| xausa |
| (.400 member) |
| 07/03/14 07:55 AM |
Re: Double of the Day
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The new barrels were fitted and proofed somewhere between 1954 and 1989 going by the Birmingham proofs.
The barrels may have been made at the time when Kynoch ammo was difficult to obtain, and that could be the reason for the .458 Win Mag chambering. 458 Ammo would be easy (or easier) to get at that time.
(Kynoch stopped making NE cartridges about 1970.)
I had a matched pair of Westley Richardson Farquharsons which had been converted to .458 Winchester Magnum by Paul Roberts go through my store in the mid 1970's. At the time the .458 and to a lesser extent the .460 Weatherby were the only game in town when it came to factory ammunition suitable for thick skinned dangerous game. The is why my Krieghoff double rifle, made in 1970, was caliber .458 Winchester Magnum. I would have much preferred a rimmed cartridge, had one such been available.
I have often wondered what happened to the Farquharsons and what caliber they now are.