Friday evening I had the pleasure of having supper with a Burma Valley physician whose family was "dispossessed" of their farm in Zimbabwe. I told them of my recent trip and the anarchy evident, etc. After a tear or two and a good glass of South African wine, the kind fellow took me upstairs to his "gun room" and produced a Westley Richards single-shot rifle in .400/350. Even though somewhat beat-up, it was a beauty full of character. It seems that my friend's father had made a horesback treck from Mombassa to Bulawayo to Durban in the 1900's with this rifle in his hand. I imagine it has some stories to tell.

The gun is still a shooter and "needs" to do some more adventures... Where can we get some ammo?

I believe Kynoch (the new Kynamco) might be loading it. At least it is shown in the cartridge list on their web site.



Check out: http://www.kynochammunition.co.uk/

-Bob F.


Per Kynoch's web site:

CONNECTICUT SHOTGUN MANUFACTURING CO
of 35 Woodland Street, New Britain, CT 06051-1692
Tel 1 800 515 4867, Fax 860 832 8707
Website : www.connecticutshotgun.com
Email : galazan@aol.com
have taken on the Kynoch Agency for the USA.

A wide range of our ammunition is available ex stock and new stocks of ammunition are arriving in the US monthly.
Connecticut Shotgun Manufacturing Co is run by Tony Galazan who is known throughout the US for his manufacturing skills in his reproduction of the AH FOX shotguns and his own range of superbly crafted over and under and side by side shotguns and rifles. Kynoch is proud to be associated with this well established company whose products are some of the best in the USA.
We wish Tony Galazan and all his staff all the best in handling our products and look forward to a long and rewarding relationship with our customers in the US through this new partnership.

Westley Richards has 400/350 ammunition. It is made in Germany by Wolfgang Romey; I think Romey makes the Krieghoff ammunition as well. I wrote to Kynoch about a year ago and was told they don't often make 400/350; still, you should contact them as well.



Brass, bullets, and dies are available if you reload. Modern reloaders of the old N.E. rounds report Reloder-15 to be the best substitute for cordite.