Nearby gun shop has one packet of the Norma PH 404 Jeff ammo left on the shelf at a reduced price. I don't need it but tempted to buy the one and only packet to have with my 404.
I've still got some Norma loaded Parker Hale 400gr FMJ ammo, some Kynoch 400gr SP ammo and developed a reload with the RWS 400gr FMJ bullet, all of which shoot to the same POI at 25m.
Anyone have experience with this 450gr PH ammo in the 404; is POI much different to 400gr loads?

Buy it, pull the 450 gn bullets to keep for practise or sighting in and reload with your preferred 400 gn bullet.

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Originally posted by 30.06king:
Buy it, pull the 450 gn bullets to keep for practise or sighting in and reload with your preferred 400 gn bullet.

Thanks 06king, fortunately I'm not short of 404J cases, still have 30+ new RWS and 15 new Hornady cases so would keep the Norma PH ammo intact. The 404 is remarkably easy on cases especially if regularly annealed as they age.

I think I may have answered my question as the PH ammo has an advertised mid-range trajectory of 0.3" for 100yard zero with the 450gr bullet. I recalled I had a copy of a letter from Norma with details of their Parker Hale loading, dug this out and see they give a 0.473" midrange trajectory for 100yard zero with the 400gr bullet.
So at 50 yards only looking at a difference in POI of little over 1/8" so not requiring any sight adjustments for shooting interchangeably. My offhand wobble at 50yds would be more like 8" anyway.