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Howdy Gents: Okay, I have a question about a Westley Richards rifle I ran across. The barrel is stamped ' .404 2.875" ' and the receiver '404 Magnum'  So is this a .404 Jeffery or something else? I know the .404 Jeffery is also called .404 Rimless Nitro Express, but .404 Magnum is a new one on me. I looked on Ammo Guide and saw that the .404 Jeffery case is 2.860". Thanks for any information. Paul Smith SCI Life Member NRA Life Member DSC Member Life Member of the "I Can't Wait to Get Back to Africa" Club DRSS I had the privilege to fire E. Hemingway's WR .577NE, E. Keith's WR .470NE, & F. Jamieson's WJJ .500 Jeffery I strongly recommend avoidance of "The Zambezi Safari & Travel Co., Ltd." and "Pisces Sportfishing-Cabo San Lucas" "A failed policy of national defense is its own punishment" Otto von Bismarck | ||
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I would think it would have to be the .404 Jeffery (10.75x73), the 73mm length coming out at 2.874". Never heard the .404 Jeffery referred to as a magnum before but the WR could have been made for someone who wanted it called that way in the same vein as a rifle posted elsewhere on this forum was engraved 500 Jeffery Magnum because the owner wanted it, although the 500J was never officially called a magnum. | |||
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After 1925 the Rules of Proof required the case length to be stamped on the firearm as part of the proof. Pressure in tons was added in 1954 as I recall? Perhaps the rifle was re-barreled? It's an easy way to tell if the firearm was made prior to or after the change in British proof rules. Did you expect Westley Richards to stamp "404 Jeffery" on their rifles? As I recall their catalog refers to the 404 Jeffery as "Magnum". Marketing, pure and simple! Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends." ----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836 "I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841 "for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” | |||
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I have an early Mauser with no manufacturer markings, Oberndorf action, German & British proofs & serial numbers (dating it 1912), marked Eley 404 Nitro Express. It chambers the 404Jeff.   NRA Life Member, Band of Bubbas Charter Member, PGCA, DRSS. Shoot & hunt with vintage classics. | |||
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