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Post by 2 Dogs on Dec 27, 2012 22:01:50 GMT -5
Does anyone here have one? Im looking hard at a Weatherby Accumark so chambered. The rifle is a beauty, and I might have an opportunity to test fire it before buying. Im afraid if its a shooter and I can handle it and keep my store bought teeth in my mouth from the recoil I may have to own it.....
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Post by majorKAP on Dec 27, 2012 22:58:15 GMT -5
I have one in 30-378. It has the synthetic stock and stainless fluted barrel with their accubrake.
A good friend bought one like it in 338-378 caliber in the spring of this year. He couldn't "get it to group" satisfactorily with factory ammo....4-5" at 100yds.
He's not a reloader, so he asked me to help. I worked up a some ammo from his 40 pieces of once fired brass.......5 rounds each of 8 different loads.
I cleaned the rifle well and then I took him out to my range and sat him on my rigid bench with sand-filled bullsbags. He was happy to discover that every load shot into 3.5" or better at 200yds.
Then again.....so did another box of the same factory Weatherby 250gr Nosler partitions that he had already tried. I figured that letting the barrel cool between shots and cleaning every 5 was cause for the improvement.
Turns out, his initial shooting was done off the hood of his pickup with a foam bed pillow as his rest. I let him know that he didn't deserve a nice rifle.
Anyway, recoil didn't appear to be a factor for him. It's just not that bad. And remember, that was a relatively prolonged session off a bench, which as you know, tends to aggravates the experience.
I shot a few rounds from it. Couldn't tell much difference between his 338-378 and my 30-378, if any. Should be a cinch off the sticks.
I think the rifle is plenty heavy for the caliber and the muzzle brake works particularly well. Wear plugs and muffs. Advise your bystanders to do the same.
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Post by curmudgeon on Dec 28, 2012 1:09:54 GMT -5
2Dogs. I built a 300/378 and 338/378 switch bbl on a Hall action, both bbls 30" Lilja bbls with MB's. Niteforce Scope. Shot 1/2 MOA to 800 yds could drive a 220 gr. Sierra MK 3600 fps, shot best @ 3400.
Traded it to Kent Lomont about 5 years ago, a real LR coyote rifle.
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Post by 2 Dogs on Dec 28, 2012 8:16:34 GMT -5
MajorKAP, I remember watching a guy shoot LaRue silhouettes at 1000 yards once and being struck by how fast the BOOM WHACK was. I mean the time of flight was extremely short!!! Upon investigation he was shooting a Weatherby 300-378 and despite the fact that it was rather windy he wasnt having any trouble with the wind call either. Impressive...
Lee, I bet it was "a damn fine coyote rifle". If I may steal a quote from the Grand Old Man....
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Post by 2 Dogs on Jan 7, 2013 20:49:36 GMT -5
Whew! Some young kid came into the store and bought that 338-378 Weatherby. I tried to steer him towards the 338 Lapua, but the Weatherby was priced more reasonably. He also bought a 150 dollar box of ammunition....
I wonder how long it will be before he brings it back...
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Post by dmize on Jan 7, 2013 21:34:06 GMT -5
I dont know about the 338-378 but I saw a guy that got broken occular bones,25 stitches and a broken finger from a 378 Weatherby.
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Post by boxhead on Jan 7, 2013 23:07:47 GMT -5
Whew! Some young kid came into the store and bought that 338-378 Weatherby. I tried to steer him towards the 338 Lapua, but the Weatherby was priced more reasonably. He also bought a 150 dollar box of ammunition.... I wonder how long it will be before he brings it back... Can you say, sutures...? |
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Post by 2 Dogs on Jan 8, 2013 20:09:15 GMT -5
I know well enough that just cuz a guy is thin and wiry one should NOT underestimate his strength. However, a 338-378 needs strong shoulders. I hope he doesnt hurt himself. I also hope he isnt foolish enough to try that thing from prone first....
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Post by bradshaw on Jan 8, 2013 20:24:29 GMT -5
Roy Weatherby's .378 is a beautiful cartridge. Needs for a bullet to stay together. Frightful accurate with regular hunting slugs such as the Hornady 270 Sire Point.
The Weatherby stock, with its short length-of-pull, and I don't get along all that well, although the pitch of the comb saves my cheek bone. Got to set the scope forward a little extra. I crawl the stock anyway, which is the way of the M1. The .378 Weatherby kills the animal and the ground it stands on.
David Bradshaw
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Post by jwp475 on Jan 9, 2013 18:53:52 GMT -5
With a good brake the recoil is not bad at all
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Post by schunter on Jan 13, 2013 10:16:31 GMT -5
Dogs,
Hopefully it will come back around for ya...
I have a 30-378 that is not abusive at all with the factory brake, relatively - kicks about like my 300 Win's. And slings 165-180 grainers FAST.
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Post by 2 Dogs on Jan 13, 2013 11:10:21 GMT -5
I hated to let it go for sure. But, since I already have a 338 Lapua I really didnt need it.....
Still, it woulda been alot more portable in the mountains....
Sigh....
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Post by 2 Dogs on Jan 13, 2013 11:11:04 GMT -5
I might also mention, I am of the camp that believes bigger critters like Nilgai and Elk cannot be swatted too hard....
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Post by joej on Jan 13, 2013 12:17:59 GMT -5
I had a 378 for many decades. While hunting moose in Canada I would take a lot of ribbing from the Canadians insinuating that I had a sickness called the Big Bore Syndrome that effected only retarded Yanks.
My host would always take one of my loaded rounds and put it on the table along with the various 308's, 303's, 270's the others were using and maybe a couple 40 pounders and the fun would begin.
Those big ole 325 grain Bitterroots sure looked nasty in that case. I know I've still got a pack of those 325's somewhere in the basement.
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Post by zeus on Jan 14, 2013 22:55:35 GMT -5
I just told Dur earlier this evening that I really like the 338-378. However, I absolutely love the standard 378 WBY. It is an amazing cartridge and knocks the crap out of anything you aim it at! Deer do not fare well against it  |
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