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Pretty sure this is brass made by BELL for H&H back in the '80s. The loaded ammo came in brown plastic boxes of ten.

Super rifle! I think I like the non-bolstered action Royals like this one over the later style but is it a bit unusual for a 1929 rifle to use this action? I wonder how H&H decided which action to use...

Pretty sure Steve Bertram (Bertram & Co.) imports from continental Europe. He's brought in a lot from England for sure.

I agree 100% This is more in line with what Berdan primed brass is worth: https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1097724984 I'm not afraid of Berdan primed brass but only because I have hundreds of different sized berdan primers and have dealt with reloading old Kynoch for years. It's just not worth...

It’s Sunday but what the heck!! Rigby 303 and Holland & Holland 360 No.5

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Both are beautiful rifles! Lucky Dog…

Same. And the Colorado Collector show is coming up!

Often, those no-name Mausers are the best deals - this among them! I'd buy it just for the stock let alone the barreled action - I think it's a steal.

I’m talking original Oberndorf Mausers. I suppose there could be differing dimensions/twist rates from other builders. I make my 10.75 bullets from spent 40S&W brass. It’s not that difficult to make usable projectiles that way.

The Mauser 10.75s had the same rifling rate of twist as the 404s so you’re really not bound to the original bullet weight of the 10.75x68

Wrong. The shoulder is sized in relation to the base/rim, not the mouth. The length of the case has zero bearing on where the shoulder is set.

It doesn’t. The 404 has a long neck and headspaces off the shoulder so no worries in that regard.

Nope. Berdan have two small flash holes as Boxer have the larger central flash hole. Would also need the Berdan primers, which I have, to reprime them.

If you're not put off by Berdan primers, I have about 75pcs of primed Kynoch brass. I used these cases in my William Evans 404. The fired brass I deprimed with water and a plunger - outside of course. Just lathed out an aluminum plunger with an Oring and a base that the brass sits in - drilled...

Very cool! I really like the 1893/95 Mannlicher sporters.

I think the double rifle, or at least the acquisition of a double rifle, is 100% about nostalgia. A good DG bolt gun is almost certainly a better choice for a client than a double. That said, I still pine for a good vintage DG double - something like a screw grip Webley 470 or ultimately a...

True, sort of. Sportsmen could still bring in something like 200 rounds for safari. The gunmakers were the ones that really caught on introducing the myriad “legal” replacements the 470 becoming the industry standard.

If you’re thinking of building a bolt rifle in 303, and in keeping with your handle, you could do worse than starting with a Siamese Mauser.

Bob, great to see you over here at AH! I remember well when you bought that rifle and am still green... It was a stroke of genius to cover the "I Married Adventure" book in zebra print. As a kid, I saw that book a mile away in the library and like a moth to a flame, I was hooked! Let's arrange...

Nothing at all wrong with the 9X57! In the period ammunition catalogs, the 9mm was something like 5grs less bullet and a couple hundred FPS off the 318WR and we all know it killed everything like greased lightning!! I was told by a well known gunmaker that the 9X57 Mauser was the preferred...

Norma made the only factory loads I've seen but Buffalo Arms loads the 9.3 with Norma brass but are out of stock right now.

I won't share mine per Mark's request - must honor that - but the other similar one is in Kirton's book on page 137.

It is much like the one in either Winfer's or Kirton's book. I think at the time I got it from Mark Crudgington, he didn't really want it published so I just emailed him to see if he's OK with my sharing it. The only ledger book that survived the Blitz has just the last ten or so Gibbs...

They often “shorthanded” some descriptions. I have the entire build sheet for one of my Gibbs Farquharsons and the charge for every smith that laid hands on it. I still haven’t deciphered the entire thing.

I have some new and fired I'd sell or trade. Shoot me a DM and we can discuss.

I'll take them! PM sent

333 Mauser 24 inch Steel Barrel Standard and 4 Flush leaves to 500yds Ivory Bead sight Short Checkered 4part and Pistol Grip eyes for sling trap in Butt Short Rib 4 Shot Mag. The only part I'm not sure of is the "short rib" part as yours doesn't have a rib unless that is referring to the lever...

Sure it could be done. Really, the 375 2-1/2” would be just about ideal in a Ruger No.1

9.5X57 or 375 Rimless Nitro Express for sure. 35 Winchester too. The 350 Griffin & Howe deserves a comeback too. Of all the ‘35s I think the 35 Newton was way before it’s time and today would be called the 35 Ruger. That is a fantastic cartridge!

That is a beauty!!

I’ll throw this little tidbit out here which has me scratching my head. I have a Charles Lancaster Mauser in 280NE (280 Ross to you and I) This rifle shot beautifully with the few original Kynoch rounds I had as well as my own reloads to Ross Seyfreid’s recipe. All good. Well, when I shot the...

Why would QL give such differing powder weights for the Hornady (37gr) and the Woodleigh (34.5gr) when they are the same weight and almost the same ogive/nose profile?

I wish I thought of saying this - so true. As my grandfather told me - "1939, I bought this wonderful Thomas Hardy Deluxe split cane fly rod - the fish didn't seem to notice"

Says "Standard action" on the 416. Surely a typo, correct?

I've heard the phrase "come boiling through the bush" This^^ is exactly what that means!!

Just lovely. Beautiful work!

I reloaded some for a friend - 95gr H4831 with 500gr softs regulated in his double. Took a nice lion with that load.

Jason, did you buy the Esprit in Colorado? My brother had one exactly like that which he sold probably 20yrs ago. Of course, black was a popular color on those.

I believe there were two versions of the Mexican Mauser. IIRC, the first few thousand (1902) were made by DWM and have a Mauser 98 bolt shroud and flag safety. That was carried over to the 1910 Mexican Mauser. The later contract run (1936) have a Springfield style bolt knob/safety. I'm not sure...

They are definitely filed down to the metal as they are smooth with the contours of the plates. I think that you are correct in the notion of fitting with tall heads, indexing for a new slot, taking down the head and cutting new slots. Then, these newly slotted screws were filed down flush with...

Correct. Much of the scouting and hunting was done on horseback and it was common for a fall or drop from a horse to result in a broken stock. Back then, that pretty much put the rifle out of commission entirely. I believe that Selous himself had a stock on a muzzle loader break through the...

The plates were offered on George Gibbs Farquharson rifles and it is believed that maybe 50 or so were sold with the plates. Some say as low as 20 but I have seen rifles fit with them enough to guess it's double or more than that many. The metal (malleable iron I believe) is formed to the...

Before I got a rock chucker, I used the 450-400 shell holder with a feeler gauge under the case. The thin rim shell holder I have is one of the old wide RCBS ones that are too big in diameter to work on the Spartan press I had before the RC2

If it is the rifle at James Wayne Firearms, its the 480gr .483" version. Is it that particular rifle?

As usable as any other 450 to 500 class cartridge. Will kill as well as any of them - that is if you can source components which is not easy these days. I'd suspect it will need .483" bullets.

Yes it is a Gibbs. I have a few but only this one with the Selous plates.

A man of exceedingly refined tastes clearly... just like myself LOL!!!!

OK, I think I posted this one on AH before, but this is my favorite single shot I now have -and that's sort of saying something!

This is my latest single shot rifle. John Rigby 303