G'Day Fella's,

Stug, a bloke I new used to have a factory P/Hale in .404 Jeffery.
It was a nice looking rifle, with plain straight grained (read Strong) stock with a Schnabel forend!

Also, you have a couple of great .404 men there (in, Von Gruff and Eagle27), in NZ to assist and advise you on this caliber!!!

Hope that helps

Doh!
Homer