Safari Ammunition

     This column is dedicated to the large caliber cartridges commonly used on safaris, and other heavy and dangerous game hunts, and is intended for actual game hunting.  Calibers under .375 are not listed here.  Neither are some of the large bore obsolete and unpopular calibers due to the lack of properly headstamped brass cases.  If you don’t see your cartridge listed here, look elsewhere in this site in either the custom or obsolete ammo columns, or contact us.  If you intend to hunt non-dangerous big game with your safari grade rifle or just want to shoot it at paper, contact us for bullet selections more suitable for lighter game or practice use.

     Our safari ammo is custom order only and uses only the toughest bullets available, and is not loaded down or above original ballistics.  A-Square, Barnes, Swift, and Woodleigh supply our preferred bullets.  We can also use Speer African and Trophy Bonded series bullets.  See our section on ammo education to learn more about our preferred bullets, and others.

     All of our Safari Ammo is made with the correct caliber headstamped brass to eliminate any customs nightmares upon entering the country your hunt will be taking place in.  Africa-bound hunters should avoid cartridges having headstamps that don’t match the markings on their rifles.  More than a few hunts have been ruined or delayed because a rifle was marked for one caliber and the ammunition bore the headstamp of another because its cartridge case was formed from a more common and possibly less expensive casing and failed a customs inspection, even though the cartridge was holding a bullet of the correct caliber for the rifle.   

     Every single Safari cartridge Stars & Stripes Ammunition produces is individually hand assembled and inspected to ensure that each and every round will chamber.  This ammo has bullets fully crimped in place to eliminate them being driven back into the case under recoil in magazine rifles, or the second bullet jumping out of the case upon firing the first one in a double, which would result in a jammed gun.  Pressure curves are also carefully maintained to avoid sticky extraction, or fired cases hopelessly stuck in a chamber.  All Safari Ammo has water proofed primers and bullet/case mouth joints.  Finally, our ammo is packed in a rigid airline friendly container that protects both the bullet point from any kind of deformation or being pushed back into the case, and the primers from impacts and possible accidental detonation. 

     We recommend only those bullets designed with a specific cartridge in mind to maintain the correct cartridge overall length, as this helps to eliminate some feeding problems in magazine rifles and will ensure that the bullet isn’t extending too far out of the case for those used in double and or proprietary rifles, as this could result in an impossible situation where the gun either couldn’t be put into battery or dangerous pressures could be encountered upon firing.  The correct cartridge specific bullet is also one essential factor for proper regulation of double rifles.

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