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I bought the action with a new 30-06 barrel attached. 404 barrel has been ordered: 1-14 twist in chrome-moly 24" when finished. I will be ordering the bottom metal this week. Still shopping for a stock. Twelve week turnaround for the barrel. When finished, it will strongly resemble my 30-06 Springfield (see attached). Warne quick detach rings, rail, Model 70 express iron sights, and Timney trigger. The Springfield has taken game in Ontario, Montana, Idaho, and Eastern Cape. I have already acquired dies, brass, and almost two boxes of 400 gr Barnes bullets.
Show us some pics of your 404 build in progress
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No turkeys up here but I may be headed to Pearson soon to pick up my latest African trophies (bad history with Canadian customs brokers and freight companies). Maybe I'll get lucky when I'm down there and bag one with the big bore grille on the front of my GMC Jimmy. It's taken a few deer over the years.
NW Lakehead
Let us know how your import goes. I am currently getting ready for one to Vancouver. I have always cleared my own and plan on this time, seams there are way more hands out looking for my money this time around and what I call hunter unfriendly people with power or positions.
Thanks for that link. I had tripped on some of those threads. Nice to have them consolidated. Duane Weibe in Washington state has published a book on what's involved in converting standard Mauser 98 to magnum. He has dropped a copy in the mail for me. It will be very helpful for my gunsmith. A special thank you for the reloading info. Guess I'll need to order a crimper. Hopefully I can pick your brain as this project progresses.Giday OH and welcome to the A H forums. You will be in good company with your 404 build. A great cartridge that is coming back into its own as the premier Africa cartridge.
I expect with your perusal of the forums you may have read throguh this thread but it is always worth reposting.
The 404 Jeffery history and related information
There have been various threads on the this superb old cartridge that have bridged the divide between the dawn of rimless bolt rifle cartridges and the very modern continuity with upgraded capabilities with newer bullets and powders that allows it to perform at a greatly enhanced level compared...
And of course this poem is a standard whenever the 404 comes into the conversation.
A poem by
Lon Paul
It rested between the Ivory
That hung on Grandpa's wall
It's finally checked and yellowed
Like the tusks it helped to fall
It's barrel smooth and polished
From a hundred bearers hands
It reflected the light warmly
Like campfires flickering brands
The stock of English walnut
Chewed and clawed a bit
It still showed a trace of checkering
an a dent where a horn had hit
Stamped on the barrel lightly
Was a name and not much more
A single word "Jeffery"
"Jeffery .404"
If that rifle could only talk
And take us back once again
With grandpa in Africa
A time of Buffalo,Elephants and men
But that day has set it's sun
And the rifle speaks no more
Oh what I'd give for one last time
To hear it's mighty roar
Grandpa's "Jeffery"
His "Jeffery .404"
