.425WR - Thoughts

[Jack Stevens]

Very very good caliber. My dear friend and former employee, Jabbar Mollah owns a best grade .425 WR magazine rifle built by Westley Richards in 1926. And it’s still going very very strong.

In my opinion, it even surpasses my beloved .375 Holland & Holland Magnum in terms of being an “All-Rounder” caliber since it’s much better for body shots on bull elephant.

With Kyamco closed down recently, nobody (to the best of my knowledge) is producing factory loaded ammunition for it. Although custom loading services in the United States (such as Superior Ammunition, John LaSala and Hendershots) are sometimes willing to load up a batch.

For hand loaders, brass cases can be obtained from Bruce Bertram in Australia who occasionally produces a batch. Bullets can be had from DZOMBO in South Africa (only brass flat nosed monolithic solids) and Wim Degol in Belgium (copper jacketed round nosed FMJ solids and bonded soft points). As of this time of writing, I can’t say for sure if Woodleigh is producing bullets in this caliber ever since the factory fire in 2021. Although I do know that they’re producing bullets for some other calibers.

Do you know whether Bertram brass for the various 400-cartridges is being imported into the U.S.?

 

[HunterX]

It is. Desert Tech Munitions is the importer. https://deserttechmunitions.com/categories/bertram-brass.html

 

[Jack Stevens]

It is. Desert Tech Munitions is the importer. https://deserttechmunitions.com/categories/bertram-brass.html

Thanks!