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After 13 months, I finally received my .404. Built by the Well's family of Prescott AZ, it uses a 09 Argentine action with Weibe bottom metal, and a Danny Pedersen barrel. It is a copy of an A model Mauser as the stock pattern is from an original .404 Mauser. 75gr of RL15 gave me a five shot average of 2252fps pushing Hornady DGR solids. Will use AFrames for softs as they performed well in my 10.75. | ||
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Mine is being built on a Husky M98 action built in 1939 or 1940. I can't remember which one the 404J is being built on. Steve Button is building me a 7x57 & 404J on the two Huskys. Using LW contour #5130 barrels, 25" for the 404J but I increased the dia at each station a little. The muzzle dia is .675 for the 404J. Using Weibe MJ4 bottom metal, 4 down without a drop box. Oberndorf style bolt handle, ie.. no cut out of the stock. Kept charger hump. Open sights only 1 standing 2 folding, front sight shaped like a Rigby. Barrel band with a large eye for a leather thong sling. The action is all cleaned up bolt done barrel is there. Should be finished pretty soon. I should have pics to post shortly. Allen It's a Mauser thing, you wouldn't understand. | |||
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Here is a pic of mine http://forums.accuratereloadin...561075341#5561075341 Granite Mountain Standard Mag. Action built by Ralf Martini. Two Cape Buffalo and a few PG to its credit. I have been using North Fork softs and solids at a nominal 2400 fps....works great. Looking forward to a couple of Elephant in the next 18 months.... | |||
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Mine is just starting up now, with a Model 70 CFR action, straight bolt, Luxus blank, NECG Masterpiece sights, Perch belly, and a few other niceties. | |||
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I build mine on a P14 action, Ferlach barrel, do all the shaping of metal myself, 5 down in mag. Shoot 1 inch groups at 100meters al day, 2330fps with 85 gr S365, Hornady DGX Woodleigh, old coppertube barnes all 400grn. | |||
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Mine is on an LH MRC SS barreled action. 23" tube, bastogne stock, NECG sights & band, Leupold VXIII 1x5 with Talley QR rings. Not a thing of beauty but I like her. 30+ years experience tells me that perfection hit at .264. Others are adequate but anything before or after is wishful thinking. | |||
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Biebs, I can't wait to see how yours comes out. I saw that MOdel 70 404 that Makris hunted with that George Hoenig built and about fell over. What a nice looking rifle. | |||
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!950's FN Colombian 98. NZ walnut, straight bolt handle, usual bbl band front sight and sling swivel, on MAB 25in bbl, bridge mounted aperture. Did lots of the work myself so not a mastercraftsmans showpiece but being mine as fitting me I like it. Runs the 400gn Woodleigh soft and RWS solid at 2335 over 84gr H4350 - ADI 2209 Von Gruff. | |||
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Mine is in the progress.. A classic English look on a Brno ZKK 602. M70-safety, nice wood, all the bells&whistles... M | |||
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Winchester Model 70 RUM action with a PacNor barrel and NECG Masterpiece Rear Sight and Barrel-Band Front Sight. Hill Country Rifles put it together for me in a MacMillan stock and cerakoted the metal. Certainly not traditional but it is lights out accurate and suits my needs well. That said, I truly covet Jim's Ralf Martini custom....   I guess one can say pretty is as pretty does... On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch... Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! - Rudyard Kipling Life grows grim without senseless indulgence. | |||
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My 404 is still sitting in pieces here at the house, but I've collected everything for it. 1917 Winchester Enfield action that has already been sporterized, Timney trigger, pac nor barrel, Weibe bottom metal, NECG sights, Lexus Turkish walnut blank, and will likely carry a Trijicon scope once complete. Graybird "Make no mistake, it's not revenge he's after ... it's the reckoning." | |||
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How far north of Prescott? Chino Valley? Paulden? Do you know Rube or Rachael Wells. Did you know Fred?
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Here’s the action…  …and here’s the finished rifle…  It's my favorite big bore rifle. ______________________________ "Truth is the daughter of time." Francis Bacon | |||
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Forrest: Just bloody lovely! Thank you for humoring this gun nut. There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t. – John Green, author | |||
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Danged if I know what action mine is built on fer sure...I know it has a Ferlach barrel. The action is stamped "Musgrave", but it looks like a very large SAKO push-feed. And it does feed very, very reliably, from any angle...upright, horizontal, upside down, whatever. Having been built by South Africans in South Africa, I have no hesitation relying on it. My old one was on a Mauser 98 Magnum action, and was originally finished up and sold by Rigby in the early 1900s. I'd be satisfied with it back, but I actually like the new one better in terms of operating smoothness. | |||
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 Yes indeedy. Looks like it is doing a 100mph just sitting still. Have you got a close-up of the checkering patern over the wrist? Von Gruff. | |||
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My 404 was built on a MRC 1999 Long Action. The barrel is a L-W .423, 26 inch barrel heavy sporter contour.The rifle was built by Tip Burns, Canyon Sporting Arms, Engraving by Scrollcutter aka Roger Kehr. Stock blanks are very reasonably priced Black Walnut from Watts Walnut    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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VFR1, Yes in Chino Valley. My sister lives in Paulden. I've only been here since middle of last march. So don't really know any one much yet. What part of Fla. you in? I lived in Naples a long time ago. Allen It's a Mauser thing, you wouldn't understand. | |||
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by AllenBosely: VFR1, Yes in Chino Valley. My sister lives in Paulden. I've only been here since middle of last march. So don't really know any one much yet. What part of Fla. you in? I lived in Naples a long time ago. Most of my stuff is in Glendale CA. at the moment. Hopefully I can get it brought over here soon. Ive got a GMW Vickerman seating die. I've only used it to load up some dummy rounds to send Steve for feeding testing. But boy I really like it do far! When I get my reloading stuff over here I'll see how it does as far as runout goes. Allen It's a Mauser thing, you wouldn't understand. | |||
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Mine is an original FN factory rifle in the caliber made in the 1950's. The usual large FN in a circle crest on the front ring and the caliber stamped on the barrel in the typical Belgian manner of "cal.404 B.Blindee". I have had others but it is my favorite,I have it paired with a very similar 9.3x62....Pretty useful combination I have used on several trips,most recently in Zim. last year. Should have a photo around here somewhere. | |||
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Mine is on a Mauser Modelo Argentino 1909.   _________________________________ AR, where the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history become the nattering nabobs of negativisim. | |||
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Wink, that thing's gorgeous. Who did the work? There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t. – John Green, author | |||
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It was Duane Wiebe, which is probably why there is a great resemblance to Forrestb's rifle. _________________________________ AR, where the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history become the nattering nabobs of negativisim. | |||
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Most of my 404 were built on Obendorf 1908 actions or Chileans or something simular, some on true magnum acitons. I really liked the big magnum actions My present 404J is built on a Rem. mod 30S and I really like it..It is my first rebored barrel from the original 25-06 Rem barrel, and I reshaped the factory stock and it was my using gun..It shot like a vamint or target rifle, so I had it tricked out with quarter rib, one standing, trigger, Talley bolt and barrel band front sight..Still wasn't happy so I stocked it in a nice chunk of quarter sawn Russian Circasion walnut, I'm checkering it now at 24 LPI and mullered borders, and the stock is very severe English/African styling. so my working rifle is now a full blown custom with all the bells and whistle except the usual mod. 70 safety, I opted for the silent and positive Enfield type safety that comes on the Remington 30s'..I had never used this safety but I really am sold on it for DG rifle. No more the truck gun.. Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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The only difference is that I paid extra for the optional front sight blade.  ______________________________ "Truth is the daughter of time." Francis Bacon | |||
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MRC 1999 barreled action, accurate innovations stock BUTCH C'est Tout Bon (It is all good) | |||
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Von Gruff, how about reposting your picture? A real beauty with perfect proportions as I recall. Mine built on a standard length Oberndorf in 1912:  NRA Life Member, Band of Bubbas Charter Member, PGCA, DRSS. Shoot & hunt with vintage classics. | |||
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   5 350gn HT WW at 2437fps with aperture so it shoots well enough.  Von Gruff. | |||
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This is killing me...I have three calibers racing through my head and two action. I have a M1999 long and an M1999 short action. I will build one more rifle and sell the other action. 9.3X70mm Expert Magnum 404 J 376 Steyr and I want it to look like this:       Mate to my 6.5X55....It is so heavy built I can use it as a direct model....PS The M1999 already has the bolt face cut for 376 and the loading ramp and magazine worked over. LOVE that barrel and its profile. I actually have mine in a little 6.5X55 so it is medium heavy, but i can get under 1.5 inch at a little over 300 yards. Montana Rifleman 1999 Short Action Rigby style bolt-Delta Gunworks Sako style bolt release-Delta Gunworks Holland and Holland style floor plate release-Delta Gunworks Honed follower-Delta Gunworks Honed feed ramp and rails-Delta Gunworks Trigger honed with three pound release-Delta Gunworks Double square bridge welded scope mounts-Delta Gunworks Talley quick detact scope rings w/return to "0" for above mounts Lothar Walther barrel Profile #5130 6.5X55SE 1:7.5 rate of twist Muzzle Diameter 0.625" Length 25.5" Express rear sight 3-leaf barrel banded-Recnagel...Calibration 100/200/300 Express front sight barrel banded with hood-Recnagel Barrel banded sling swivel mount-Recnagel English Stalking Stock Style English walnut blank 200/yr old and air dried 7 years [New Zealand] African curly blackwood fore-end with up sweep [Tanzania] Sling swivel base with two screws-Recnagel Custom inletting-Gostomski [Maryland] Custom checking-Gostomski [Maryland] 15" LOP, 2" DAH Kenny Rowe custom designed sling [Arkansas] Titan Talon quick release custom swivels [Texas] Leupold Custom Shop Scope [Oregon] 6X 38mm opjective gloss black German #1 recticle Stoney Point calibrated knobs Scenar [Kansas] Ammunition Lapua [Finland] 155gr Mega Regulated opens 140 gr Scenar regulated scope | |||
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Looks like Duane's bottom metal is the choice for those of us using standard length Mauser actions. Does anyone still modify the standard box? | |||
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Guys, thank you for all the photos and details. Von Gruff, your rifle is perfection. Ray, how about a peek at yours, even though the checkering is in progress? There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t. – John Green, author | |||
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Bill, I will send you a picture to your email when I have completed the checkering, and knocked off the high gloss, as I still want it to be a using rifle. I should be finished in about a week..Send me your email.. I am pretty excited about this Rem 30-S for the 404 and larger rounds, its a big strong action and I love the safety on a DG rifle. Its a different project for me and to top it off its a rebore and it shoots like a house on fire and after surface grinding and what not it looks might Mausereeee...  Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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Ray, PM sent. There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t. – John Green, author | |||
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I used the standard box on my build. I filed half the thickness from the inside of the rear of the box then cut the front out by running the hacksaw paralell to the sides and making a new front wal and had it welded on esentially in front of the origional front and then got the GS to mill the sides of the box to give me 3+1 for a trim feel in the hand. Not the 4+1 that the aftermarket bottom metal gives but my budget had me consider these things. Have had it on the hill and got onto a big mob of goats and between the two of us (a friend was using my 7x57, we got 21 goats out of a mob of 30 or more, so the 3+1 rather than a 4+1 was certainly not a handicap. Had a button release installed on the origional floor plate . Very secure and still a quick and easy unload . Have since re-shaped the forend to trim it down a little more. As I said, not a Wiebe or a Paul or Martini but it sure does a work for me. Von Gruff. | |||
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you had a barrel rebored from .25 to .423?!  I thought that was beyond the capabilities of reboring? something about half the diameter of the bore surrounding the barrel? please, tell me more about your rifle. I have a '17 winchester wearing it's .30/06 barrel with a nice profile...NRA Life Member Gun Control - A theory espoused by some monumentally stupid people; who claim to believe, against all logic and common sense, that a violent predator who ignores the laws prohibiting them from robbing, raping, kidnapping, torturing and killing their fellow human beings will obey a law telling them that they cannot own a gun. | |||
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Plain Jane? I like | |||
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I have one with a shot out 25 Remington bore. Same action? | |||
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