Txcowboy50
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I have an old Weatherby Mark V that only likes factory Hornady162 grain bullets and shoots 3/4 moa. To get these results in a lighter bullet I have to hand load.
Why can’t Weatherby make a faster twist rate 7 mm barrel
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WildRose
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It isn't a matter of "can't" WBY's are all about pure speed with light or mid range bullets.
Very few people shoot heavy for caliber bullets thus the market for fast twist rifles is very limited.
If you want to shoot the heavies you pretty well have to look at the few semi custom and factory rifles built for that specific purpose or go full custom.
If you're not shooting over 600yds light and medium weight bullets give one all the accuracy necessary to make clean killing shots to that range but when you exceed that range things get complicated fast due to many factors all of which the much higher BC of HVCB's help greatly to solve.
I have heard of overkill, but I'm not sure I have ever seen it. Can you tell me what it looks like? I hunt Texas deer and hogs sometimes with a 378 WBY Mag, and it hurts the tree behind the animal more than it hurts the animal I am shooting.
I have seen some pictures of people shot with a .50 cal machine gun from over in Sandland, and I guess some of those guys displayed overkill. Now, skipglo did show me a picture of a doe he had shot and she did come close to overkill. I'm may be thinking of overkill in the wrong way, because I am often wrong, but I really would like to have it explained and maybe shown a few pictures. Thanks in advance.
When you shoot a springbok with a 300WBY and the only thing left is the head and the rear half. Onlything you could mound was a European head mound.
It did drop a real big zebra in it's tracks however, so for that size game was JUST RIGHT!
I hunted Texas with the 300WBY for 20 years, then retired it ang got a 30.06. Then bought 4 new 300WBY caliber rifles...3 MKV and one Win M70 CRF. my favorite caliber...just call me strange....
Most people love the 300 WM. I have a soft sport for the 300WBY
I hunted Texas with the 300WBY for 20 years, then retired it ang got a 30.06. Then bought 4 new 300WBY caliber rifles...3 MKV and one Win M70 CRF. my favorite caliber...just call me strange....
Most people love the 300 WM. I have a soft sport for the 300WBY
Yep, I guess you might call that overkill, but was that the fault of the bullet, or was it bullet placement? Or was it a little too much gun for that animal but perfect for that lion about to come after you so he could get that springbok and have a free meal? I know, that is a poor analogy.
Henery Ford!!!
A little bit of shot placement and too big of a bullet...my opinion....no lions where I was hunting, but that is why you ahve a PH with a Large Caliber Double rifle with you.
I found the little game more interesting, I want to go back with a smaller caliber, long range, just for small game...I like the challenge...
Now who can tell me why "black"?
I'm curious too, as it did come in other colors. Probably to do with efficiency, as he was a legendarily cheap man.
Some parts suppliers had to ship their parts to Ford in a crate built to specs as designed by FoMoCo. The crate was then disassembled and the boards used as floorboards in the Model T.
You are on the right track! Ford tested the colors available at the time and found out that black dried faster than any other color, so for efficiency on the assembly line, that was the only color!
WildRose
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Total retained energy delivered to the target is the problem. All else being equal velocity is the deciding factor on whether you recover a beautiful trophy or string goo out across the veld.
I remember walking out of the timber once when a young lad with my mom after deer hunting and a grouse flew up and landed in a tree. Mom shot it with a 30-06 or 308 win, can't remember for sure, we found half the breast I think. She was aiming for the head at 10-15yds. Oops.
