Hello and thank you for letting me share with you

[Uwe Jaspersen]

Sounds like a wonderful childhood, Uwe................you're just the kind of guy we like to include in discussions here at AH....Welcome.................FWB

Thank you, FW Bill - welcome anytime

 

[Shootist43]

Uwe, it was the 404 Jeffery that I was most surprised about. I've been around firearms for most of my 77 years and never heard of a 404 Jeffery until I joined AH five years ago. The caliber is held in high regard by quite a number of experienced hunters from around the world. Personally I prefer it to my single shot 416 Rigby which I also consider to be a very good rifle. Do you handload for your Jeffery, if so would you mind sharing your loading data? I'd like to compare it to the one that many of us use.

 

[Dirtdart]

Welcome to the forum! There is no shortage of .404 and .375 fans here.
I bought a Somchem Powder reloading manual on one of my trips to Namibia just to have one for reference but those powders are not available in the U.S. Somchem was the only brand of powder that my friends were able to find in Namibia at the time and I believe this is still the case.

 

[Uwe Jaspersen]

Uwe, it was the 404 Jeffery that I was most surprised about. I've been around firearms for most of my 77 years and never heard of a 404 Jeffery until I joined AH five years ago. The caliber is held in high regard by quite a number of experienced hunters from around the world. Personally I prefer it to my single shot 416 Rigby which I also consider to be a very good rifle. Do you handload for your Jeffery, if so would you mind sharing your loading data? I'd like to compare it to the one that many of us use.

Shootist43, you are welcome. I use 350 or 400 gr Peregrine VRG3 bullets for my 404 (and 375). Using our local Somchem powders became increasingly difficult, so swopped over to using Vihtavuori N550 (same powder for all my calibers!). For the 350 gr bullet, I load 85.7 gr N550 which gives me a pressure of 45368 psi and pushes the bullet out at 2496 ft/sec with a muzzle energy just under 5000 ft-lbs. - not much that stands up to that.For the 400 gr VRG 3 I load 81.4 gr N550. Pressure 49812 psi, speed 2380 ft/sec and muzzle energy just over 5000 ft/lbs.

 

[Uncle Sauce]

Welcome to AH Uwe - great looking rifles!

 

[Uwe Jaspersen]

Welcome to AH Uwe - great looking rifles!

Thank you, Uncle

 

[Shootist43]

Uwe, Your South African Peregrine bullets come highly recommended. I wish they were available in the States, unfortunately they are not. For now I'm using 400 Gr. Swift A Frames pushed by 84 Grains of H4350, for a velocity of 2300 FPS. That load produces MOA or less sized groups in a lot of different rifles owned by various AH members. BTW it groups 400 Gn. Woodleigh(s) equally as well.

 

[Uwe Jaspersen]

Welcome to the forum! There is no shortage of .404 and .375 fans here.
I bought a Somchem Powder reloading manual on one of my trips to Namibia just to have one for reference but those powders are not available in the U.S. Somchem was the only brand of powder that my friends were able to find in Namibia at the time and I believe this is still the case.

Hi Dirtdart, Somchem in the past two years has steadily become a desaster - huge variations between batches and the availability became a serious issue. I switched over to Vithavuorie (at a hefty premium) but I now have stability with my reloads. By now we are able to get most internationally available powders, but all of them come at a much higher cost than Somchem powders. You guys in the US are just so lucky

 

[Uwe Jaspersen]

Uwe, Your South African Peregrine bullets come highly recommended. I wish they were available in the States, unfortunately they are not. For now I'm using 400 Gr. Swift A Frames pushed by 84 Grains of H4350, for a velocity of 2300 FPS. That load produces MOA or less sized groups in a lot of different rifles owned by various AH members. BTW it groups 400 Gn. Woodleigh(s) equally as well.

I use Woodleighs as well, which are excellent bullets as well, but I swear by Peregrine VRG 3s, simply because they travel deadstraight through even the thickest bush, with their flat meplats - really impressive. You seem to be doing well though - don’t change a thing, mate

 

[Uwe Jaspersen]

Hi Uwe, welcome to AH !

Thanks a lot, Nyati

 

[Uwe Jaspersen]

Welcome to AH.

Thank you Witold

 

[Uwe Jaspersen]

Hello Uwe Jaspersen,

Khomas Highland Hunting Safaris of Namibia, welcomes you to the greatest forum on earth.

Also, you have excellent taste in both rifles and calibers, indeed you do.

Cheers,
Paul.

Thank you so much, Paul

 

[cmk]

Welcome aboard Uwe!

 

[Timbo]

G'day Uwe. I'm sure many here would love to hear of your experiences, and see some pics of the game you've taken.

 

[enysse]

Welcome to AH!

 

[riflepermits.com]

Welcome to AH Uwe! Glad you joined in.

 

[fin003]

Welcome to AH @Uwe Jaspersen!

 

[Global Rescue]

Welcome to AH and the posting side @Uwe Jaspersen! Great to have you here and we are looking forward to you sharing your stories!

 

[Pron]

Welcome to this great forum @Uwe Jaspersen! Enjoy the site!

 

[Uwe Jaspersen]

Welcome to this great forum @Uwe Jaspersen! Enjoy the site!

Thank you very much - I am enjoying it tremendously