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Re: Did anyone primrly use a .404 mauser?
      13/01/17 11:51 AM

Gundog01:

Jon Speed and I used to hang out in Tanzania in the 70's: when he was in Dar es Salaam he'd stay at my house, and we made several safaris into the Masaai Steppe. Those were the days!

He took me to his "office" in the wildlife office one time and showed me the rifles used by the anti-poaching guys he worked with. The rifles were all, as I recall, Mausers chambered in .404. I was not impressed by the cartridge then, so when he encouraged me to pick one up I passed it up. I'm sorry now I did.

My go-to rifle in those days with a Winchester Model 70 in .375 H&H, a cartridge I absolutely loved and used for everything from duiker to cape buffalo. It's obviously too much rifle for a duiker or a Thompson's gazelle, but with a solid bullet it does not do the kind of tissue damage my 7 mm Rem Mag did with soft point bullets.

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* Did anyone primrly use a .404 mauser? Gundog01 25/09/16 02:21 AM
. * * Re: Did anyone primrly use a .404 mauser? Rockdoc   25/09/16 10:58 AM
. * * Re: Did anyone primrly use a .404 mauser? Rockdoc   25/09/16 01:47 PM
. * * Re: Did anyone primrly use a .404 mauser? casper50   25/09/16 04:23 PM
. * * Re: Did anyone primrly use a .404 mauser? Rockdoc   25/09/16 04:35 PM
. * * Re: Did anyone primrly use a .404 mauser? Gundog01   26/09/16 06:36 AM
. * * Re: Did anyone primrly use a .404 mauser? Claydog   26/09/16 09:21 AM
. * * Re: Did anyone primrly use a .404 mauser? eagle27   26/09/16 03:24 PM
. * * Re: Did anyone primrly use a .404 mauser? sbs470   26/09/16 08:22 PM
. * * Re: Did anyone primrly use a .404 mauser? Pretorius   26/09/16 08:38 PM
. * * Re: Did anyone primrly use a .404 mauser? Rockdoc   26/09/16 09:40 PM
. * * Re: Did anyone primrly use a .404 mauser? mart   28/09/16 05:13 AM
. * * Re: Did anyone primrly use a .404 mauser? 458Win   02/10/16 04:49 AM
. * * Re: Did anyone primrly use a .404 mauser? ducmarc   28/11/16 12:23 PM
. * * Re: Did anyone primrly use a .404 mauser? 458Win   13/01/17 01:58 PM
. * * Re: Did anyone primrly use a .404 mauser? Rockdoc   13/01/17 05:06 PM
. * * Re: Did anyone primrly use a .404 mauser? relics6165   14/01/17 01:02 PM
. * * Re: Did anyone primrly use a .404 mauser? cordite   15/01/17 03:59 AM
. * * Re: Did anyone primrly use a .404 mauser? epoletna   13/01/17 11:51 AM

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