For those that like this caliber, this link has pix of some African DG taken some years ago with a .405 WCF and a few tidbits about the hunter, the cartridge, and other .405 enthusiasts.

http://singleactions.proboards...y&thread=7120&page=1

And if you want to read some really interesting stories about someone hunting with a .405 WCF in India, pick up Kenneth Anderson's books. Most of his hunting of tigers and leopards (assuming you believe everything he wrote) was with a .405 WCF. Good writer in any event.

Mike,
Thanks for the tip on K Anderson. I researched him and his work and am impressed. After locating multiple sources of his books on the Internet, I ordered his Omnibus 2 with three stories in one book; Print Asia had it for $12 and no shipping or handling charges! This was less than any other sources by 50 to 66 percent! If I enjoy the stories, I will buy the other Omnibus too.

Mike,
I am half way through the Omnibus 2 collection of Kenneth Anderson hunting stories and they are good enough that I located and ordered the Omnibus 1 collection.
Though Jim Corbett preceded Anderson, they shared much of the same traits and hunting skills and determination. To both writers, the rifle was a tool and their main interest was the land, the animals, and the hunt. Good stuff!

I will throw another recommendation at you. If you like Corbett, pick up Carpet Sahib. It is a biography of Corbett. Good book and it helps you understand Corbett better. Don't be fooled by the Amazon reviews, it is actually a pretty good book and certainly not anti-Corbett. It is not one hunting story after another but interesting nonetheless.

Hopefully in a few months, I will have some 405WCF, fired from an 1895 Winchester, stories to tell.

N E 450 No2 - Good hunting and I look forward to your .405 stories.

Apparently Anderson also had a .450-400 double, but so far the only story in which it was used is "The Killer of Wynaad" wherein he loans it to a friend who is hunting a man eating tiger with him; Anderson used his Winchester 1895 .405 in that story and all the others that I have read so far.