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DarylS
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.30/.378
#366186 - 01/06/22 10:46 AM

Get with the program Art, you are lacking in the fastest .30 cal. yet.
3,050fps with 220gr. for 4,545fpe.
https://www.outdoorlife.com/guns/30-378-weatherby-magnum-fastest-rifle-cartridge/

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Ripp
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Re: .30/.378 [Re: DarylS]
#366188 - 01/06/22 03:30 PM

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Get with the program Art, you are lacking in the fastest .30 cal. yet.
3,050fps with 220gr. for 4,545fpe.
https://www.outdoorlife.com/guns/30-378-weatherby-magnum-fastest-rifle-cartridge/ [/quote

A good friend of mine actually had one of those a long time ago..with the muzzle brake on was mild to shoot..without it..another story..Yes, there truly is too much of a good thing.

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DarylS
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Re: .30/.378 [Re: Ripp]
#366192 - 01/06/22 04:27 PM

Was wondering. I knew the 1000 yard club in Pennsylvania used them or something VERY similar for their 1000 yard ground hog shoot. Ah yes, name just came to me "Dumoulin".

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ThreeThreeEight
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Loc: BC, Canada

Re: .30/.378 [Re: Ripp]
#366465 - 09/06/22 12:58 AM

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Get with the program Art, you are lacking in the fastest .30 cal. yet.
3,050fps with 220gr. for 4,545fpe.
https://www.outdoorlife.com/guns/30-378-weatherby-magnum-fastest-rifle-cartridge/ [/quote

A good friend of mine actually had one of those a long time ago..with the muzzle brake on was mild to shoot..without it..another story..Yes, there truly is too much of a good thing.

Yes, I agree. I personally will not shoot anything that I cannot handle without a muzzle brake. I have never shot the .30-.378 as it is way over bore, something I try to avoid, but I have shot all of the regular Wby cartridges at one point or another. When loaded to full steam...and there is little reason to own a big Weatherby if you are not going to use all of that speed...the .378, .416 and .460 fall into the too much of a good thing.

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Ripp
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Re: .30/.378 [Re: ThreeThreeEight]
#366470 - 09/06/22 02:28 AM

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Get with the program Art, you are lacking in the fastest .30 cal. yet.
3,050fps with 220gr. for 4,545fpe.
https://www.outdoorlife.com/guns/30-378-weatherby-magnum-fastest-rifle-cartridge/ [/quote

A good friend of mine actually had one of those a long time ago..with the muzzle brake on was mild to shoot..without it..another story..Yes, there truly is too much of a good thing.

Yes, I agree. I personally will not shoot anything that I cannot handle without a muzzle brake. I have never shot the .30-.378 as it is way over bore, something I try to avoid, but I have shot all of the regular Wby cartridges at one point or another. When loaded to full steam...and there is little reason to own a big Weatherby if you are not going to use all of that speed...the .378, .416 and .460 fall into the too much of a good thing.

AS to Weatherby, my all time favorite is the .257 Weatherby..actually had 2 customs built on Rem actions, Hart barrels .. incredible shooters.. fantastic for mule deer and smaller game such an pronghorn.. I settled in on 100Gr Barnes Triple Shocks, which hold up to that velocity.. Have the 100grs moving along at around 3670fps.. devastating effects on game..

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ThreeThreeEight
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Re: .30/.378 [Re: Ripp]
#366487 - 09/06/22 10:09 AM

Ripp...I agree completely about the .257 Weatherby. Have had a couple and it is a wonderfully flat shooting cartridge that really thumps deer and speed goats. Used it quite a bit when I live in Alberta or hunted down in WY and MT for antelope. Now that I am back in British Columbia I usually carry something with a bigger hole in the end of the barrel as I spend most of my time hunting in northern BC or points north for moose, etc. But if I ever get to go back antelope hunting in my two favourite states I will undoubtedly be carry the .257 Bee.

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