30-378 wby mag!!!

DM, hope you have been able to sort out your troubles...
What I know about the 30-378 is little and even less, but figured that a common problem with many shooters is what ?Io suggested.
But, having seen possibly the first 30-378 in Western Canada 23 or 24 yrs ago was when the guys from Italian Sporting Goods arrived at the range in Bby.
They had the customer with them and the gun was set up at the shop and bore sighted, etc...
They went out to the 200 yrd target right off the start and by all the excitement they where happier than pigs in a pile of...dam I am digressing again.
Anyways, the guys where really happy, the customer was really happy and the range was oddly silent after each and every shot all 10 of them. Going from memory they had a two inch group and where done like I said after 10 shots.
So, are your bases and rings tight and did you use loctite?
Tight Groups,
Rob
 
Mine preferred the 200gr Nosler Accubond over a healthy dose of Retumbo. Also, make sure to get the barrel cleaned first before starting. I recommend BTE or Wipeout.
 
mrak said:
about 2000 rounds.
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Try 600-800 rounds. One of my hunting buddies is on his second barrel already. S-I-L has one also and is shooting as little as possible so as not to shoot out the barrel. I own a braked .338 Win. and the blast from my S-I-L's .30/378 is nearly twice as bad. Still, they are great for reaching out on the large lakes where we moose hunt.

Jim
 
FLHTCUI said:
They had the customer with them and the gun was set up at the shop and bore sighted, etc...
They went out to the 200 yrd target right off the start and by all the excitement they where happier than pigs in a pile of...dam I am digressing again.
Anyways, the guys where really happy, the customer was really happy and the range was oddly silent after each and every shot all 10 of them. Going from memory they had a two inch group and where done like I said after 10 shots.
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I remember one from 1995 at the Spruce Grove gun club. Cam from - darn, I forget his shop's name, it was on 115th in Edmonton IIRC - built it on a Brno 602 action. The thing was a beast.
 
dan belisle said:
Premier Firearms. I shot that rifle. It was a beast. - dan
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Yes - Premier Firearms. What ever happened to Cam and Premier Firearms? I bought my .416 RM from him. He also had a nice SxS in a BP express chambering of some sort (I can't remember which one) - it was a nice rifle.
 
Years ago I had the opportunity to shoot a .30-378 Accumark that belonged to one of our South African doctors. I was shooting quite a bit of .416 Rigby at the time and don't recall being unsettled by the recoil of the Weatherby. Accuracy at 850 yards was really good, but the muzzle blast was another matter. If you shoot this turkey without wearing hearing protection, it will take some effort to beat the flinch. As for barrel wear, it depends on how rapidly you put rounds down the tube and on what level of accuracy you're willing to accept. If you can live with 2 MOA, and chase the throat with your OAL, even a .30-378 will take some time to shoot out provided you don't machine gun it.
 
You are complaining that a rifle won't shoot, after trying only one load? You certainly haven't given the rifle much of a chance. Just what are you getting for accuracy now? What do you expect? Weatherby only guarantees 1-1/2" three shot groups with their standard rifles, in 30-378.
 
Mine shot terrific with Weatherby factory 180gr BT's. So much so that I haven't even spun my 30-378 dies in the press. Maybe give these a go?[/QUOTE]

Pretty much my experience. I shoot mine from the bench with the muzzle brake on and remove for hunting. Don't shoot it at 100 yards but do sight it in for 200 yards and shoot it 300 yards. I do not shoot it much and consider it a novelty. Needless to say, when I fire it at the range and the percussion bounces off the tin roof overhang, everybody listens or comes to attention. The gun is LOUD.
 
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