That made in Brazil stuff's not really designed for 65,000 psiOk, why not then?
What gun did you want that was never made ?
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Friend of mine has one of the .358's and one of the .416's, had 2 .416's at one time.
I had a friend who was done Bear hunting, mostly Giz in Alaska, he offered me his Mauser Weatherby in .300 Wby mag, and like a fool, I passed it by, because I liked the MkV looks better, I should've bought it, the rifle was in great shape for near 4 or 5 Bear hunts behind it.
CheersNine shot, 22 mag revolver. Guess I will have to settle on the Keltec or S&W 32 shot
Pump gun in 9mm, 40 S&W, and 45 acp, tube feed.
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Pump gun in 9mm, 40 S&W, and 45 acp, tube feed.
Cans for shotguns for crow hunting
Isn't the Casull's up there?
Calvin45
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Wait like they made that as a factory chambering!?!?!?
Calvin45
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It is up there indeed. Originally 60kpsi, watered down to 55kpsi
Yes, a small run out of the custom shop in the early 2000's. SS metal, supergrade style sling-mounts an d stock bolts, I think they had a shadow line cheekpiece and gorgeous figured walnut.
358STA and .416 Rem Mag.
Ronald W Schaefer
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Be careful about calling Weatherby and making suggestions. I called them once to suggest that they should build a 41 Cal rifle cartridge to fill in between the 378 and 460. It would be a nice compromise on velocity, energy, recoil, trajectory etc. between the two. They said that was a great idea, quite doable and probably a strong market for it but there were no plans to expand the Weatherby line for the foreseeable future. The next year they announced the release of the .416 Weatherby. I think those guys owe me a rifleHands down it would be the Weatherby Varmintmaster in .308 Win with a standard and semi-heavy barrel in 24" and 26", I even called Weatherby about it many years back, I have two of them one in .224 Wby Mag and the other in 22.250 Rem
I suggested that they re-barrel the .22-250 Rem Weatherby Varmintmaster to a .308 Win and we'd be in business...They expressed no interest in the project, they said there was no market for it which, I thought at the time that was crazy, an accurate lightweight .308 Win hunting rifle... come on. I still think they missed the boat on that one. Just my 0.2 Cheers
!Kinda funny, I had a very similar thing happen with me, with another manufacturer over a cartridge idea for the AR15 platform. I think they rejected it so they can do it later and circumvent the originator of the idea, they have the money and horsepower, they just call it "doing business"... SOP for them. You'll see it happening a lot after Shot Show all over the industry, it's how they get some of their best ideas, and why they won't do a confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement, most the time... it's, "yeah we like your idea, but... we already have something in the works" now they do!Be careful about calling Weatherby and making suggestions. I called them once to suggest that they should build a 41 Cal rifle cartridge to fill in between the 378 and 460. It would be a nice compromise on velocity, energy, recoil, trajectory etc. between the two. They said that was a great idea, quite doable and probably a strong market for it but there were no plans to expand the Weatherby line for the foreseeable future. The next year they announced the release of the .416 Weatherby. I think those guys owe me a rifle
CheersPS: By the way, the 416 Wby mag is a great cartridge and a good idea that you had.
With at least a partial idea assist by John Rigby who in 1911 designed the 416 Rigby cartridge on Mauser-action game rifles.Kinda funny, I had a very similar thing happen with me, with another manufacturer over a cartridge idea for the AR15 platform. I think they rejected it so they can do it later and circumvent the originator of the idea, they have the money and horsepower, they just call it "doing business"... SOP for them. You'll see it happening a lot after Shot Show all over the industry, it's how they get some of their best ideas, and why they won't do a confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement, most the time... it's, "yeah we like your idea, but... we already have something in the works" now they do!
PS: By the way, the 416 Wby mag is a great cartridge and a good idea that you had.
memtb
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I've a longtime loved the .358 magnums, either the .350 Griffin & Howe (pretty much the original .358 STA) or the .358 STA.
As a handloader and long time bullet caster and hand gunner…..I thought that the .358's were a perfect match for handgun jacketed or cast bullets for light plinking/small game loads.
The only reason that I didn't was, the .375 was the minimum for many African countries for use on the Big Five. So…..I went with the .375's! memtb
Agree with your Rigby sitrep, I think there were a few others in Wildcats as well, but... I don't think any with a double-radius shoulder and belted, I could be wrong. Cheers
