If I took my TRG-42 hunting I'd never hear the end of it. My buddies made fun of me for weeks for just thinking about it. It is one of the funnest guns to shoot I've ever owned though......DJ

I would really like to see someone pack that rig up a B.C. mountainside, through the buckbrush, in the pounding rain, from 2000 ft. elevation to almost 6000 ft. for several days in a row. I am well aware that some people can/do shoot at very long range and have heavy, super-accurate rifles to do so, BUT, where I live and hunt, that rig would end up sitting in a tent after about day 2, while the hunter borrows the Outfitter's old '06.

I think that, in extremely rugged mountain country, where wounded game can and does escape from the most capable hunters/shooters and where Grizzly attacks happen with extreme speed and without warning, a shorter, lighter, more "shooter-friendly rifle/cartridge combo. is preferable.

I know lots of guys, in their late 50's and early 60's who own .338-378 and .340 Accumarks and even a couple of Lapua-Sako TRG shooters; they ALL stick pretty close to the 4x4 or quad when actually hunting. Some of these guys are superb range shots, but, NOBODY will carry one of those rifles in B.C. hunting country, for very long. My Dakota only gives a hair over 2700fps-mv, but, I can and do pack it all day and that, to me, is what is important in a hunting rifle. YMMV.

I might add that the Ruger rifle I refered to was a very early one and I was using it as a spare on a two week wilderness, horsepack hunt in northern B.C. My opinion of Ruger guns is generally quite high and I have quite a few of them; I suspect that the .375 I had was not tuned quite right and have heard about this with that model....this is why I customize every rifle I buy, now.

I HAD .338s and then I found the .340Weatherby.
I have regularly fired 1/2" groups from my Wby using the Sierra 250gr GameKing bullets.
It has regularly fired 8-9" goups at 1000yds, while still retaining more energy at 1000yds then a .30-30 at the muzzle.

It will shoot 300gr Matchkings tighter then that.

Recoil is noticable but with a good brake you will wear out the barrel from the bench.(I know, I am in the process of doing that now. Over 1000rounds at 1000yds just this summer)

he stock Wby barrels are great. They will shoot.

they burn more powder then the 338win but not as much as the bigger bloated case 338s
THE wby action is strong and short throw.
Good cartridge and rifles.

I have never had misfires from my .338WM Ruger M-77. I have been using it since 1994, and fire quite a few rounds through it at the range during the summer, then one or so round during moose season (just about every moose I have killed in the past few years have dropped to one shot).

I do keep the action clean, even while hunting. Every night when I return to my campsite I run a BoreSnake through, and throroughly clean the rest of the action, including the bolt. It's a stainless steel rifle, but I remove the dust, mud, snow, or rain that gets on it each day. The Ruger bolt is very easy to clean: I remove the bolt, insert a short piece of wire or a finish brad through the little hole of the cocking piece, then I turn the firing pin assembly (cocking piece) CCW, and that's all there is to it. One can do that without tools (by hand), but strong fingers are needed. The little nail helps quite a great deal.

When I clean the bolt, I always check the firing pin and the opening for it on the bolt's face to make sure it looks OK. To extend the life of the firing pin spring, whenever I store the gun I release the tension on the spring on an empty chamber as follows:

1. Make sure the chamber is empty
2. Pull and hold the trigger in the FIRE position
3. Close and lock the bolt in place

This way there is no full pressure on the firing pin spring. I would look for the following when misfires occur:

1. A normal indentation on the primer. However, I would not immediately handle ammo that has misfired. I would wait awhile after the misfire has occurred (I am a big chicken).

2. If the indentation is true and deep (normal), then I would suspect problems with the ammo.

I agree. Lots of rigs are great on paper; great at the range; but not worth a crap out of a scabbard and up on the mountain........

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