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Originally posted by AilsaWheels:
My brother-n-law was showing me how powerful AI is with ChatGPT. He told me to have it write anything I wanted. I said “write a limerick about the 404 Jeffery”. Here is what it spit out in less than a second. My brother-n-law is a college professor. He can’t tell if a paper is written by students or ChatGPT. The only thing he can do is quiz the students about what they wrote to see if they understand the material. Scary.

This is a bit off topic, but this may be the first AI limerick ever written about a 404 Jeffery.

There once was a rifle named Jeffery
Whose round was quite legendary
The 404 it shot
Was powerful and hot
For hunting, it was necessary

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Originally posted by 6.5 Wildcatter:
Since we’re talking 404J and its derivative cartridges, I’ll throw in an oldie but goodie to consider. Just having a 460 G&A finished on a Win M-70 Classic. That’s the 404 J case slightly trimmed and a bit modified at the shoulder yielding about 90 grains powder volume. COAL 3.6” so just right for a Win M-70 configured for the H&H class of cartridges.

Received a video from the GS last week showing flawless feeding and extraction of the 4 dummies I sent him. GS made a new mag box and follower to allow 4 down and 1 in the chamber for final approach. Rifle’s out for metal bluing now so should have it in the next couple of weeks for load development. Loaded with CEB BBW#13 500 gr monolithic solids in front of enough powder to get to 2350 fps, it’ll be the primary DGR this summer after tuskless in Zim.

Its backup will hopefully be a Ruger Hawkeye African rebarrelled with a modified Ruger #1 barrel, just installed yesterday and waiting for finish reaming of the original, 458 WM chamber. Of course it became shortened in the process of modifying the #1 barrel to work in the Hawkeye receiver.

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Originally posted by 6.5 Wildcatter:
Since we’re talking 404J and its derivative cartridges, I’ll throw in an oldie but goodie to consider. Just having a 460 G&A finished on a Win M-70 Classic. That’s the 404 J case slightly trimmed and a bit modified at the shoulder yielding about 90 grains powder volume. COAL 3.6” so just right for a Win M-70 configured for the H&H class of cartridges.

Received a video from the GS last week showing flawless feeding and extraction of the 4 dummies I sent him. GS made a new mag box and follower to allow 4 down and 1 in the chamber for final approach. Rifle’s out for metal bluing now so should have it in the next couple of weeks for load development. Loaded with CEB BBW#13 500 gr monolithic solids in front of enough powder to get to 2350 fps, it’ll be the primary DGR this summer after tuskless in Zim.

Its backup will hopefully be a Ruger Hawkeye African rebarrelled with a modified Ruger #1 barrel, just installed yesterday and waiting for finish reaming of the original, 458 WM chamber. Of course it became shortened in the process of modifying the #1 barrel to work in the Hawkeye receiver.

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Originally posted by 6.5 Wildcatter:
I routinely carry a second rifle when I travel on hunts. This is to ensure I have an adequate caliber rifle which I’m familiar with, in case something goes wrong with my primary rifle.

I plan on 2 tuskless, so I’ll probably use the 460 G&A on the first and the 458 WM Hawkeye on the 2nd.

On this hunt my PH carries a Win M-70 458 WM, his primary DGR, for back up in case it’s needed.