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dnovo
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Re: 3 WESTLEY RICHARDS DROPLOCKS
25/03/07 12:31 AM

I agree with 500 Nitro, calibers (as we say on our side of the Big Ocean) is a very personal choice, but one that can often work in your favor. I acquired a pristine 1908 WR droplock (or 'detachable locks' as the seller corrected me) with the removable bottom plate (later guns used the hinged plate, and some that went back to WR had the bottom plate altered in that fashion) for a nice price since it was in the "less-than-desirable" or "odd ball" 476 WR rather than a more fashionable 470NE etc.

So what? 476 WR is readily available factory loaded and handloads easily. My 'it looks like new' came with 300 rounds of fresh WR factory loads and cost me less with all of that and case than I would have paid for one of the more 'popular' calibers. And, this 'odd ball' caliber will do everything that the 470 or other calibers of this type will do.

Same experience with a custom engraved Merkel 160 the company had done for a Europeon show, a sidelock SxS double rarely seen here in the US, but in what most Americans consider an 'odd ball' caliber (7.65R) Merkel offered it to their US distributor and it sat there for a few years, NIB because of the caliber. Several guns of the same ilk sold fairly fast since they were in 30-06, our 'universal' medium bore. Since the 7.65R is a superb cartridge, and when it was offered to me at a fire sale price, I grabbed.

Final comment is that I agree with 500 Nitro as to this particular set, I wouldn't buy it if I had Bill Gate's income. Not my calibers of choice. Dave

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3 WESTLEY RICHARDS DROPLOCKS	Bill_Cooley	22/03/07 01:24 PM
Re: 3 WESTLEY RICHARDS DROPLOCKS	DUGABOY1	23/03/07 04:03 AM
Re: 3 WESTLEY RICHARDS DROPLOCKS	500Nitro	23/03/07 04:12 AM
Re: 3 WESTLEY RICHARDS DROPLOCKS	dnovo	25/03/07 12:31 AM
Re: 3 WESTLEY RICHARDS DROPLOCKS	500Nitro	25/03/07 02:54 AM
Re: 3 WESTLEY RICHARDS DROPLOCKS	dnovo	25/03/07 10:29 AM
Re: 3 WESTLEY RICHARDS DROPLOCKS	Bill_Cooley	25/03/07 12:44 PM
Re: 3 WESTLEY RICHARDS DROPLOCKS	500Nitro	25/03/07 12:58 PM
Re: 3 WESTLEY RICHARDS DROPLOCKS	bonanza	25/03/07 10:44 PM
Re: 3 WESTLEY RICHARDS DROPLOCKS	500Nitro	26/03/07 04:58 AM
Re: 3 WESTLEY RICHARDS DROPLOCKS	AzGuy	22/03/07 02:39 PM
Re: 3 WESTLEY RICHARDS DROPLOCKS	500Nitro	22/03/07 02:52 PM
Re: 3 WESTLEY RICHARDS DROPLOCKS	AzGuy	22/03/07 03:27 PM
Re: 3 WESTLEY RICHARDS DROPLOCKS	500Nitro	22/03/07 04:00 PM
Re: 3 WESTLEY RICHARDS DROPLOCKS	CptCurl	22/03/07 01:48 PM
Re: 3 WESTLEY RICHARDS DROPLOCKS	500Nitro	22/03/07 02:35 PM

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