Thank you for all, some excellent cartridges and ideas there and plenty of food for thought. Your suggestions are much appreciated.

I guess I don't really need another rifle for cast bullets, my 375H&H is a great shooter with 265 grain FNGC's at 1575fps, and so are both the 450 and 500 (and mild too),shooting cast bullets (480 grain RNGC in the 450 & 515 grain FNPB in the 500) at around 1700 fps.

CZ, interesting you should mention the 300H&H Flanged Magnum, I have been thinking more and more along the same sort of lines, and I actually have a brand new Dave Manson 300H&H Flanged finisher reamer in the drawer too. And there’s nothing wrong with the belted version either for that matter (Nitrox), both classic cartridges and very useful....

I like the 7x65 and the 358 Norma but they are quite close to what I already have. Quite fond of the idea of a 303 as well, wonderful old cartridge but in the field over here it won’t really be much different than my 7x57.

The 257 Weatherby sounds like fun, although I’ve never been one for speed, the shell does have a good following. I have a friend here who swears by it, and from my limited observation, it certainly zaps Fallow Deer.

Isn’t this fun!

Really interesting and enjoyable to hear other peoples thoughts.

Any more??

Best
ALEX