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Offline Mule 11

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405 Winchester
« on: January 28, 2026, 03:02:40 AM »
Anybody have any experience with this cartridge? We have a straight wall limitation on our rifles and pistols to deer hunt and this cartridge interests me in a rifle.

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Re: 405 Winchester
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2026, 02:14:08 AM »
Anybody have any experience with this cartridge? We have a straight wall limitation on our rifles and pistols to deer hunt and this cartridge interests me in a rifle.

   All I know is that it was Teddy Roosevelt's favorite big game round. He used it on the big stuff of Africa, and spoke glowingly of it !

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Re: 405 Winchester
« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2026, 06:46:41 AM »
Anybody have any experience with this cartridge? We have a straight wall limitation on our rifles and pistols to deer hunt and this cartridge interests me in a rifle.

   All I know is that it was Teddy Roosevelt's favorite big game round. He used it on the big stuff of Africa, and spoke glowingly of it !
I have the book Big Game Rifles by Elmer Keith and he speaks highly of it, but what rifle would you used?

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Re: 405 Winchester
« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2026, 07:50:45 AM »
Anybody have any experience with this cartridge? We have a straight wall limitation on our rifles and pistols to deer hunt and this cartridge interests me in a rifle.

   All I know is that it was Teddy Roosevelt's favorite big game round. He used it on the big stuff of Africa, and spoke glowingly of it !
I have the book Big Game Rifles by Elmer Keith and he speaks highly of it, but what rifle would you used?

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