What's a big pig like this worth?
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BigUglyMan
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- New Scotland
They have a pretty deep gullet anyway, could just be that plus the slim forend.
I'm sure that mine holds 5 + 1..
Why? Only if you collect and don't use it would the value be affected... Performance wise the Weatherby is 200 feet per second faster with a 300 grain bullet at 2700f/s ... and if you want you can still fire H&H in it.
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bearkilr
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- Nowhere, ......just past the middle
I had a 375 Wby at one time and was left rather unimpressed. Fire formed brass had shorter necks than factory 375 Wby and my gains were around 100-120 fps max. The H&H also doesn't print where the Wby does, so you couldn't swap in H&H in a pinch without sighting in again. Resale value is also affected negatively.
For those reasons I really saw no advantages, but others may disagree, which is fine. My thinking was that if I needed more than the H&H offers then I may as well jump to a 378 Wby.
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- Southern Vancouver Island
The .378 makes sense for folks that don't mind tuning the rifle and loads to suit their liking. If I had one,I'd be loading it down for the game or targets I would use it on. Brass life would be greatly extended, along with
the barrel life, und mein shoulder would be happy to boot.
I still have a 375 Wby (along with a couple 375 H&H's). I like the cartridge. Does everything the H&H does just a little bit better. - dan
BigUglyMan
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- New Scotland
While still being shootable by most practiced shooters. The same cannot be said about the 378.
