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Very nice! The 404J is certainly a really cool cartridge.
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Nice set-up. The 404J shouldn't be too hard to take. Use ammo with the original 2,150 fps to start.
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I just unwrapped the ammunition for my new 500 A-Square rifle....700gr Dead Toughs at 2,250 fps. And you think YOU have issues!!! :-)
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I'll jet flight ya over a gallon of liquid Advil. Nice rifle OP, congrats.
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I was watching that auction on Gun Broker. The auction ended but it didn't look like anyone bid? Did you buy it? http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=435017477
Last edited by SWJ; 08/20/14. Reason: Didn't read the OP post well enough
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My elephant gun is a 7x57 with 175 gr. solids
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"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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A Featherweight with an ebony forend tip?
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Tico - classy round in a classy rifle. Makes me want to go out and have high tea with a watercress sandwich while binging on Downton Abby. LOL. All I've got is a blued steel & walnut Rem M798 in .458 Win. Enjoy it. Pip pip! Homesteader
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A Featherweight with an ebony forend tip? Yeah. And a wrap around front sight, island rear, one standing one folding, a barrel band and matte finished. The " ingwe Special" Or if you like slightly more Africa appropriate, how about a Mauser? Though the Featherweight has been to Africa a bunch more than the Mauser
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"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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Tico - classy round in a classy rifle. Makes me want to go out and have high tea with a watercress sandwich while binging on Downton Abby. LOL. All I've got is a blued steel & walnut Rem M798 in .458 Win. Enjoy it. Pip pip! Homesteader Mate, absolutely nothing wrong with what you've got. As for as killing elephants, the .458WM is up there with everything else...
You'll probably never NEED a gun. In fact I hope you never do. BUT IF you do, you will probably need it worse than anything you've ever needed before in your life...
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I think ingwe just wants to show off that kudu!!!!!
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I killed a bigger one with an open sighted 8x57 But don't tell anyone�.
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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I was fairly impressed when my son thumped this cull impala kneeling at 150'ish yards with an 8x57 of ours. The first critter to drop to the piece.
Conduct is the best proof of character.
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My elephant gun is a 7x57 with 175 gr. solids W.D.M. Bell is smiling somewhere...
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C'mon guys, this is about a beautiful .404 Jeff, not a so-so 7 or 8 X 57 !!! Show offs! Bob www.bigbores.ca
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" A so-so 7x57"�!!!!
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Life Member SCI Life Member DSC Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association
Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard
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Jonesing here�big time�.
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