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New-Westley Richards-300-Plains-Game-Rifle
      #364547 - 13/04/22 03:22 AM

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Elegant New Westley Richards .300 Plains Game Rifle
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How well can you make a practical hunting rifle? Perhaps one benchmark, once all the 'givens' are acknowledged as present and correct, is to look at every part of the gun, every component, every mechanism, every shape and finish and, in isolation, accept that, given the opportunity, there is no improvement you could make to anything.



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Re: New-Westley Richards-300-Plains-Game-Rifle [Re: Ripp]
      #364550 - 13/04/22 04:34 AM

Oops I just double posted. Very nice rifle.

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Re: New-Westley Richards-300-Plains-Game-Rifle [Re: NitroX]
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Re: New-Westley Richards-300-Plains-Game-Rifle [Re: NitroX]
      #364552 - 13/04/22 04:51 AM



April 12, 2022
Elegant New Westley Richards .300 Plains Game Rifle
How well can you make a practical hunting rifle? Perhaps one benchmark, once all the 'givens' are acknowledged as present and correct, is to look at every part of the gun, every component, every mechanism, every shape and finish and, in isolation, accept that, given the opportunity, there is no improvement you could make to anything.

By Westley Richards & Co.

That is what you get if you try the exercise on Serial Number 43709, this .300 Winchester Magnum, Mauser-action magazine stalking rifle. These high resolution, well lit photographs allow readers to indulge in exactly that process. Look closely at the screw and pin slots, the juncture from walnut to steel to ebony to gold. Flat surfaces, rounded surfaces, graduating shapes blending into one another. Nothing is out of line, nothing upsets the eye, everything is in harmony and every detail stands close scrutiny.

But let us not forget, this is a hunting rifle.The cartridge for which it was built is very businesses-like. The .300 Winchester Magnum arrived in 1963. With its long case, short neck and proven performance as a true 1000 yard target rifle, it quickly gained a following for hunting and sniper rifle applications.

for animals of around 90kgs or above, shot at long range, the .300 Win Mag is a superb choice and the popular 150g bullet, at around 3,400 fps is very effective on medium deer and sheep species. For larger animals, it can handle bullets up to 220 grains in weight. It can be a very effective medium to long range choice; packing a hefty punch and delivering a flat-shooting ballistic profile that keeps things simple.

To tame a 'punchy' cartridge like the .300 Win Mag, the custom-built rifle comes into its own. We can build in exactly the right head space and make the chamber and the magazine to the ideal dimensions for a particular choice of cartridge/bullet. The correctly shaped and sized stock, the 'scope choice and the eye-relief designed into the build ensure that the sportsman is perfectly set-up with his rifle and chosen ammunition to ensure all three combine to achieve perfection in the field.

Complementing the hunting rifle's intended life afield, the accessories and case reflect that practical. A lightweight canvas case, tried with leather provides protection and presents the rifle nicely, without being unduly cumbersome. Some cases are so expensive and beautiful that they need a case to protect them!

However, the details indicate the quality. The round brass initial plate on the outer lid carries the same 'H' initial as the gold oval on the stock, as well as the maker's name and cartridge designation.
Internally, every tool and accessory sits snugly in its own compartment or moulding. The alcantara lining, in deep green, is traditional in style but modern in performance. It sets-off the case colours, tastefully sparse gold inlay and lustrous deep blacking beautifully. The amber tones and black figure contrast in the walnut stock glow through the hand-rubbed oil finish with that first class affirmation only achieved when every shape and angle is seamless and perfectly blended.

This, then, is what perfection of form and function looks like when expressed in walnut and steel and crafted to live on a diet of .300 Win Mag ammunition. Not only does it past the eye-candy test every time it is held to the light, the owner can be totally confident that when pressed into service, there has been no detail overlooked. Success is now between him, his breathing, his focus and his squeeze of the trigger.

We all perform at our best when we have full confidence in our equipment. A confident hunter is a happy hunter. At Westley Richards, we put all our efforts into making happy hunters.

By Westley Richards & Co.

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Re: New-Westley Richards-300-Plains-Game-Rifle [Re: NitroX]
      #364555 - 13/04/22 07:11 AM

The rifle is very very nice, classic, I would hope it gets hunted rather than just getting put up on "display". I love the "Westley Richards" engraved on the rear face of the cocking piece.

That said, I still cannot appreciate the "new age" huge clunky scope. Big ocular and objective as well as carbuncle sized turrets are not to my taste. My personal opinion is that the scope detracts from the nice lines of the rifle.
But……..whatever the paying customer wanted.

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Re: New-Westley Richards-300-Plains-Game-Rifle [Re: NitroX]
      #364560 - 13/04/22 04:18 PM

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Oops I just double posted. Very nice rifle.




Thanks Waidmannsheil. You tripled posted. I left Ripp's first post going. Thanks for posting it though.

Thanks to Ripp for also introducing this very nice example of WR shooting art.

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Re: New-Westley Richards-300-Plains-Game-Rifle [Re: NitroX]
      #364565 - 13/04/22 05:13 PM

A little over scoped for my tastes but it's a magnificent rifle that's for sure.

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Re: New-Westley Richards-300-Plains-Game-Rifle [Re: 260rem]
      #364581 - 14/04/22 01:36 AM

To me, that is a perfect PG rifle.. another in .416 would be a perfect rifle..no need for any other in Africa

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Re: New-Westley Richards-300-Plains-Game-Rifle [Re: Ripp]
      #364584 - 14/04/22 02:52 AM

Very nice indeed. Elegant, even.
Agree with you, Ripp.

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Re: New-Westley Richards-300-Plains-Game-Rifle [Re: DarylS]
      #364589 - 14/04/22 03:32 AM

Wow, what a handsome rifle. It just looks right. If I win the lottery and my wife doesn't find out, I would buy one.

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Re: New-Westley Richards-300-Plains-Game-Rifle [Re: 85lc]
      #364590 - 14/04/22 04:29 AM

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Wow, what a handsome rifle. It just looks right. If I win the lottery and my wife doesn't find out, I would buy one.




Truth --On both accounts..

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Re: New-Westley Richards-300-Plains-Game-Rifle [Re: NitroX]
      #364593 - 14/04/22 09:46 AM

No problems, these things happen. Ripp and I must have posted at the same time.

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Re: New-Westley Richards-300-Plains-Game-Rifle [Re: Waidmannsheil]
      #364604 - 14/04/22 10:50 PM

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No problems, these things happen. Ripp and I must have posted at the same time.

Matt




It appears we have similar tastes in firearms.. especially when it comes to W/R...

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Re: New-Westley Richards-300-Plains-Game-Rifle [Re: Ripp]
      #364605 - 14/04/22 11:13 PM

Beautiful Rifle my only complaint , I’d choose a 318 WR chambering. Hopefully the new owner wanted 300Winchester mag because they are going to shoot it a lot and wanted easily obtained 300 rather than the harder to obtain 318? Either way it’s a beautiful rifle. Congrats to the new owner.

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Re: New-Westley Richards-300-Plains-Game-Rifle [Re: bwanabobftw]
      #364607 - 15/04/22 01:12 AM

Reading or listening to the "White Hunters" book. The .350 Rigby seems to have been very popular in the pre WW1 period.

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Re: New-Westley Richards-300-Plains-Game-Rifle [Re: NitroX]
      #364608 - 15/04/22 02:29 AM

.318 WR, .350 Rigby Magnum, both likely too esoteric for a buyer not wholly enamored with proper vintage cartridges and not a reloader.

Had I a choice and absolutely HAD to have a magnum .30 calibre ….……well no hesitation with the ".30 Belted Rimless Magnum" (ie: .300 H&H Magnum). A true classic and easily equals the oh so common .300 Win Mag with equal pressure modernized loads.

Just call me a troglodyte throwback. Oh and a Leupold "Alaskan" 4x or 6x scope.
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Re: New-Westley Richards-300-Plains-Game-Rifle [Re: 3DogMike]
      #364609 - 15/04/22 03:53 AM

Not a Lyman Alaskan?

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Re: New-Westley Richards-300-Plains-Game-Rifle [Re: DarylS]
      #364618 - 15/04/22 07:53 AM

Another gorgeous and inspiring rifle from Westley Richards. The perfect companion for a lifetime of adventures, she has plenty of elegant touches but is definitely no "Safe Queen". That rifle just screams 'Take me hunting! NOW!'

And like the title character in the H. Ride Haggard novel, this girl is "She Who Must Be Obeyed".


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Re: New-Westley Richards-300-Plains-Game-Rifle [Re: DarylS]
      #364619 - 15/04/22 08:50 AM

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Not a Lyman Alaskan?



Oh a Lyman would work too, and do quite well...…..I'm just a Leupold fanboy.
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Re: New-Westley Richards-300-Plains-Game-Rifle [Re: 3DogMike]
      #364628 - 15/04/22 12:38 PM

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….……well no hesitation with the ".30 Belted Rimless Magnum" (ie: .300 H&H Magnum). A true classic and easily equals the oh so common .300 Win Mag with equal pressure modernized loads.

Just call me a troglodyte throwback.
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Call me a trog too.

My thoughts exactly earlier as well. The .300 H & H Magnum for me too.

I'd have a semi matched pair of a .300 and a .375.

As lovely as this rifle is, it is too pretty for me. I'd need a proper user rifle(s). Nice wood but not spectacular. Functionally made. But nicely done. I couldn't carry such a beautiful rifle up scree mountain slopes for tahr, chamois or goat. Or into damp muddy mosquito swamps for sitatunga or lechwe

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Re: New-Westley Richards-300-Plains-Game-Rifle [Re: NitroX]
      #364629 - 15/04/22 01:52 PM

That rifle appears quite heavy, for a mountain climbing rifle.

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Re: New-Westley Richards-300-Plains-Game-Rifle [Re: DarylS]
      #364632 - 15/04/22 02:20 PM

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That appears quite heavy, for a mountain climb.




Yeah me too.

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Re: New-Westley Richards-300-Plains-Game-Rifle [Re: NitroX]
      #364645 - 16/04/22 02:06 AM

I think there might be a "few" of "us" here, NitroX.

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Re: New-Westley Richards-300-Plains-Game-Rifle [Re: DarylS]
      #364730 - 18/04/22 09:20 PM

Much desirable classic rifle indeed; I won't see weight an issue as this rifle is designed to be a plains game rifle, not a mountain hunting one.
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Re: New-Westley Richards-300-Plains-Game-Rifle [Re: Louis]
      #364732 - 18/04/22 10:28 PM

Yes weight is really only important in some situations, I actually find a nicely balanced heavy gun better and more, accurate to shoot offhand then lighter guns.
But for most or pretty much all of my hunting being a meat hunter my gun is carried a lot more then its shot and then I like to pack it up and stuff it in the pack for the pack out.
But if I was doing more vehicle based shooting or safari type hunting then a gun like that especially in a large magnum I'd be glad for the weight.
But then again looking at how nice that gun is I'd probably go on a drastic diet and hit the gym again just so I could carry it more often.
A gun like that regardless of weight would be a joy to hunt with.

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