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Five years ago when my wife and I were up in Alaska, just driving the state for a few months, we came across a Muskox bull, the light hitting it just right, one of the prettiest animals I'd ever seen. So now five years later, we are heading back in May for another two-month walk-a-about...

Yes, I also bought a bunch of them as well from Brown, even Brown's loading information is kinda weak. If a guy wants more speed you just have to go, "where no man has gone before" Warp Speed Scotty! 🫡 aye aye Captain, hold my Beer Captain! 🫨 Cheers

The "Green box" gives this as the advertised velocity, but... I've never had one come close to the factory-advertised velocity out of a 24" or better rifle barrel. I agree the MOA is never much better than 2 or 3 plus MOA. Just my 0.2 Cheers Technical Information Caliber: 30-06 Springfield...

I think Deer, perhaps the Megaloceros taken with my 1942 Win 94 .30 WCF Cheers ;)

Perhaps we should set a max range for the cartridges like say; 400 or 500 yards as to what cartridge is the flattest shooting, just a thought. Cheers Oh, by the way... I'm in the .257 Wby Mag camp.

Sandblast and re-season. Cheers

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

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"...

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. 😫😖 Cheers

I agree, all but one of my Weatherbys over the years were wood the exception was a .257 Wby Mag Accumark. The .224 Wby Mag and the .22-250 Rem Varmnitmasters were purchased at the same time and I asked Weatherby to do a hand-select for me, to get the stocks as close as possible, back then they'd...

I agree that would be a great cartridge in that little miniature... Wby MkV action. After tipping over a boatload of Yokes and Chucks with the .22-250 I decided I like to hunt Deer with it at a little longer range with more energy, so... I re-barreled it (26") with the same contour as the...

Hands 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...

Since we are on the subject I thought, OK... I'll bring it back a little... Here's an interesting interview with Shoemaker, the Alaska guide who popped that Brown Bear with a 9mm 147gr hard cast from Buffalo Bullets 😲, he stated the velocity at something over 1300 fps, I think he meant 1100 fps...

Yeah, love it, something about doing it old school, I love my mint 1903 "C" stock it still shoots like a house-a-fire. Cheers

Sold my rifle off many years back, it was a fabulously accurate rifle with anything I put in it from 235gr to 300gr's and one of the most comfortable .375 H&H's I ever shot... "DON'T" ever sell it, my friend. Cheers