| escard |
| (.300 member) |
| 21/01/09 08:13 PM |
Re: Which .416
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NitroX
I have been told that the good old .404 Jeffery is slow with a poor SD, making it no good for buff and elephant. The bullets doesn't penetrate and there is no "punch". The new .425 Express is supposed to be better, but brass is no-excisting. Have you any experience with the .404 Jeffery?
Robie
The .404 (in a modern rifle) is every bit as good as the .416 Rigby/.416 Rem/.425 Express. I´m shooting a Rem700 in .404 with 22"-barrel (Lothar Walther barrel) for many years without ever having a problem with "stickies" or that....
The load with 400 Woodleigh RNSP (chronographed at 2.442 out of my 22-incher) is my standard & standby. My short .404 allways reached or bettered the level of my formerly Rem700 Safari in .416 RemMag w/24"barrel (the barrel was chopped later) and 400 grs bullet....
(the only exception was a very hard "experimental" load with the 350 BX in that .416/24", that went 2.698 fts over the chrony, the bullet dropped only 14,5" at 300 meters while going only 1,5" high at 100 meters, it showed actually a lesser drop than a friends .338 Winmag with 250 grs!!)....