Hi everyone,

I've recently acquired a .378 Weatherby built on an M400 Brevex action. The barrel appears to be French or Belgian with 375M and B Blindee marks and a number of other proof marks. Does anyone know about how many of the large Brevex actions were produced?

Thanks,

a_p

Jon Speed writes that "up to 1960 only 400-800 actions were made". IMO he mean both types, M300 and M400

Tom Burgess also estimated several hundred. Tradewinds was the US importer. B Blindee refers to a Belgium barrel maker. Weatherby supposedly purchased 188 for their first 378s & 460s but only a few are on record. I own several and have looked at a few more, all of which have low-mid hundred serial numbers on the bottoms of the actions. Judging by the small number of customs that surface, I also guess several hundred.

I'd buy all that I could get my grubby little hands on for $118.50.

There is a .416 on Gunbroker I just found with same markings as yours.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Aucti....aspx?Item=329831764