve found for hunting is the northern precision 250gr bonded RN. I’ve used them with Great success. I’m taking them to Botswana on Tuesday, and I’m taking my .318 WR droplock double rifle Tanzania on June 26. Can’t speak highly enough, they group well in my bolt guns, and regulate well in all my .318 doubles

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PaulB said:

Thank you. I hate to risk looking “showy” but info love collecting them

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Ontario Hunter said:

I guess you live in Australia? It is my understanding 318 cases can be made from 30-06 brass. But I'd still need at least a box of 318 headstamped brass for Africa. I believe Hammer out of Missoula, Montana makes .330" bullets. Tried their 307 gr in my 404 and they didn't group great but might have been due to brand new barrel. And the loading recipe turns out to have been on the hot side. Sounds like Hammer design with "shedding petals" might be a bit messy for those of us who value avoiding wanton meat destruction. Definitely not ideal for dangerous game. I have 400 gr Barnes 404J for that, though I'm sure something similar in 350 gr range would work fine.

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Bertram 318 Westley Richards

Precision Match Ammunition and Bertram Brass.

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PaulB said:

Thank you. I hate to risk looking “showy” but info love collecting them

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