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Re: 425 Westley Richards...

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18 September 2004, 16:03
Oldsarge
Re: 425 Westley Richards...
ALF,
You have corrected the myth on a couple of occasions, now, and I am beginning to get an itch. Do you know if WR will sell the correct follower as an aftermarket item? Someone here on the site showed diagrams and pix of a custom made follower that allowed his custom .425 to feed correctly. Has anyone an idea of what such a follower would cost if purchased separately? Maybe if I rebarreled the .404 . . . ?
18 September 2004, 16:26
JefferyDenmark
Alf

Thanks for the history I did not know this for a fact.

Cheers,

Andr�
18 September 2004, 17:21
MartinPotts
The rifle is back up for sale on a differnt site'

being sold by the person that bought it .

The person that bought it now wants 9.700 to start



Gezzzz

I will post up the site in a few



this is it >>>



http://www.gunsamerica.com/guns/976421146.htm




18 September 2004, 16:59
300H&H
ALF,
Many thanks for the info. Is the "white hunter" model the same as the "game ranger?" I've heard of a cheaper WR called the white hunter before but don't know anything about them.
18 September 2004, 17:54
ALF

The following have been plagiarized from Magnum.... hope they dont mind?





From my own collection, the follower on the left is from a standard FN Mauser action, the one on the right is from a Jeffery 404, also a rebated rim cartridge.


18 September 2004, 20:36
Dave James
300, do a search, there was a gentleman about a year ago I think that post about building one from scratch, and even had drawings of his follower and mag box i believe
19 September 2004, 05:24
Oldsarge
I remember that. It intrigued me then and does even moreso now. Given the ready availability of CNC machining, there is no excuse for some enterprising smith not to run off a couple of dozen of them and sell them to those who want to build their own .425's. Surely a hundred dollars apiece wouldn't be beyond reason, given what we pay for aftermarket bottom metal, etc. I'd pay it (through gritted teeth!)