Which might of been true many years ago but with superior bullet construction the weatherby are as good as any its just personal choice and qalot of arm chair hunters putting it down ive carried a 416 weatherby in Africa afew years back and I loved it gives you more punch at 150-200 yards then a factory loaded Rigby but if hand loaded they are neck and neck just have to have the right bullet combo just as tsx, gs hv and nf cuppoint solids and your good to go