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Howdy all, Other than the question of properly headstamped cases,(if Dakota folds), are there problems with either of these rounds? It seems to me that thay are equal except for long action/standard action. The Jeffery has a long illustrious history to go along with the fact that it is a round that has done everything ever asked of it. What better praise can one give to anything. Any input will be appreciated. It looks to me like "404 Dakota", here I come! Thanks, Doug | ||
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Only from the standpoint of inexpensive brass, I would go with the Jeffrey. Cases can easily be made from .375RUM brass and the Dakota brass will be a lot more. When it comes to the real McCoy (proper heastamp) I don't know which would be more. For naustalgia's sake, I would still go for the .404 Jeffrey. "I ask, sir, what is the Militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effective way to enslave them" - George Mason, co-author of the Second Amendment during the Virginia convention to ratify the Constitution | |||
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I have a 404 Jeff and love it. It hasn't been bloodied yet....but next year it will. Something about nostalgia........ Gary DRSS NRA Lifer SCI | |||
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Below is a picture of a moderately loaded .404 Jeffery (400 grain Swift A-Frame at 2300 fps). As you can see, it does wonders on plains game. I took several animals at ranges of over 200 yards on this safari (and an elephant at 12 yards with solids). The gun is a Winchester Model 70 with a new barrel and NECG sights (and a .375 follower that makes it feed like poop through a goose). With the renewed interest in the Jeffery, that's where I'd go.  JudgeG ... just counting time 'til I am again finding balm in Gilead chilled out somewhere in the Selous. | |||
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Lots of 404 Jeffery brass around. I love mine. At historical velocities of 2125 with a 400 grain bullet, it has and will get the job done. Do not think this rifle will not have recoil. It has plenty. Up in the 2300 fps range, in a 9 1/2 pound rifle you'll know you touched one off! If you are looking to romance a cartridge that's been there, the 404 Jeffery is the one! 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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