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Ritterbusch .378 Weatherby

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20 May 2012, 02:32
jens poulsen
Ritterbusch .378 Weatherby
A new gunsafe queen..










Nice rifle in a potent no-nonsens caliber. Will do most in either short or longer distances. I have always a little crush on Wea .378cal. as a true MAGNUM. I now of 2 other guys here in Denmark that use this caliber. 300 grain bullets @ 3000 Ft/sec speaks of authority.
260grain Nosler AB @ 3200 Ft/sec get this rrifle a reach not many huntingcalibers will do.
I traded it as a used rifle with an old .303 Rigby.Normal price is about €18K from new for such a Ritterbusch.


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20 May 2012, 04:00
shootaway
Nice rifle,jens!
20 May 2012, 06:16
srtrax
I like it...nice rifle.

Enjoy!


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20 May 2012, 21:56
bwanamrm
Love the rifle... not the caliber so much. But that is what makes the world go around! I am sure if I ran across it it here in the states and got a deal on it, it would wind up in my safe as well!


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21 May 2012, 00:49
drewhenrytnt
Beautiful Rifle!


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23 May 2012, 05:08
fla3006
tu2


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24 May 2012, 19:55
jsl3170
That rifle suits my eye and says it's all BID-NESS!

I don't think I could shoot it that well at this stage but I love the looks. Well done!
24 May 2012, 23:14
Michael Robinson
You bought a Teutonic Weatherby? Was ist denn mit dir los? Big Grin


Mike

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26 May 2012, 11:25
jens poulsen
quote:
Originally posted by Michael Robinson:
You bought a Teutonic Weatherby? Was ist denn mit dir los? Big Grin


The .378Wea is a rockstar Cool


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28 May 2012, 06:28
D'Angelico Fan
Great acquisition Jens!
jumping


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28 May 2012, 06:40
Nomo4me
I love the wood. Looks like old-timey Circassian walnut.
28 May 2012, 07:35
capoward
quote:
Originally posted by Nomo4me:
I love the wood. Looks like old-timey Circassian walnut.
+1 tu2 on the wood - Love the rifle.


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12 June 2012, 19:00
Wink
Are we allowed to let our personal taste to enter into the discussion? Great looking rifle, but, wouldn't it be nicer if the cross bolts were treated identically, rather than rear bolts being plugged and the front bolts being engraved (even though one side the rear cross bolt looks to be on a flat on the stock and on the other it looks to be on a rounded area)? This can probably be fixed of course and that is what I would do.

I'm not trying to be a buzz-killer; I just think it would make a good looking rifle look a lot nicer for a very small modification.


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12 June 2012, 20:17
jens poulsen
Mr. Wink.

Thanks for your compliments Wink

Yes the crossbolts really ought to have been identical..However..what do you get in these times for 5000Euros?. Cool

BTW. Its a great rifle. Fits perfectly with either scope or ironsights.


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13 June 2012, 02:49
jaegerfrank
This is a nice rifle and I thought long also about buying it. I have to admit that that I follow the crosscolt critics, in my eyes typical Ritterbusch: missing 100% by a slight but avoidable margin which I consider annoying in this class of rifles.
13 June 2012, 03:43
bigdoggy2bore
A superb rifle in a hot flat shooting cartridge, with beautiful wood. What a great gun. I hope it shoots as good as it looks.


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17 June 2012, 00:18
jens poulsen
Thanks ya´ll.

I will hopefully get to do a range session here next week. Pictures will follow.


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06 September 2012, 17:47
Bent Fossdal
Hi Jens!
How did the trip to the ranch go? Are you still happy about the scope and how it is mounted?

Cheers!


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06 September 2012, 18:25
reddy375
THIS IS ROBBERY Smiler

quote:
Originally posted by jens poulsen:
Mr. Wink.

Thanks for your compliments Wink

Yes the crossbolts really ought to have been identical..However..what do you get in these times for 5000Euros?. Cool

BTW. Its a great rifle. Fits perfectly with either scope or ironsights.

07 September 2012, 13:32
jens poulsen
Here last sunday I went to shooting this thing.

My first/only load was 110 grain NORMA mrp to a 300 grain Sierra SPBT bullet.
It did 913 m/sec and with an accuracy second to none. I shot only at 60 meters but all shots sat in a tiny cloveleaf toching eachother.
I have not yet really desided with bullet shall become "the bullet" for this caliber. The 260grainNosler AB does appeal to me because of the fine ballistics it offer at long range. On the other hand a heavy 350-380grain bullet does also feels good because it is a biggame rifle and biggame are normally shot in short range.
I´ll post later what I have decided.

Bent: Ranch?...I´ll take to Africa next year.


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