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500Boswell
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378 Weatherby users ?
      #200211 - 21/01/12 08:49 PM

I would like to hear from Weatherby 378 users ,what projectiles you use and what game you have shot with it ? effectiveness etc ,any other opinions on it ? from users only pls, not haters

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264
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Reged: 15/02/11
Posts: 630
Loc: NT Australia
Re: 378 Weatherby users ? [Re: 500Boswell]
      #200217 - 21/01/12 09:55 PM

I had a client from California bring one out , for water buff. It worked well he was using 300 grain factory ammo cant remember what projectile. Dropped a nice bull with it.
I had a couple of shots out of it and hated the stock, with the high humped cheeck piece. Recoil of the bench wasn't that bad but it was very quick. Thought I had escaped without injury until the blood flowed from my nose and forehead. Now Im a slow learner so I stood for the next shot, and copped it again my clients thought it was as funny as......
There was plenty of eye relief and I hadnt crawled the stock. I put it down to the stock design.
Had a oportunity to use a left handed 378 at a later date, set up similar to the rh 378. Shot great and didnt turn into me like the rh one. Didnt even look like hitting me.
Price and availability of ammo in aus at the time was very expensive and hard to get . Ended up getting a 458 instead of a 375 / 378.
If you like the weatherby cartridges go for it. Just a bit more than the 375H&H. With the premium projectile available now it should work fine on big game. Hope this helps Mick
Ive got some 35mm pics of the Weatherby eybrow, and his buff. Should buy a scanner.

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MikeRowe
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Reged: 23/11/11
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Loc: Arkansas, USA
Re: 378 Weatherby users ? [Re: 264]
      #200277 - 22/01/12 01:52 PM

"didn't turn into me like the rh one."

That's an interesting observation you make, 264.

I have long been a believer in righthand twist barrels for lefties, and lefthand twist for righties when ordering barrels for heavies.
Think about it, the rifle will torque away from your face during recoil. I remember how the old lh twist 303's were quite comfortable to shoot.

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Rolf
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Reged: 26/02/07
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Loc: Germany, Bavaria
Re: 378 Weatherby users ? [Re: MikeRowe]
      #201709 - 05/02/12 07:25 AM

Gentlemen,

last year I obtained out of curiosity a plain .378 Weatherby with a 26" barrel without scope and without a muzzle brake.
I tested it three times for velocity from the bench and feared at every shot that I would flinch so hard that I would destroy the screens.
Upto now I was lucky...

Sierra 300grs Spitzer SP BT gave very good groups at 50 meters, but group size increased in accordance with the number of shots and as the loads got higher. The last 3-shot group was bad at about 4 inches, but the reason was only the shoother!

Hornady 300grs SPRN shot also very precisely.

I also tested the Barnes 270grs TSX with a compressed charge of Rottweil R905 (approx. Reloader22) and obtained "only" 910,6 m/s.

The Woodleigh 350grs PP bullet can be loaded with a compressed charge of R905 to the max. recommended inpact velocity of 762 m/s / 2500fps.

After reading about the failures of standard bullets in the 378 Weatherby I recommend to load the 300grs Partition, the 300grs Accubond and the 300grs Swift A-Frame.

Last observation:
factory load with 270grs bullet @ 965,2 m/s(Hornady Spire Point ?)recoils definetely worse than the 300grs bullet @ 891,6 m/s (Hornady SPRN ?).

For all people interested in this caliber I recommend:
- the Past recoil shield shoulder straps in the thick Magnum version
- to grind the trigger for a well rounded edge
- to protect the fingers from the recoiling trigger guard with a shooting glove

best regards
Rolf

PS: No, I didnīt hunt with this caliber and I do not intend to...

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