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Originally posted by MCA man:
I'll keep my fingers crossed for this .404 from Hornaday. That will free me from treating my Kynoch rounds like gold (and their RWS Berdan primers), and free me from the tyranny of overpriced RWS brass. Come on Hornaday !!!!

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Originally posted by Masterifleman:
This is the content of an e-mail I sent Hornady about the possibility of their bringing out the .404 Jeffrey and components. I know that industies promises can be fleeting but, at least they didn't respond negatively.

"I know you guys get inundated with questions like this but, I'd really
like to know. Rumors on AR Forum and other places have it that you are
going to bring out .404 Jeffery ammo, bullets and cases. Is this so and
if so, when? I'll be one of your best customers if you do!"


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"It is on the list for yet this year."

Those of us who own a .404 will definately benefit from this when it happens.

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Originally posted by Dave Bush:
I hope that if Hornaday does this, they will give us some plain old .423 Interlocks for handloading as well. However, I suspect that if they start giving us .404 Jeffery ammo, they will be loading it with the newer DGS and DGX copper clad steel bullets. I don't mind using steel bullets once and awhile but I am a bit nervous about feeding my rifle a steady diet of steel bullets. However, that means we will be able to get .404 cases from Hornaday and that will be a good deal.

Dave

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Originally posted by 390ish:

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Originally posted by Dave Bush:
I hope that if Hornaday does this, they will give us some plain old .423 Interlocks for handloading as well. However, I suspect that if they start giving us .404 Jeffery ammo, they will be loading it with the newer DGS and DGX copper clad steel bullets. I don't mind using steel bullets once and awhile but I am a bit nervous about feeding my rifle a steady diet of steel bullets. However, that means we will be able to get .404 cases from Hornaday and that will be a good deal.

Dave

Would a copper plated steel jacket produce any more wear than a copper jacket? In my experience with military surplus rounds, there is no real difference. Typically it is a mild steel jacket and the copper coating provides a measure of lubricity. Is there something different to look out for with these bullets -- I shoot a fair amount of them in 458 Lott.

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Originally posted by Atkinson:
MCA man,
For your information Woodleigh, Barnes, GS Customs, and a few others make bullets for the .404, Norma,Jamison,Horneber perhaps, and several others make 404 brass, I have never noticed a shortage and have never shot my Kynochs as they are collectable and not really very good stuff anyway IMO....
Howdy Ray,
I have Barnes, Kynoch, and RWS bullets on my reloading shelf, and RWS and Kynoch brass too. I know that many old time hunters were not happy with the Kynoch products, but they soldiered on with them anyway. My main complaint about .404 starts back in the 1970s when I bought mine here in the USA (FL at the time)when I could not turn up a single round outside of gun shows and Huntington's. The RWS distributor was impossible to deal with. I actually visited their facility in NJ and had to plead for six boxes of brass. RWS service remained the same until Natchez added RWS brass to their inventory about four years ago. By that time Norma was also in the mix. At least the availability of big bore brass and bullets has vastly improved over the last ten years!

LLS
BTW, the new Huntington catalog list the new Hornady bullets in .404 caliber, and I am sure the cases are on the counter for this year.