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<blockquote data-quote="yobuck" data-source="post: 272230" data-attributes="member: 12443"><p>rockymntmt. </p><p>steve for what its worth, im no diehard fan of anything. </p><p>what works is what counts in my opinion. </p><p>realize though that when many of us started, the weatherby cases were the easiest to obtain and modify. in the early to mid 70s, when i arrived, the hot calibers were 6.5x300 wby, 7x300 wby, and the 30x378 wby. </p><p>it was easy to neck down the 300 case to the 6.5 or 7 mm. </p><p>the 30x378 was a necked down 378 case. they were the popular cartridges mainly because decent bullets were available for them. </p><p>the 338 is a rather recent popular choice. </p><p>today there are lots of good bullets, powder, brass, barrels and everything else needed to build a variety of good guns. there are also more gunsmiths with the knowledge needed to build them. </p><p>if i were starting over i wouldnt build a 30x378. for that matter i wouldnt build any of the large case cartridges.</p><p> i guess advancing age and diminished tetosterone are responsible for that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yobuck, post: 272230, member: 12443"] rockymntmt. steve for what its worth, im no diehard fan of anything. what works is what counts in my opinion. realize though that when many of us started, the weatherby cases were the easiest to obtain and modify. in the early to mid 70s, when i arrived, the hot calibers were 6.5x300 wby, 7x300 wby, and the 30x378 wby. it was easy to neck down the 300 case to the 6.5 or 7 mm. the 30x378 was a necked down 378 case. they were the popular cartridges mainly because decent bullets were available for them. the 338 is a rather recent popular choice. today there are lots of good bullets, powder, brass, barrels and everything else needed to build a variety of good guns. there are also more gunsmiths with the knowledge needed to build them. if i were starting over i wouldnt build a 30x378. for that matter i wouldnt build any of the large case cartridges. i guess advancing age and diminished tetosterone are responsible for that. [/QUOTE]
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