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Weatherby Mark V. Why no love?
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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 1028798" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>There is one other action the rivals the MK.V in strength, but it's all pretty rare. I have seen one of them, and they are built by BRUNO. It looks like a 98 Mauser on steroids. Looks to be about 1.50" in diameter, if not a little bigger yet. I had a friend who was a gunsmith specializing in double rifles and really big bore stuff. Probably one of the very best I've ever seen. God called him home a couple years ago.</p><p> </p><p>Your findings with the Weatherby are spot on! They are often frowned on by gunsmiths because they don't know anything but one action. I don't call them gunsmiths, but shade tree mechanics. Put a good heavy barrel on one and watch out. </p><p> </p><p>Arty uses two type of breeches, and both are massively strong. They and armor use a sliding block breech (sort of like a falling block). This system is more noted for speed in loading, and is only used with rounds using a brass case for the powder. The big stuff mostly use the inter locking step thread breech system (Russians and Chinese still use a brass case). The most over bore round ever shot in a cannon used the step thread breech. Seven inches in diameter round with a five foot seven inch by twelve inch powder charge. You could watch the barrel twist and wiggle almost four inches with a zone three charge. Barrel life was eighty rounds! Shot a 147lb. bullet faster than an M16 could shoot a 52 grain bullet. That ought tell some folks something about overbore! The old eight inch howitzer could put round after round into a garbage can at nine miles (short very stiff barrel and far from overbore). Still the most accurate round the military has ever possessed.</p><p> </p><p>The downside of the step thread breech and powder bags is contamination. About three hundred fifty rounds is about it before you get to take it apart and clean in down to bare metal. Using a brass case will give you a solid double shots before cleaning, but also has other major issues. After you've been unlucky enough to be forced into cleaning the breech you soon learn to do it in less than an hour.</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 1028798, member: 25383"] There is one other action the rivals the MK.V in strength, but it's all pretty rare. I have seen one of them, and they are built by BRUNO. It looks like a 98 Mauser on steroids. Looks to be about 1.50" in diameter, if not a little bigger yet. I had a friend who was a gunsmith specializing in double rifles and really big bore stuff. Probably one of the very best I've ever seen. God called him home a couple years ago. Your findings with the Weatherby are spot on! They are often frowned on by gunsmiths because they don't know anything but one action. I don't call them gunsmiths, but shade tree mechanics. Put a good heavy barrel on one and watch out. Arty uses two type of breeches, and both are massively strong. They and armor use a sliding block breech (sort of like a falling block). This system is more noted for speed in loading, and is only used with rounds using a brass case for the powder. The big stuff mostly use the inter locking step thread breech system (Russians and Chinese still use a brass case). The most over bore round ever shot in a cannon used the step thread breech. Seven inches in diameter round with a five foot seven inch by twelve inch powder charge. You could watch the barrel twist and wiggle almost four inches with a zone three charge. Barrel life was eighty rounds! Shot a 147lb. bullet faster than an M16 could shoot a 52 grain bullet. That ought tell some folks something about overbore! The old eight inch howitzer could put round after round into a garbage can at nine miles (short very stiff barrel and far from overbore). Still the most accurate round the military has ever possessed. The downside of the step thread breech and powder bags is contamination. About three hundred fifty rounds is about it before you get to take it apart and clean in down to bare metal. Using a brass case will give you a solid double shots before cleaning, but also has other major issues. After you've been unlucky enough to be forced into cleaning the breech you soon learn to do it in less than an hour. gary [/QUOTE]
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