Has anyone built a rifle in 425 Westly Richards? In know that the 416 Rigby and 404 Jeffery are popular here. According to John Taylor's "African Rifles and Cartridges" it was the third classic "medium large bore". I see that brass is available from Bertram and bullets from Woodleigh. Since the cartridge is in the 30-06 lenght class it seems that is would be suitable standard lenght action. It would definately have more nostalgia than a 416 Taylor or 404 Dakota. I am just curious to know if anyone has any experience with this cartridge. It seems that the cost of the rifle would be reasonable, but the cost of components high. How well did this round feed with its rebated rim?

Do a search on the site for the caliber. Someone here has come up with a truly beautiful follower that looks to solve the storied problems that the .425 had with its rebated rim. However, you can easily build a .404 on a standard length M98. The OAL is only 3.540" and that's shorter than a .375. It will do the same thing as the WR and the components are a lot more available.

I'm not sure if these are to scale, but they're close.





-Bob F.