Non-American ammo manufacturers that produce big bore ammo?

[PerH]

RWS offers (or once offered) loaded ammunition for the 404 Jeffery (10.75 X 73) with 400 grain projectiles. I believe that DWM provide some big bore cartridges as well.

Rws had some .404 brass and ammo . Best brass I used when I had my .404 , DWM is closed for many years now sadly .

 

[BRICKBURN]

The next posts on POLITICS that show up here to pollute this thread will get a timeout.

 

[Northern Shooter]

Having now looked into all the brands mentioned here it looks like Norma is the only option for cartridges greater than 375HH in Canada.

Hopefully that supply never goes away.

 

[Aaron N]

Having now looked into all the brands mentioned here it looks like Norma is the only option for cartridges greater than 375HH in Canada.

Hopefully that supply never goes away.

Do you reload?

 

[Northern Shooter]

Do you reload?

I’m going to start now for my 470NE.

 

[Aaron N]

I’m going to start now for my 470NE.

I’m not sure how far north you are in Ontario, but you can bring $500 worth of components back across the border. I’ve had stuff shipped to my mailbox in Montana and the brought it home

 

[PeetMeech]

In France, we have 2 factories that load big bores.

The biggest one is Sologne.

Cartouches Sologne, pour le plus grand plaisir des chasseurs

Cartouches Sologne propose depuis plus de 15 ans des munitions de grande chasse rigoureusement précises et régulières fabriquées en France

www.cartouches-sologne.fr

https://www.cartouches-sologne.fr/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/tarif-public-GLOBAL-2024.pdf

Back to 90's, Sologne introduced the GPA, a lead free bullet with bands, that works like the Cuting Edge Bullet Raptor. They also produce a Round nose Solid up to 620".
In addition, they also load bullets from many companies like Nosler, Barnes, Hornady, Sierra, Woodleigh and Degol.
On their website, they produce ammunitions up to the .500 Jeffery and the .505 Gibbs, but on request, they can load bigger calibers. For example, Sologne was the factory that load the 700 Nitro express ammunitions for Verney-Carron.
But my only little complain I have is the French powder they use. I don't like it because it might have big variations from lot to lot. Normally, every batch should be tested in the Saint-Etienne Proof house but once, I had a surpressure with their ammunition that stuck the bolt of my Merkel RX Helix and I know several people who had the same issue.

The other factory is Sauvestre.

Balles Flèche SAUVESTRE pour fusil et carabine

www.sauvestre.com

They have an interesting lead free bullet. I have only used the EXR in .375 H&H magnum, loaded by myself, and it worked great.

Hello Kevin,

I was looking to purchase some french ammo for my 375HH; I was curious what did you use the sauvestre 375HH EXR on? You think it could be used on buffalo, or too light? The other catridge they have is heavier 274gr but not EXR (expansion retardée); not sure if any would be suitable for buffalo.

I spoke to Sologne, they advised that their GPA in 375hh (256gr) would only be suitable for broadside shots, recommending instead their 400gr 416 rigby gpa for buffalo...

 

[rdog]

Norma
Sologne
Labor Fur Ballistik
RWS (up to .375 and only soft points)
PPU (up to .375 but ammunition is extremely unreliable for dangerous game hunting)

Norma and Sologne use American bullets (Norma uses Barnes Banded Solids and Sologne uses a lot of Hornady & Sierra & Nosler bullets). So I think that these two companies might not be able to source bullets if there’s any sort of falling out with the US.

I find PPU ammo ok but their powders burn a little dirty & their brass is as good as most US manufactures. In Australia it sells for about 1/3 the price of US ammo, S& B now load 375 H&H.