Jörg Krüger
AH fanatic
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7x64 is quite a popular all-round caliber here in Czechia. Also its rimmed twin: 7x65R.
Swap the first two with a .243 Winchester and a .300 H&H Magnum. Problem solved.My battery now is 6.5x55, 30-06 and 375 H&H. Of the three I believe the 375 is the only cartridge that has no military pedigree. I like all three for their history, but I got to wondering: what would my battery look like of I only used cartridges that were exclusively developed and used for hunting? Could I duplicate the spectrum with classic, but exclusively hunting, cartridges? Rare ones like 275 H&H came for mind, as well as more familiar ones like 9.3x62 and 300 H&H. But, would the 275 Rigby qualify as I think it is the same as the German military round? Not sure.
Anyways, what would such a battery look like to you?
@Hunter Habib.Swap the first two with a .243 Winchester and a .300 H&H Magnum. Problem solved.
If you want to go real hardcore, replace the .243 Winchester with a .240 H&H Apex. Then, all three of your calibers are made by Holland & Holland.
Heel, Bobby. There’ll be no desecration of the divine .243 Winchester today.@Hunter Habib.
Never, never ever swap anything for a 243. If I was running low on tomato stakes I would swap a rusty star picket for one but that would be it.
Bob
Why deviate from the Norma? Neck the .358 up to .416 and have a .416 Norma. You’d be the first on your block to have one! Kind of like necking up my .338WM brass to create .416 Taylor cases.My answer would be obviously
308 Norma
358 Norma
416 Rigby
@CoElkHunterWhy deviate from the Norma? Neck the .358 up to .416 and have a .416 Norma. You’d be the first on your block to have one! Kind of like necking up my .338WM brass to create .416 Taylor cases.
25WSSM for the 25 Cal? Let the laughter begin ...
Talk to Anthony George about those sorts of builds... ref his 375/280AI ...@CoElkHunter
Necking up the 338WM to 375 or 416 take an average cartridge into something special. Even necked to 358 will be good.
Dang why not neck it down to .308 and make it more useful.
How about the .25WSSM Ackley Improved? Ha! Ha! Ha!25WSSM for the 25 Cal? Let the laughter begin ...
Wouldn't that be a .375/.30-06 AI? I'm getting a headache with all these wildcats! LOLTalk to Anthony George about those sorts of builds... ref his 375/280AI ...
From memory, Anthony used 280 rem brass, shot it in an improved chamber, in a 375 barrel, all his own research and development. From what I've learned, and I'll stand corrected on this, in a push-feed Winchester, 26"/28" barrel, shooting Woodleigh 235 grain bullets. Developed as a longer-range deer rifle. Took two, at 280 odd yards, give or take.Wouldn't that be a .375/.30-06 AI? I'm getting a headache with all these wildcats! LOL
That one would just be a 300 WeatherbyWouldn't that be a .375/.30-06 AI? I'm getting a headache with all these wildcats! LOL
@geoff rath25WSSM for the 25 Cal? Let the laughter begin ...
7x57 Mauser is not rare. It is exceedingly popular worldwide. The small fraction that they renamed 275 Rigby are. There was no need for that.My battery now is 6.5x55, 30-06 and 375 H&H. Of the three I believe the 375 is the only cartridge that has no military pedigree. I like all three for their history, but I got to wondering: what would my battery look like of I only used cartridges that were exclusively developed and used for hunting? Could I duplicate the spectrum with classic, but exclusively hunting, cartridges? Rare ones like 275 H&H came for mind, as well as more familiar ones like 9.3x62 and 300 H&H. But, would the 275 Rigby qualify as I think it is the same as the German military round? Not sure.
Anyways, what would such a battery look like to you?
From memory, Anthony used 280 rem brass, shot it in an improved chamber, in a 375 barrel, all his own research and development. From what I've learned, and I'll stand corrected on this, in a push-feed Winchester, 26"/28" barrel, shooting Woodleigh 235 grain bullets. Developed as a longer-range deer rifle. Took two, at 280 odd yards, give or take.
If I've misquoted, or written out of line, my humblest apologies , Anthony.
As long as we have shooters and hunters in the "game", we'll have wildcats; it a "man" thing ...
7x57 Mauser is not rare. It is exceedingly popular worldwide. The small fraction that they renamed 275 Rigby are. There was no need for that.
How come Weatherby never made a .35 cartridge? Would it have been a .300 necked up or the .378 necked down?That one would just be a 300 Weatherby
maybe their original 375 necked down? even that was a great cartridge! lack o' bullet selection and mass appeal at the time...How come Weatherby never made a .35 cartridge? Would it have been a .300 necked up or the .378 necked down?