Years ago, I traded into a custom....

by Glen, Sunday, May 19, 2013, 12:49 (4210 days ago) @ woody

....240 Weatherby that was built on a Winchester Model 70 by Tom Sharon over in Montana. I shot some prairie dogs and ground squirrels with it using the Hornady 75 grains HP, and one antelope doe (at about 250 yards) using a Nosler Partition (I forget if it was 95 or 100 grains, but it was a Partition). It was a beautiful rifle, but I got bitten by the handgun hunting bug, and it got sold off.

Back in the early 90s, we had a .460 Weatherby Mark V that we bought as a part of an estate sale, on our table. We HAD to buy a box of ammo and take it out to the range! This particular gun had both a Magna-Port and a muzzle brake. I shot it off the bench once, and it got my attention (but no bruises, etc.). I shot the rest of my 5 rounds from the open-legged sitting position, and enjoyed the experience (but 5 was enough).