06 December 2006, 08:38
N E 450 No2My 404 now retired
Mike
I no longer have the 416 WBY but I distinctly remember it was a straight line feed, held 2 in the "box".
There was no stagger.
06 December 2006, 09:25
Mike McN E 450 No2
They have been 2 shots since day 1. The box and the flat follower have been the same for donkey's years.
Later on tonight or tomorrow morning I will measure (roughly) the width of the boxes....and I have plenty of examples to check

But again, the cartridges do not sit in the magazine like an HS Precision.
BUT, they are in line feed because of the funnel like effect of the top of the box...that is, one single cartridge sits right in the middle at the top of the box.
Mike
06 December 2006, 09:29
N E 450 No2Mike check it our. I just do not remember any "stagger" in the big cased WBY,s.
06 December 2006, 09:31
N E 450 No2Lesson for other AR members...
See how 2 fellas can have different "facts, opinions, experiences" and not end up calling each other "bitches and whores" or even worse.
06 December 2006, 10:07
Mike McBut N E 450 No2, remember we are talking about high class guns

500 Grains will probably chime in to correct the above

06 December 2006, 15:01
500grainsWhen you guys talk Weatherby it is a foreign language to me. Is it a gun?

06 December 2006, 15:25
Jim Manionquote:
When you guys talk Weatherby it is a foreign language to me. Is it a gun?
Dan - not sure. I think it is something used by bitches and whores....

06 December 2006, 18:45
Paolo9,5x73Send it to a clockmaker for fixin.
06 December 2006, 22:43
Mike McN E 450 No2
I sent a couple of pictures I took and have asked Dan to post them up. This is downward look with two 378s sitting in there
The box is 22 mm plus at that back, maybe 23, say about .88" or .89"..I just measured across with a ruler and the rifle assembled, it might even be 24 mm across.
You will notice these are a 2 piece floor plate as they a custom shop barreled actions and the 2 piece is all steel. But the boxes are the same.
Of course if I took the photo with just one cartridge in the box then it would centred in the magazine lips.
Note: Whether Dan's computer will accept a photo of a Wby rifle maybe open to doubt

Mike
07 December 2006, 04:06
gumboot458I was very underwhelmed with Olsen when I quireied him on building a light weight brn bear thumper for my wife....I wouldn,t have him convert a 6 5 jap to a carcano............Sorry it cost you so much money ......Your Lott is kind of an end all cure all tho and hopefully you will have lots of fun with it........gumboot out..