Challenge, help needed finding Norma .404 Jeffrey

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Challenge, help needed finding Norma .404 Jeffrey

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My friend is having a custom 404 Jeffery rifle built for an extended African safari and they will make custom ammo for the gun as part of the deal but he has to get components. They want to do it on Norma brass but Norma discontinued all 404 products so we’re on a Global search for brass or ammo.

Anyone here have any ideas or sources?
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I use Hornady brass.
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Zee wrote: Fri Dec 29, 2023 9:19 pmI use Hornady brass.
That’s still pretty available and it might have to do the job. Don’t know why the gun maker is specifying Norma. We might have found some in London. That could be challenging sending it to the states.
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I may have found the same English source you did. I've ordered Lee-Enfield parts from the UK without difficulty - I don't think brass would be a problem. Hoover up what you can.
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Bigslug wrote: Fri Dec 29, 2023 11:11 pm I may have found the same English source you did. I've ordered Lee-Enfield parts from the UK without difficulty - I don't think brass would be a problem. Hoover up what you can.
I’m going to share that with my buddy. Let’s see if it works out., thanks for the insight.
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Wambli Ska wrote: Fri Dec 29, 2023 9:45 pm
Zee wrote: Fri Dec 29, 2023 9:19 pmI use Hornady brass.
That’s still pretty available and it might have to do the job. Don’t know why the gun maker is specifying Norma.
Because anything to do with African safari items is rooted in superstition, tradition, misinformation, etc etc.

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Provably
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Man pays for expensive custom gun. Then pays the company to load expensive custom ammo. Then pays for expensive hunt. Then pays for expensive taxidermy.


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Zee wrote: Sat Dec 30, 2023 12:31 am Man pays for expensive custom gun. Then pays the company to load expensive custom ammo. Then pays for expensive hunt. Then pays for expensive taxidermy.


Sucker born every day.
His bank account can afford it by a very comfortable margin, and he’s a very good friend who has done very well for himself through a lot of hard work so he’s earned it.
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See if you can find out the core elements of the builder's chipmunk-juggling technique. Inquiring minds want to know! :lol:
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Wambli Ska wrote: Sat Dec 30, 2023 3:05 am
Zee wrote: Sat Dec 30, 2023 12:31 am Man pays for expensive custom gun. Then pays the company to load expensive custom ammo. Then pays for expensive hunt. Then pays for expensive taxidermy.


Sucker born every day.
His bank account can afford it by a very comfortable margin, and he’s a very good friend who has done very well for himself through a lot of hard work so he’s earned it.
His circus. His monkeys.
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I missed the part that Norma products were discontinued. I assumed just out of stock.
In that case, the builder is a tool bag that refuses to change in the face of a discontinued item. Get the Hornady which can be gotten, move on.
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Money doesn’t equal brains.
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Anyway, let’s live vicariously through this man.

Details on the build?
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I don’t have all the details yet. Will pass along next time I meet with him, should be soon.
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