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Post by mathias on Dec 18, 2009 7:52:23 GMT -5
Hi i would like to hear what experience people have whit the bigger bores and if there is someone else out there using a .425 Westley Richards. This is my favorite rifle for moose hunting .425 WR Built on a Husqvarna 1640 civilian Mauser action   Best regards Mathias |
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Post by Lee Martin on Dec 18, 2009 11:19:56 GMT -5
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Post by akray on Dec 18, 2009 18:11:52 GMT -5
In comparison to this rifle for moose, maybe my 416 Remington Magnum isn't as unreasonable as I thought.
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Post by boxhead on Dec 18, 2009 18:43:05 GMT -5
In comparison to this rifle for moose, maybe my 416 Remington Magnum isn't as unreasonable as I thought. Yeah, I am feeling kind of puny with my 416 Rigby though it is a proven hog killler.   |
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Post by wickerbill on Dec 18, 2009 22:02:28 GMT -5
Not a bolt gun and not a magnum, but I do I do enjoy this 45-70 Sharps. I load it with a 525 gr Hock nose pore bullet with 67 grs of Swiss 1 1/2F blackpowder. It might not be a belted magnum, but it will shoot stim to sturn thru a whitetail.  Bill |
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Post by mathias on Dec 19, 2009 8:07:36 GMT -5
Nice rifles !! .416Rigby was one of the cartridges i looked upon before i decided to go whit 425 WR. And 45-70 is never wrong i had a Marlin 1895 in that caliber but due to Swedish regulations one is only allowed 6 rifles for hunting you can apply for Moore but it is seldom worth the fuss. So it had to go when the lust for a more African inspired caliber and rifle became to great, but i still miss it some time  Thanks for charing Happy hunting Mathias |
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Post by wickerbill on Dec 19, 2009 14:32:00 GMT -5
Nice rifles !! .416Rigby was one of the cartridges i looked upon before i decided to go whit 425 WR. And 45-70 is never wrong i had a Marlin 1895 in that caliber but due to Swedish regulations one is only allowed 6 rifles for hunting you can apply for Moore but it is seldom worth the fuss. So it had to go when the lust for a more African inspired caliber and rifle became to great, but i still miss it some time Thanks for charing Happy hunting Mathias I don't understand the reasoning behind an arbitrary number like six. Why in the world would they choose to limit you to six rifles? Do they limit you to the number of handguns or shotguns? Bill |
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Post by mathias on Dec 19, 2009 17:51:32 GMT -5
Oh Yes shotguns or rifles doesn't mater 6 is the number for hunting. And as for hand guns you can have 4 for competition they sense handgun hunting is not allowed
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Post by akray on Dec 21, 2009 16:20:40 GMT -5
Mathias, what's the farthest you might have to carry a moose after you shoot it? Here in Alaska, one moose will teach you that the carcass had better be close to the boat or truck or somewhere you can drive your 3 or 4 wheeler up next to. They're a lot of work, especially if you shoot them in a swampy or brushy place.
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Post by mathias on Dec 22, 2009 7:16:07 GMT -5
Not so far actually. I will make a brief description of how we hunt i say we because moose hunting in Sweden is mostly a group effort and we are 12 members in "my" team. In the morning the leader of the hunt decides what area to hunt and tell us where to sit, when everybody is in place the chosen dog and handler start to walk through the area. And when he calls in that he has walked through the area we gather and have some coffee and eat and choose a new area to hunt and start over again. When someone has shoot a moose 3-4 guys gather there to gut it and someone goes after our "moosedrager" a tracked vehicle we use to carry the moose out to the nearest road and waiting trailer for transport to our slaughterhouse where we skin the animal and quarter it.
That pretty much how my moose hunting is done feel free to ask questions
Mathias
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Post by Len on Mar 7, 2010 11:03:09 GMT -5
I had asked the guy I sold this to when this thread was active to send me photos as I rarely take pictures of my guns. This is a 500 A Square that Alphin built for me in with his traditional tree trunk stock and barrel mounted scope. At the time I objected to the scope as in those days I used open sites on all dangerous game guns feeling anything that reduces field of view and distorts distance a handicap. After a close disaster on an elephant charge which ended in my drilling two .510 diameter 707 grain holes from stern to lungs on a jumbo. You cannot say the caliber lacked penetration. Anyway I liked the caliber not the package so I sent it off to Frank Wells who restocked it added steel open sights, a muzzle brake and an internal stock recoil reducer. This was the worst recoiling rifle I had ever shot and I also had a .577 Farquensen that weighed less but was easier too shoot. Of course on game the recoil was not noticed. This was truly a stopping rifle but you had to get used to shooting it without developing a flinch. We used to play with it cutting down trees on a friends heavily wooded property. The buddy I sold it to eventually sold it and it showed up again for sell with an action mounted scope scope!!!!!   |
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Post by ohnomrbillk on Mar 7, 2010 16:12:32 GMT -5
This thread is making me feel inadequate with my Ruger No. 1 in 458 Lott.
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Post by whitworth on Mar 7, 2010 19:28:46 GMT -5
Here's a poor picture of the only big-bore rifle I have left (sold my .458 win mag a few months ago). It's an Interarms Whitworth in .416 Remmie -- it started life as a .375 H&H. I've taken a number of hogs with it and it has been Africa with its original owner.  Those are some beautiful rifles, gentlemen! |
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Post by boxhead on Mar 8, 2010 13:23:00 GMT -5
Those are fine rifles and still a bargain at the prices they get IMO. I had a 375 and it shot very well. Numbskull sold it off. Looked for another and came across the Dakota Rigby for a song so grabbed it. Plan for a buffalo hunt with it turned into a northeastern British Columbia elk, moose and caribou hunt. I will get to Africa and chase that buffalo "come hell or high water", also known as getting two sons out of college.
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Post by Len on Mar 8, 2010 15:48:02 GMT -5
Dakota makes a very good rifle what caliber is it.
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