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Jim Watson · January 28, 2021, 09:22 AM

I had an old article about a fashion among Alaskan guides at the time for .40 Whatever.
Mostly various .404, .411, and .416 wildcats, although one guy wrote about salvaging a Mauser conversion to .416 Rigby.
Interesting that most of them settled on lighter bullets, 300-350 grains instead of the near standard 400 grain safari load.

January 28, 2021, 09:22 AM	#15
Jim Watson Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2001 Location: Alabama Posts: 18,543	I had an old article about a fashion among Alaskan guides at the time for .40 Whatever. Mostly various .404, .411, and .416 wildcats, although one guy wrote about salvaging a Mauser conversion to .416 Rigby. Interesting that most of them settled on lighter bullets, 300-350 grains instead of the near standard 400 grain safari load.