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<blockquote data-quote="wildcat westerner" data-source="post: 344369" data-attributes="member: 21361"><p>Free bore is what made Weatherby so much money, not accuracy. The company could advertise a certain cartridge at a high velocity back then which was much higher than its competition. The higher velocity was gained by higher pressure loadings for its catridges and the "jump" or freebore, before the bullet entered the lands of the rifle barrel. People wanting accuracy for these cartridges had them chambered with no freebore in custom barrels, with no concern for velocity since there was ample case volume for loading this cartridge to a higher velocity in the first place. I knew a shooter in Montana who had his Winchester chambered in .300 Weatherby with a slightly heavier barrel and no freebore. That man could shoot! He was one of the few magnum shooters at that time who could precisely place a projectile on target at long range. My view opf the .300 Weatherby cartridge changed solely due to his long range skills, long before rangefinders, better recoil pads, muzzlebrakes, and huge case capacity cartridges.</p><p> </p><p>Happy New Year,</p><p> </p><p>Gene So</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wildcat westerner, post: 344369, member: 21361"] Free bore is what made Weatherby so much money, not accuracy. The company could advertise a certain cartridge at a high velocity back then which was much higher than its competition. The higher velocity was gained by higher pressure loadings for its catridges and the "jump" or freebore, before the bullet entered the lands of the rifle barrel. People wanting accuracy for these cartridges had them chambered with no freebore in custom barrels, with no concern for velocity since there was ample case volume for loading this cartridge to a higher velocity in the first place. I knew a shooter in Montana who had his Winchester chambered in .300 Weatherby with a slightly heavier barrel and no freebore. That man could shoot! He was one of the few magnum shooters at that time who could precisely place a projectile on target at long range. My view opf the .300 Weatherby cartridge changed solely due to his long range skills, long before rangefinders, better recoil pads, muzzlebrakes, and huge case capacity cartridges. Happy New Year, Gene So [/QUOTE]
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