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7mm Weatherby magnum
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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 820205" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>one thing I've learned about every Weatherby I've owned and just about all the others I shot. They are a cold barrel gun. If you shoot them one shot after another they will send bullets left and right. The best way to tell what's going on is to shoot one bullet and let the barrel cool down. Then shoot another, and another allowing the barrel to cool off between shots. Don't worry to much about this as your going to hunt with a cold bore anyway.</p><p> </p><p>Secondly pull the action out of the stock to inspect the front pressure point. On those light weight barrels this can be critical! I have one with a wood stock and the skinny barrel. But the pressure points are in great shape and it's an effortless .75MOA rifle with Remington Corelocks! Better bullets and a little care reloading the ammo would probably give me an honest .60" five shot gun. Also after firing new ammo (factory), trim each case square again. </p><p> </p><p>I don't ever hunt with a VLD bullet, but with two or three exceptions. I've just never saw anything out of them to warrant using them. Other guys I know use them and love them, but they spent a lot of time and money making them work. Lots of folks cuss the free bore issue, and I always get a good laugh at them. It's a rare case when a throat dosn't have some free bore in it. I have three factory rifles that have almost .20" free bore in them, and shoot just fine. One even shoots better than another with the same chamber and zero free bore. But if the free bore is very loose around the bullet you will have some issues.</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 820205, member: 25383"] one thing I've learned about every Weatherby I've owned and just about all the others I shot. They are a cold barrel gun. If you shoot them one shot after another they will send bullets left and right. The best way to tell what's going on is to shoot one bullet and let the barrel cool down. Then shoot another, and another allowing the barrel to cool off between shots. Don't worry to much about this as your going to hunt with a cold bore anyway. Secondly pull the action out of the stock to inspect the front pressure point. On those light weight barrels this can be critical! I have one with a wood stock and the skinny barrel. But the pressure points are in great shape and it's an effortless .75MOA rifle with Remington Corelocks! Better bullets and a little care reloading the ammo would probably give me an honest .60" five shot gun. Also after firing new ammo (factory), trim each case square again. I don't ever hunt with a VLD bullet, but with two or three exceptions. I've just never saw anything out of them to warrant using them. Other guys I know use them and love them, but they spent a lot of time and money making them work. Lots of folks cuss the free bore issue, and I always get a good laugh at them. It's a rare case when a throat dosn't have some free bore in it. I have three factory rifles that have almost .20" free bore in them, and shoot just fine. One even shoots better than another with the same chamber and zero free bore. But if the free bore is very loose around the bullet you will have some issues. gary [/QUOTE]
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