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Caprivi
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Weatherby South Gate FN in .300 H&H
#216605 - 12/09/12 05:12 AM

Specs on the rifle are;
FN Mauser action
24" barrel in .300 H&H
barrel is marked APEX 1957, serial number corresponds with the date.

In many of these WBY Mausers I seen, owned, worked on, this is the first one with a "APEX". I have had a pile of them with "Timken", "Borg Warner" and not a few "P.O. Ackley" marked ones.
Fairly plain, but sturdy european walnut stock with appropriate white diamond in pistol grip.

Has gotten a clean up, touched up the crown, bedded and the ancient Bushnell scope has been replace with a Nilon Monarch 6x for now. I will be on the hunt for that just right classic scope for it.

I have traded for some Winchester ammo, new brass and RCBS dies. It shoots well with a 180gr Nosler. In the trade I recieved some 165gr nosler BTs loaded with S361 that I may try as well. Not much load work for now as it is more than accurate enough and hunting season is just weeks away.

Winter my call for a trip to the "spa" for freshening as well as addressing the "rough" chamber. Appears to be pitted ever so slightly, just ahead of the belt, causing a bit of a hitch during extraction.

Edited by CptCurl (12/11/12 03:04 AM)

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tinker
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Re: Weatherby South Gate FN in .300 H&H [Re: Caprivi]
#216633 - 12/09/12 02:12 PM

How well does it do with those 180 gr noslers?

Cheers
Tinker

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Caprivi
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Re: Weatherby South Gate FN in .300 H&H [Re: tinker]
#216651 - 13/09/12 01:51 AM

Here is a shot of 2 pair of shots at 100.
Sorry for the taped up target.

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Re: Weatherby South Gate FN in .300 H&H [Re: Caprivi]
#216677 - 13/09/12 06:43 PM

G'Day Fella's,

Nice rifle and a bit of history there Caprivi!

Doh!
Homer

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Re: Weatherby South Gate FN in .300 H&H [Re: Homer]
#216715 - 14/09/12 08:50 AM

Visited the "range" today to test another recent repaired rifle and took the .300 along.
Last time out I had a nagging suspicion that the scope was giving up. Some test firing today has indeed confirm that it has.

Fired some 220gr Hornady handloads today as well as its go-to 180gr Nosler. Those 220's rate very high on the Cool scale.

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