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Waidmannsheil
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A very nice 425 WR Take-down by Westely Richards
#376339 - 26/04/23 08:43 AM

https://www.westleyrichards.com/theexplora/a-new-425-wr-extended-magazine-rifle/

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bwanabobftw
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Re: A very nice 425 WR Take-down by Westely Richards [Re: Waidmannsheil]
#376342 - 26/04/23 10:10 AM

Beautiful rifle !!!!!!! Looks like the new owner built it to use, hope he gets it “blooded” soon !!!!
Thanks for sharing.
Robert

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Re: A very nice 425 WR Take-down by Westely Richards [Re: bwanabobftw]
#376345 - 26/04/23 01:23 PM

Beautifully finished rifle but I don't get the idea of the brightish blue colouring of the extractor, retainer, trigger and safety lever. Just a distraction in my eyes. However it is very nice for once to see a low mounted relatively 'compact' scope adorning the rifle. My pet peeve with a lot of these beautifully made old school rifles is the stupidly large and high mounted scopes that owners insist on putting on them.

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DarylS
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Re: A very nice 425 WR Take-down by Westely Richards [Re: eagle27]
#376346 - 26/04/23 02:03 PM

Blue anodized? extractor, safety lever and trigger are weird, imho. The scope is a lot better than some, but still a little high, I think. Also, the big box magazine is a bit over the top.
Otherwise a beautiful rifle, a take down, too.
I've thought for decades now, that the .425 was a great calibre.

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Marrakai
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Re: A very nice 425 WR Take-down by Westely Richards [Re: DarylS]
#376348 - 26/04/23 04:16 PM

I like the rifle a lot, especially the traditional Westley Richards drop-box magazine. As with Rigby, its great to see new manufacture of vintage-style Brit sporting rifles from the golden days. The makers are to be commended for the undertaking imho. Hope it never ends!

I don't mind the fire-blue extractor so much either, could be considered traditional, but never seen a trigger finished that way. The bolt-release was often fire-blued as well, and I would consider the pattern on this one to be unusual when it could have been blued to match the extractor.

If I had to be critical though, the "smack in the face" serial number placement would not be on my custom order. ...especially the one on top of the bolt-handle!

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85lc
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Re: A very nice 425 WR Take-down by Westely Richards [Re: Marrakai]
#376356 - 27/04/23 12:52 AM

It is a pretty rifle but doesn't look like one to take hunting. Just a little too froo froo for my taste. Of course, we all have different taste.

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93x64mm
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Re: A very nice 425 WR Take-down by Westely Richards [Re: 85lc]
#376369 - 27/04/23 05:34 PM

Wow - amazing workmanship!
A bit over the top for just a normal safari rifle for me, but with lots of $$$ in your kitty, to buy one of these for a real full blown safari, nothing would be out of the question, especially with gold inlaid serial numbers!

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Re: A very nice 425 WR Take-down by Westely Richards [Re: 93x64mm]
#376373 - 28/04/23 02:19 AM

Spiffy!!

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