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Originally posted by Blair 338RUM:
The Ruger is much more likely to be accurate than the Weatherby due to the lack of free bore.

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Originally posted by ar corey:

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Originally posted by A.J. Hydell:

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Originally posted by ar corey:
No, muzzle brake will be a part of every rifle I build in the future.

MBs are banned in many - if not most - hunting camps in Africa. Not sure about Alaska, but it's probably controlled by the rules of the camp guide taking you out up there.

No guide or PH wants to go deaf just because you can't handle the recoil of the cartridge & rifle you choose to hunt with.

I can't believe a guide would turn away business because of a muzzle brake!

A person can easily buy foam plugs formed on a neck strap and worn throughout the day. Time for client to fire, is a two second insert of the plugs.

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Originally posted by Heym SR20:
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* * * And which can you go into a gun shop in the middle of nowhere and find ammo for?

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Originally posted by A.J. Hydell:

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Originally posted by ar corey:
No, muzzle brake will be a part of every rifle I build in the future.

MBs are banned in many - if not most - hunting camps in Africa. .

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Originally posted by ar corey:

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Originally posted by A.J. Hydell:

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Originally posted by ar corey:
No, muzzle brake will be a part of every rifle I build in the future.

MBs are banned in many - if not most - hunting camps in Africa. Not sure about Alaska, but it's probably controlled by the rules of the camp guide taking you out up there.

No guide or PH wants to go deaf just because you can't handle the recoil of the cartridge & rifle you choose to hunt with.

I can't believe a guide would turn away business because of a muzzle brake!

A person can easily buy foam plugs formed on a neck strap and worn throughout the day. Time for client to fire, is a two second insert of the plugs.

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Originally posted by ar corey:
30-06 velocity of 2800 is more than enough to blow up a Nosler Ballistic Tip.

Choosing the Barnes TTSX allows the 340 Weatherby to perform at 3100 fps speeds or faster depending on the choice of either 185 or 210. I don't hunt bear.

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But as Gregor Woods says in his classic tome, Rifles for Africa, the Weatherbys are waaay more cartridge than you need anyway, because 99% of American Tyros hunting Africa can't shoot them worth a sh*t. It's that simple.

They arrive on the Dark Continent's shores with the morally-debilitating marksmanship condition known as "Flinchitis, and once they arrive in camp, it only gets worse from there. Roll Eyes

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Originally posted by Texas Blue Devil:

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Originally posted by A.J. Hydell:

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Originally posted by ar corey:
No, muzzle brake will be a part of every rifle I build in the future.

MBs are banned in many - if not most - hunting camps in Africa. .

Now that is complete bullshit!!

I'm not wild about muzzle breaks, but I have NEVER seen a hunting camp in Africa that banned muzzle breaks. Also if you watch the hunting shows on TV or YouTube, you will see a lot hunters using rifles with muzzle breaks.

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The 375 JDJ had a 10 inch barrel with magna porting, a 2 to 7 power Leopold pistol scope and 3 TSOB rings on a rail.

I was on a hunt in the Orange Free State at Tussen die Riviere and I took dead rest over the game scouts shoulder at a Blesbuck with the pistol and him holding his ears. The grass that time of year was quite tall and there was nothing else to take a rest on.

It was the last time he allowed this though I had sense enough to have him cover his ears with his hands but while his ears were covered the blast from the magna porting cut his shirt collar and peppered the skin of his neck and wrist leaving a tattoo of lead and powder residue ! Not only that the pistol had a wicked whip and it smacked him really hard on the forearm.

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though I had sense enough to have him cover his ears with his hands but while his ears were

Mike

Legistine actu? Quid scripsi?

Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.



What I have learned on AR, since 2001:
1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken.
2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps.
3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges.
4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down.
5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine.
6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle.
7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions.
8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA.
9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not.
10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact.
11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores.
12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence.
13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances.

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Originally posted by ALF:
So 1986 rolled around. JD Jones came and hunted in South Africa and on his way out he sold the pistols he brought with to hunt with. A 309 JDJ and a 375 JDJ

So I bought his 375 JDJ contender off him as well as a set of 320 gr bullet molds for the 44

The 375 JDJ had a 10 inch barrel with magna porting, a 2 to 7 power Leopold pistol scope and 3 TSOB rings on a rail.

I was on a hunt in the Orange Free State at Tussen die Riviere and I took dead rest over the game scouts shoulder at a Blesbuck with the pistol and him holding his ears. The grass that time of year was quite tall and there was nothing else to take a rest on.

It was the last time he allowed this though I had sense enough to have him cover his ears with his hands but while his ears were covered the blast from the magna porting cut his shirt collar and peppered the skin of his neck and wrist leaving a tattoo of lead and powder residue ! Not only that the pistol had a wicked whip and it smacked him really hard on the forearm.

The next time it came time to shoot he vigorously declined acting as a rest !

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Originally posted by A.J. Hydell:
MBs seem to appeal most to lazy shooters who aren't interested in mastering the big-bore chambering they chose for the 'big hunt' of a lifetime.

Puhleeese.

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Originally posted by Ray Alaska:

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Originally posted by memtb:
It the .338 WM had been in the equation....it would have been my first choice! memtb

Same here.

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Originally posted by jeffeosso:
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This is a medium bore forum ... i don't believe game can tell the difference in medium sized hole in the vitals from medium sized hole in the vitals ..

they'll both kill em dead - just put the bullet in the right spot --- Elephant have been killed with 7x57 (and less) --

as for me, i generally take the one with the larger diameter, all else being equal -- which is how i took this poll ...

would i feel undergunned with a 340? (or 338 win) -- nope ... but, in all honesty, I generally don't feel under gunned, in Texas, with my 45 colt -- as I've killed nearly everything in Texas with one, having had to clean up other people's messes and i do like to hunt with mine.

A friend of mine, who's long since gone off into the sunset, used a ruger 22 hornet and an AMT 22mag for his "guide guns" all over the southwest -- and killed everything from mites to elk, as follow up/put down shots


ya'll enjoy the hunt

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Originally posted by eezridr:
I believe there are no more versatile rifles for North America hunting than the 338WM and the 340 Wea.

EZ

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Originally posted by 416Tanzan:

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Originally posted by RMiller:
I think it would depend more on the rifle you want to use.

My local gun shop has one of these Mossberg Laminate
for $399

You wont be finding a Weatherby for less than $1200.

$400 for a DG all-arounder. ! !
Has anyone tried to see what kind of accuracy can be rung out of it?