That ole 7x59 Westly-Schownower was always a classic.
The WHAT?
I myself find it somewhat difficult to ajudge the veracity of someone's argument when they cannot be bothered to at least spell the words correctly...or use something approaching English.
That ole 7x59 Westly-Schownower was always a classic.
By golly there for a minute I thought 'Stick had shown up on this thread.
"An archer sees how far he can be from a target and still hit it, a bowhunter sees how close he can get before he shoots." It is certainly easy to use that same line of thinking with firearms. -- Unknown
That ole 7x59 Westly-Schownower was always a classic.
The WHAT?
I myself find it somewhat difficult to ajudge the veracity of someone's argument when they cannot be bothered to at least spell the words correctly...or use something approaching English.
EXACTAMUNDO!
Wait a minute...is that a word?
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
Didn't Westley Richards call the 7x57 the .276 WR? With everybody now calling their 7x57s the .275 Rigby, maybe I'll call mine the .276 WR. Ya think? Paul B.
Our forefathers did not politely protest the British.They did not vote them out of office, nor did they impeach the king,march on the capitol or ask permission for their rights. ----------------They just shot them. MOLON LABE
Didn't Westley Richards call the 7x57 the .276 WR? With everybody now calling their 7x57s the .275 Rigby, maybe I'll call mine the .276 WR. Ya think? Paul B.
Based on John Sundra's experience with 7mms of all kinds of chamberings, I recommended the 154gr Hornady for my buddy's wife in her 7mm/08. A trip to Colorado, one shot, and a 3x3 elk on the ground. So, if the 7/08 could do it, the 7x57 will do it. In spades.
Gun control...schemed by tyrants and supported by fools.
If I was doing it, and I would without a problem, I would load up some of my remaining 154 grain Hornady Interlocks and go forth. Not even a second thought on capabilities. Les
Its not always easy to do the right thing, But it is always the right thing to do.
When I was culling brumbies with the .275 Rigby, I used a few bullets and the 140 and 150gn Nosler Solid Bases stayed inside shoulder or chest shots, the 160gn Failsafe's penetrated side on shots but I dug 3 from rumps, bulging under the skin after passing full length, 140gn Barnes X's have penetrated every horse and anything else I have shot with them, regardless of angle, so I have never recovered one. Because we all accept that the bullet does the work, a 7x57 loaded with either a 140gn TTSX or 145 LRX at 2900fps and 2850fps respectively, is enough for anything under 1,000 pounds and more if you can place it well. Makes it harder to justify a heavier bullet unless your rifle just liked them.
When truth is ignored, it does not change an untruth from remaining a lie.
There's no such cartridge as the ".275 Rigby". It wasn't a proprietary cartridge that Rigby "owned" in anyway.
It was just the .275, (which everyone knew was the 7mm Mauser.) The same way the 6.5 was called a .256.
They never sold ammo headstamped ".275 Rigby"" and the their brand of ammunition had on the box: ".275 bore - Rigby Special High Velocity""
When someone said they had a .275 Rigby Mauser, they meant the cartridge was a .275 and the rifle was a Rigby Mauser. Not that they had a "".275 Rigby"" in a Mauser rifle. No one for example, ever bought a rifle from Thomas Bland or Gibbs chambered in 7mm Mauser and called it a "".275 Rigby"" It was not like the .223 REmington, or the .308 Winchester.
But after twenty years of misunderstandings on the internet people now call the cartridge a .275 Rigby. Even Craig Boddington does it. They think that it was a propriatary Rigby cartridge, or it was "renamed by them"", or ""that was what it was known as in the UK"". It is now so universal that people are getting their custom rifles stamped with "".275 Rigby"" and - the new Rigby company are actually now selling ammo marked .275 Rigby! So the internet has created something original thinking it is traditional. The internet is a fascinating place.
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