My Westley Richards has finally made it to Aus.
This rifle balances and points like a beauty.
Now just have to wait for Customs to clear it.

More photos to come.

Great for You.. I hope you enjoy this for years!

Thats a good looking rifle. Looks like it means bussiness

Very, very cute. Congratulations.

You can "feel" the balance just by looking at it. Damn, those people knew how to make a rifle! Congratulations!

Boha

Awesome! Congratulations!

If you don't like her, give me a call!

Nice classic lines
Is this a .425 WR by Westley Richards? Looks like it to me.

Congratulations on a great rifle.

Cheers,

André

Nice rifle, Adam. Congrats... taking her to Zim soon for a little R&R?

Handles and points beautifully, how could that be it does not coincide with all that the custom gun builders have been telling us for 50 years, the gun scrib magazine experts refute your statement...Your rifle is all wrong demensionally, fool!!

Welcome to an old club that agrees with your assesment..Low combs don't hurt your shooting with a scope, they allow you to shoot iron sights, and that poorly designed stock sucks up recoil like a sponge contrary to popular belief.

The American shooter has been the result of the biggest con job in history, those old Germans and Englishmen knew how to build a gun...

Not saying our custom rifles are not good and they do quite well with scopes, but I am aware that their arrogance is beyond imagination...They leave too much wood on them for imagined reasons, they rave on about 3 point contact between cheek shoulder and eye when all one has to do is put the cross hair on a target and squeeze the trigger. I could write a book on this subject...but congratulations, thats a really fine rifle.

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Originally posted by bwanamrm:
Nice rifle, Adam. Congrats... taking her to Zim soon for a little R&R?

This years Safari is a house hunt, but you never know what will come up.
This original WR has engraving and I more than likely will not have mounts added.
Next question is whether to take this one or the 450/400 on the next Ele hunt?

Does your rifle have the lips in the magazine well which helps align the rounds and facilitate feeding?

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Originally posted by Bryan Chick:
Does your rifle have the lips in the magazine well which helps align the rounds and facilitate feeding?

Yes

I bought an ex parks 425WR, which does not have the lips; a cheaper version, I believe. I do not know if there are any feeding problems as I did not have any 425 ammo with me. Circumstances allowing, I am returning to Zim later this year and plan to shoot a few rounds. I, too, fell in love with the way the rifle pointed and came up to my shoulder with the sights aligned with my eye. WR, in England, says that they can add the lips if required: hope I do not have to spend the money

That looks nice.

The barrelband seems a bit further from the fore-end then normal, I think...

Lovely little rifle! Congratulations.

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The barrelband seems a bit further from the fore-end then normal, I think...

A great option for pushing through bush country like found in Zim.(Keeps the barrel low and out of the way).

V nice

Very, very nice, ozhunter. Congratulations.

Why does this WR model look differently, with the extended mag?

Good looking rifle.I like the stock design.I will save a copy of this pic.The barrel band seems a little to far forward.

Nice looking rifle.

As I tell my hunting buddys every time a new gun shows up I throw it to my shoulder a few times sight through the opens, peep or the scope ( or jsut look down the barrels if a shot gun). Then just say I could kill things with this.

I have found very few guns that I couldn't fit myself to some are better then others when I throw gun to the shoulder I know with in a couple of times how well it handles. But then Iam average 510 180 lbs most guns are built for near that.

But then some people just set there guns up wrong see through mounts the put the scope up to high ect. Put even then with some work (IE puting the gun up to the shoulder dozens of time one can get use to them.) Not great but doable. Other just flow into place. Like my 99 Savage.

I had a browning citroi 20 ga up land special 5lbs 4oz carried like a dream but I just couldn't get the thing to shoulder properly as much as I tried about 50 % of the time it would be pointing in the wrong place. I could shoot clays with it one handed fairly well 8 out of 10 but then it was only good for one shot as the triggers wouldn't set for the 2nd one.

So the meaning of this rant is most of the time if a rifle or shot gun if fairly near in size and set up most well trained shooters can make them work.

By the way that is a nice looking rifle.

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I like it too

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Originally posted by ozhunter:

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The barrelband seems a bit further from the fore-end then normal, I think...

A great option for pushing through bush country like found in Zim.(Keeps the barrel low and out of the way).
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that looks nearly exactly like parts of texas, down to the beagle

i place my barrel bands a little low, as well, as i am very tall and brush aint!

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that looks nearly exactly like parts of texas, down to the beagle
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Although Texas might have quite a few introduced game animals I doubt there are many Elephant in Mopani forests.
Oh, and that beagle is Mortan the fearless Jack Russel.

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Originally posted by ozhunter:

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Originally posted by bwanamrm:
Nice rifle, Adam. Congrats... taking her to Zim soon for a little R&R?

This years Safari is a house hunt, but you never know what will come up.
This original WR has engraving and I more than likely will not have mounts added.
Next question is whether to take this one or the 450/400 on the next Ele hunt?

To allay any wonderment.

Beautiful rifle. I especially like the placement of the barrel band. Will keep the muzzle away from the overhead brush you are bound to encounter. If it shoots as good as it looks it surely is a winner.

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Originally posted by Atkinson:

The American shooter has been the result of the biggest con job in history, those old Germans and Englishmen knew how to build a gun...

Not saying our custom rifles are not good and they do quite well with scopes, but I am aware that their arrogance is beyond imagination...They leave too much wood on them for imagined reasons, they rave on about 3 point contact between cheek shoulder and eye when all one has to do is put the cross hair on a target and squeeze the trigger. I could write a book on this subject...

Well, Taylor was not that impressed all the time. Many gunsmiths never hunted at all, and made guns the way they had been teached. Actually, very few handeled the final gun, as most were specialized stockmakers, barrelmakers, actionconverters etc.

That rear-sight is far to far to the rear for Taylors liking, and I agree totally.
Theese rifles were originally delivered with 28" barrels, which never was very popular.
The forend on english boltrifles are way too small to my liking, and probably a result of their traditions with doublebarreled guns.
It gives a poor grip for offhand shooting.
Modern strightstocked rifles raise the open sights, problem solved.

"rave on about tree-point contact..." OK, let the good old gunsmiths of england and germany tell you about the importance of good cheek contact on a shotgun...

I believe that is the ultimate praise for any rifle, "to handle like a shotgun"?

Oh, and do not get me started on a m98 flag safety on a DGR....

As Jeffe says, opinions vary...


But MAN - I'd love to have that rifle....

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Originally posted by Bent Fossdal:

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Originally posted by Atkinson:

The American shooter has been the result of the biggest con job in history, those old Germans and Englishmen knew how to build a gun...

Not saying our custom rifles are not good and they do quite well with scopes, but I am aware that their arrogance is beyond imagination...They leave too much wood on them for imagined reasons, they rave on about 3 point contact between cheek shoulder and eye when all one has to do is put the cross hair on a target and squeeze the trigger. I could write a book on this subject...

Well, Taylor was not that impressed all the time. Many gunsmiths never hunted at all, and made guns the way they had been teached. Actually, very few handeled the final gun, as most were specialized stockmakers, barrelmakers, actionconverters etc.

That rear-sight is far to far to the rear for Taylors liking, and I agree totally.
Theese rifles were originally delivered with 28" barrels, which never was very popular.
The forend on english boltrifles are way too small to my liking, and probably a result of their traditions with doublebarreled guns.
It gives a poor grip for offhand shooting.
Modern strightstocked rifles raise the open sights, problem solved.

"rave on about tree-point contact..." OK, let the good old gunsmiths of england and germany tell you about the importance of good cheek contact on a shotgun...

I believe that is the ultimate praise for any rifle, "to handle like a shotgun"?

Oh, and do not get me started on a m98 flag safety on a DGR....

As Jeffe says, opinions vary...


But MAN - I'd love to have that rifle....

Bent,

What is it about the flag safety you don't like?

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Originally posted by Bent Fossdal:

Well, Taylor was not that impressed all the time. Many gunsmiths never hunted at all, and made guns the way they had been teached. Actually, very few handeled the final gun, as most were specialized stockmakers, barrelmakers, actionconverters etc.

That rear-sight is far to far to the rear for Taylors liking, and I agree totally.
Theese rifles were originally delivered with 28" barrels, which never was very popular.
The forend on english boltrifles are way too small to my liking, and probably a result of their traditions with doublebarreled guns.
It gives a poor grip for offhand shooting.
Modern strightstocked rifles raise the open sights, problem solved.

"rave on about tree-point contact..." OK, let the good old gunsmiths of england and germany tell you about the importance of good cheek contact on a shotgun...

I believe that is the ultimate praise for any rifle, "to handle like a shotgun"?

Oh, and do not get me started on a m98 flag safety on a DGR....

As Jeffe says, opinions vary...


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Bent,
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Just for your information this rifle does not have 28" barrels, the fore end of the stock is plenty big enough for off hand shooting, the rifle points better than most guns I have tried
including shotguns, the flag safty is great providing a scope is not used and the sights acquire perfectly for me.
Again this is my own opinion but I would imagine it would also be the opinion of many people who have actually use a fine English rifle of this style.

Yes nice, ozhunter, the front wood doesen't look as short as on some Rigby's, and certainly long enough esp with out a sling stud in the way.

I also agree with Ray about scopes and stocks.
I think this cheek-weld stuff may have come from some lay down sling target shooters. (Weird people.) Maybe he and I have low cheek bones or something but I used to get kicked stupid with clay target stocks.

But when changing to irons on a M70, I have to jam down on the high stock, and expected to get wacked. . . but for some reason I don't.

Re balance, I used to think it was a bit of a story, until one day I got to sholder two of the exact same rifles except one had a heaver barrel. One was like a fence post the other like a dream. I live and learn.

How do you get to handle your rifle before customs have done with it??

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Originally posted by JAL:
Yes nice, ozhunter, the front wood doesen't look as short as on some Rigby's, and certainly long enough esp with out a sling stud in the way.

How do you get to handle your rifle before customs have done with it??

I had a couple trips to its home before being sent here.

Except for a bit lower comb, it's quite sismilar to the Husqvarnas. And they shoot great.

And, no I'm not insulting your WR. What a nice rifle, eh?

yes similar to the old Husqvarnas.

A 9.3x62 Husqvarna with a 4X36 S&B Scope and the Westley Richards 425.

The baby has come home. Congrats.

Some of us poor folk will have to take comfort in only having one of the Husqvarnas.

Too cute.

Picture perfect, eh?

Very nice looking rifle. I am truly envious. I have a couple of old Mauser receivers and would love to turn one into a .425 Westley Richard. Congratulations.

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Originally posted by Bob G:
Beautiful rifle. I especially like the placement of the barrel band. Will keep the muzzle away from the overhead brush you are bound to encounter.
((If it shoots as good as it looks it surely is a winner.))

The thing does shoot great.
Six out of seven shots at 50yds into a mark the size of an egg.