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Originally posted by lee440:
Thirty-odd years ago, after reading and rereading so many of the great books on African hunting, I decided that I had to have a .318 WR. I found a Vickers 318 from Thad Scott that I purchased and proceeded to work up loads for it. Ultimately, it went to Tanzania with me and performed quite well on plains game. This is a slender and quick little rifle and I was then hooked on English firearms. Roughly five years ago, I was looking on Cabela"s site and lo and behold, there was the sister rifle to mine, a carbon copy Vickers that was originally a .318, but had been rebored and rechambered to 35 Whelen. I sure wished it had not been rechamberd, but I bought it and it shoots nicely. I was looking through my copy of Cartridges of the World the other day and reread about the 350 Rigby, looked at the dimensions and the proverbial light went on and I realized that I could somewhat return this rifle to its British roots with a chamber reamer and some bolt face and feed rail work. The ballistics are not that different, but I think it would be a fun and worthwhile project. The chamber reamer is not a problem but brass is. My experience with Bertram brass was bad, and Quality Cartridge was excellent, but they are not in stock. I would like to get some brass before I start the project, for making dummies and checking feeding issues. I was wondering if anyone here has done this project and what problems they ran into and any advice on brass options. Thanks in advance for any feedback that will help ! Lee.