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Re: value on a .425 Westley needed
      24/05/12 02:19 AM

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Found Jack Lott's article in Gun Digest 1981, page 171. He wrote 41 years ago that the post-WW2 W-R "Game Ranger" rifles lacked the cartridge retaining clips and the careful handfitting. They earned some fame for unreliability because the bolt tended to override the rebated rim of the .425, especially when worked fast in an emergency, causing a solid jam.



In the same article Lott wrote that he made his own version of .425 WR named .425 Lott as made from shortened, neck-reamed .404 brass. This ammo is without the rebated rim. There is no need for this rim type if you do not use clip for loading.

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