Recent content by Wes350

In theory, getting a custom armorer to do it is well within the realm of possibility. And by 'custom armorer' I literally mean a guy that makes custom medieval plate armor for reenactors and Historical martial arts guys. Anyone that can turn out gauntlets to measure should have no problem...

It is an interesting phenomena. Places like Leige and Ferlach turn out new young double gun makers yearly, let alone the ones turned out in apprenticeships by gunmakers in England, Germany and Italy to name just a few places… Yet in the US, you can count them on the fingers of one hand, and...

It's well known that anything more than 22" in a stopping caliber will impede your ability to get in and out of a vehicle, and cause you to snag the end of the barrel on every branch, twig, and leaf on every stalk. I have seen the 22" length mentioned on this forum many times. It cannot be wrong.

It's a shame that WR has not gotten rid of the rebated rim on the .425 on the new rifles they build. The rebated rim has always been what has prevented the .425 from achieving the same level of adoption that the .416 rigby and .404 Jeffery have had. Especially since it's not like there were a...

When my Dad first took me deer hunting as a teenager, we went to the sporting goods store and he bought me a .30-06. (Browning a-bolt with 6x leupold scope) Literally the first centerfire rifle that I ever sighted in at a range. The only centerfire rifle I shot up to that point was one...

Only because the Rigby was originally loaded at much lower pressures than current Whelen loadings. It’s like saying that the .416 Rem leaves the .416 Rigby in the dust because the original Rigby loadings only did 2,350fps out of 28” barrels. The .350 Rigby is a full sized case in the 300...