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30-378 Weatherby Mag. - 800 yards
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04/12/13 11:02 PM
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JarheadJournalist
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Two shots.
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Re: 30-378 Weatherby Mag. - 800 yards
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04/12/13 11:15 PM
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In case your curious, here's the guy who let me use his rifle. http://thompsonlongrange.com/He's a good guy I have known for a year, but he was a little skeptical of what a Marine and a rifle could do. I think he thought I was going to ask for some free classes after missing. I burst his bubble by not missing.
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Re: 30-378 Weatherby Mag. - 800 yards
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04/13/13 12:16 AM
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Nice shooting JJ, what range were you shooting at, 1000 Yards?
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04/13/13 12:20 AM
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That was at 790 yards. We drove off onto Mark's land and chained the target to a fence post. We used a range finder to get the distance.
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04/13/13 12:23 AM
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1/2 steel plate target and that rifle almost punched through at that distance.
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04/13/13 12:50 AM
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You planing on going dinosaur hunting? Man that thing packs some punch!
A Little Paranoia Will Keep You Safe (ALPWKYS) Be a Sheepdog JYD#105
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04/13/13 06:14 AM
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Very cool! Nice shooting JJ.
JYD #109 "I came here for the knives and stayed for the people."
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04/13/13 06:16 AM
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When you gonna get one of those Rich?
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Re: 30-378 Weatherby Mag. - 800 yards
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04/13/13 06:25 AM
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When you gonna get one of those Rich? Hah! That set up is worth about as much as my car! In New England...a 200 yard shot is like a mile.
JYD #109 "I came here for the knives and stayed for the people."
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04/13/13 06:33 AM
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WELL, 800 yards is almost a half mile, it should work well then!
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04/13/13 10:30 AM
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Wow!
Weatherbys are good rifles. I have two and my brother has one. One of them was a birthday gift from my mom to my dad in 1980. Chambered for .257 Wby Mag, it's a flat shooter.
USMC 1997-2002. 6173 CH-53D Sea Stallion Helicopter Crew Chief and Flightline Mechanic. Semper Fi!
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04/13/13 04:53 PM
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It's a custom made gun using a hand-loaded 30-378 Weatherby Mag. cartridge. There's something about a rifle that kicks like a 223 but still sends a 200 grain round out the barrel at 3,400+ fps and producing 4,600+ ft/lb of force.
Last edited by JarheadJournalist; 04/13/13 04:54 PM.
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