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Why is there not much talk about Weatherby Rifles?
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<blockquote data-quote="wv270wsm" data-source="post: 1928004" data-attributes="member: 96251"><p>I'm not a huge fan of the van gaurds not saying they're not a for the money good gun . But I really love the older German made fancy walnut stocked ones. But to answer your question the best I can honestly is probably due to the belt . Although ol man weatherby was in my opinion ahead of his times . If he'd had the bullets we do today not only would he have killed everything he did he'd killed whatever was standing behind it as well. More than I'm sure he did then by accident or not. </p><p></p><p>My dad hunted with a German made 300 for roughly 35 years . Up until he started shooting nosler ballistic tip everything he shot was bang flop. </p><p>The ballistic tips were not designed from what I've read to be pushed as hard as dad was pushing them under normal West Virginia hunting ranges most under 150 yards. The bullets made massive wounds and we never lost any animal hit by one but some did go a little ways before bleeding out. </p><p>with that being said though I personally seen him shoot completely through a sugar maple one evening right at the end of shooting light and kill the deer behind it . At that time the tree was roughly the size of a 3 pound coffee can and it ripped splinters roughly a foot above and below out on exit side . It looked like you'd shot the deer with a 2x4 with all the splinters it had . And that was with a ballistic tip</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wv270wsm, post: 1928004, member: 96251"] I’m not a huge fan of the van gaurds not saying they’re not a for the money good gun . But I really love the older German made fancy walnut stocked ones. But to answer your question the best I can honestly is probably due to the belt . Although ol man weatherby was in my opinion ahead of his times . If he’d had the bullets we do today not only would he have killed everything he did he’d killed whatever was standing behind it as well. More than I’m sure he did then by accident or not. My dad hunted with a German made 300 for roughly 35 years . Up until he started shooting nosler ballistic tip everything he shot was bang flop. The ballistic tips were not designed from what I’ve read to be pushed as hard as dad was pushing them under normal West Virginia hunting ranges most under 150 yards. The bullets made massive wounds and we never lost any animal hit by one but some did go a little ways before bleeding out. with that being said though I personally seen him shoot completely through a sugar maple one evening right at the end of shooting light and kill the deer behind it . At that time the tree was roughly the size of a 3 pound coffee can and it ripped splinters roughly a foot above and below out on exit side . It looked like you’d shot the deer with a 2x4 with all the splinters it had . And that was with a ballistic tip [/QUOTE]
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