Read this , Mr. Haley
https://www.africahunting.com/threads/a-gun-which-lasted-a-career-a-life-time.54231/
That should answer your questions . I covered this topic in great detail several times over the last 2 months that l have been writing articles here .
@ryan80 and
@Skinnersblade are pin point accurate in their assessment.
If me or any of my compatriots had access to even a .270 Winchester calibre rifle at that time , then l do not think that we would ever have used a shot gun for any land game . No new firearms were imported into India after the British left in 1947 . The only imported firearms available in the country were those which had already been brought into the country prior to 1947 , during the colonial era. If anything , the laws became worse in modern times .After hunting got banned in 1972 in India , during Indira Gandhi's government , all the existing imported fire arms in the country belonging to civilians ( namely the firearms which had been brought into the country prior to 1947 ) started getting confiscated by the authorities . Then , in 1986 , it was formally put into legislation that imported fire arms are banned there . I lived in India until 1970 , before l got conscripted into the Bangladesh Mukti Bahini for the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971.
I have been living in Bangladesh since 1972 . In Bangladesh , the only calibres for which fire arms and ammunition are commercially imported are : .22 Long Rifle , .22 Winchester magnum rim fire , 12 calibre / bore ( All varieties ) , .32 ACP and .32 Smith & Wesson . However , civilians can own any up to 6 fire arms and from a legal point of view they can own any calibre of rifle or hand gun which they like ( except .303 British or 9 mm Parabellum . )
So , many hunters do own fire arms of calibres which are not commercially imported in Bangladesh . Let us use a .375 Holland & Holland magnum calibre as an example. If someone wishes to own a .375 Holland & Holland calibre Winchester Model 70 bolt rifle , then they can go to a foreign country , purchase it and bring it back to Bangladesh after applying for a license for it , along with 250 cartridges for it . If they want ammunition for it , them they have to either go abroad , purchase the .375 Holland & Holland magnum calibre cartridges ( or ammunition components if you reload ) and bring it back into the country . Or , if they have friends or family living abroad who come to visit them in Bangladesh , they can make their friends / family members bring cartridges / re loading components for them .
On every single trip into the country , you can bring back 250 cartridges ( with the 1st 100 being duty free . ) This is how people like
@Kawshik Rahman or
@Captain Nwz keep themselves stocked up with ammunition. Kawshik owns a Brno zkk 600 bolt rifle , chambered in 7 × 57 mm Mauser . Captain Newaz owns a .458 Winchester magnum calibre Winchester Model 70 Safari Express bolt rifle . I do not travel abroad consistently ( maybe once a year. Maybe once in 2 years . ) and l have no family members or friends living in foreign countries who regularly make a habit of coming to Bangladesh . Thus , l learnt to make do with what is locally imported .
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Alongside my old Belgian shot gun , l also own a German Wischo semi automatic 12 calibre / bore shot gun and a .22 Long Rifle calibre Austrian semi automatic rifle . Brenekk slugs ( all varieties ) are imported into Bangladesh and l do use them ( Brenekke Black Magic ) in my semi automatic payment shot gun . I , however do not use Brenekke slugs in my old Belgian shot gun , as it was made in 1959 and l do not wish to cause any strain on it . In the Belgian shot gun , l use hand loaded spherical ball cartridges , with the spherical ball being 16 calibre / bore so as to easily allow it to pass through the full choked barrel of my Belgian side by side shot gun . In 2023 , Bangladesh Shooting Federation will start importing fire arms and ammunition of the following calibres : .30-06 Springfield , .45 Automatic Colt Pistol , and 20 calibre / bore . I plan to purchase a .30-06 Springfield calibre Winchester Model 70 bolt rifle then .
We do live in a 3rd world country after all . However , l consider myself lucky that compared to other Asian countries like India ( where no imported fire arms are allowed ) or China , South Korea , Cambodia or Vietnam ( where no fire arms are allowed at all . ) , at least fire arms laws are comparatively generous .
They started importing the .22 Winchester magnum rim fire in 2015. They will start importing the .30-06 Springfield from 2023 . I believe that this is at the very least , a step in the right direction , because the different varieties of calibres for which fire arms and ammunition are being imported into Bangladesh are slowly increasing .
Fortunately , our current government body consists of many pro gun and pro hunting individuals , so l am hopeful.
I hope that this answers all your questions.
Regarding the .458 Winchester magnum , 2 people can disagree about something , but they can both be right. Your research leads you to believe that all the problems of the .458 Winchester magnum are gone .
Mine leads me to believe , that at any rate , .458 Winchester magnum is a calibre for which ammunition has a more definite shelf life compared to other calibres.
