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EEfRed replied to the thread Why are Weatherby guns in 375+ calibers not liked on a Safari?.Dunno, but I just bought a Wby 6.5 RPM Mark V and it has an integral muzzle break. Likely newer 340s will have too. An older 340 Mark V...
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EEfRed reacted to dchum's post in the thread Why are Weatherby guns in 375+ calibers not liked on a Safari? with
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EEfRed reacted to Paul Homsy's post in the thread Why are Weatherby guns in 375+ calibers not liked on a Safari? with Like.
I do as well. It does recoil on the shoulder as it's supposed to. Never had a cut eyebrow, these are usually caused by a prone or semi...
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EEfRed replied to the thread Why are Weatherby guns in 375+ calibers not liked on a Safari?.Interesting that the Model 94 gets a mention. When I was a kid, my Dad always wanted me to shoot the Model 94 instead of his re-stocked...
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EEfRed reacted to Sabattiboy's post in the thread Why are Weatherby guns in 375+ calibers not liked on a Safari? with Like.
Agreed. My first centerfire rifle was a M70 Winchester in 338. We were used to shooting lots of 12gr trap shells so the M70 was pretty...
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EEfRed reacted to KWALATA SAFARIS's post in the thread Why are Weatherby guns in 375+ calibers not liked on a Safari? with Like.
Spot on.
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EEfRed reacted to One Day...'s post in the thread Why are Weatherby guns in 375+ calibers not liked on a Safari? with Like.
Ah, the good old CRF issue... I am on record for observing that the two reasons CRF and its characteristic big external claw extractor...
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EEfRed replied to the thread Why are Weatherby guns in 375+ calibers not liked on a Safari?....but, I really like the Weatherby stock design, it's quick, it comes to target easily and accurately, and it seems to me to handle...
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EEfRed reacted to rookhawk's post in the thread Why are Weatherby guns in 375+ calibers not liked on a Safari? with Like.
First of all, I would not take my opinion of a stock geometry from the website of a pedestrian mass produced rifle company that is...
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EEfRed reacted to rookhawk's post in the thread Why are Weatherby guns in 375+ calibers not liked on a Safari? with Like.
That's true. I'm a giant of a man and I hate recoil. When I shot my 470 the PHs commented they couldn't believe that it had no muzzle...
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EEfRed reacted to ZG47's post in the thread Why are Weatherby guns in 375+ calibers not liked on a Safari? with Like.
@EfRed The Mauser 98 and post- WWII (prewar catches were two-position) Winchester Model 70 actions are fitted with three position...
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E@wolfhunter That's the beauty of the Whelen be it the standard or AI wack something in the right spot with a big 35 cal projectile and...
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EI thought the 35 Whelen only caught on in Australia..............