He told me that he had "smoked" the 9 locking lugs on a fair number of Weatherby MK V rifle bolts (by holding same over a candle to coat them with waxy smoke film). One day, the topic of Weatherby rifles and cartridges came up. I bought sold and traded firearms with him often enough that, he often would discuss with me (only just barely out of high school), various firearms related topics that were on his mind. I'm a smartass who only opens his mouth to change feet.ĭuring the early 1970's, there was an old Gunsmith in Chico California, named Ray Spiegel (Speigle?) is known as one of the world's hardest kicking cartridges.Įlsewhere in the World's Best Forum and a good while back, I had posted the following but, I recon it's worth repeating here, because:ī. The Weatherby factory load drives a 300 grain bullet at 2925 fps and 5699 ft. case can hold a maximum load of 112.0 grains of IMR 7828 powder, enough for reloaders to drive a 300 grain bullet at a MV of 2900 fps. (O'Connor had been developing reloads using US canister powders for his Brevex Mauser action based. 416 Rigby cartridge and the rest is history. Jack O'Connor, the Dean of American gun writers, showed Roy Weatherby a. It is based on a necked-down, blown-out, belted version of the giant. 378 Weatherby Magnum, despite its odd nomenclature, uses standard. 375 RUM is currently in doubt, as Remington has not chambered rifles for the cartridge in several years. The result is a 300 grain bullet at a claimed MV of 2760 fps from a 24" barrel. 375 H&H case and therefore can hold more powder. This non-belted, rebated rim case is fatter than the. The maximum cartridge overall length (COL) is also the same as the. 404 Jeffery case slightly shortened to the same 2.850" case length as the. 375 Remington Ultra Mag (RUM) is based on a blown-out. If it weighs more than 11 pound and has a 28 inch barrel it is a worse idea. No high-jacking intended, but I can assure you, a 378 Weatherby or a 460 Weatherby with full power loads is a bad idea for Africa. You mentioned that you have not shot a 378 Weatherby only your 375 RUM, I can assure you the 378 Weatherby has brutal recoil. I fail to se how my comment High-jacked your comparison-I commented that that was a bad idea for a rifle to take to Africa. Nobody asked about open country Elk hunting or long range target shooting. I also commented on your comparison as it not related to 375 Wby and nobody, that I can think of anyway, would take a 11 pound rifle with a 28 inch barrel for DG hunting to Africa. I have commented on why they are not liked in Africa by PH's and especially for DG hunting. High-jacking a thread means going way off point from the original question which is "Why are Weatherby guns in 375+ calibers not liked on a Safari?" How you come to these conclusions are a bit baffling to me.
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