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The original production rifles by Roy Weatherby were built on commercial Mauser actions manufactured by FN, Brevex (magnum), and Mathieu (left hand). Weatherby would build a custom rifle from a customer's specifications for bespoke rifles, using any action the customer requested - provided the action was strong enough to tolerate the pressures for their desired cartridge.
Roy Edward Weatherby [1] (4 September 1910 – 4 April 1988), [2] was the founder and owner of Weatherby, Inc., an American rifle, shotgun and cartridge manufacturing company founded 1945. Weatherby created an entire line of custom cartridges, and was one of the people responsible for the industry interest in high-speed cartridges.
The rifle was introduced in 1957 by Weatherby and was designed to safely contain the high pressures associated with the Weatherby line of high performance cartridges. It is the flagship rifle of the Weatherby line of firearms. The Weatherby Mark V rifles are considered prestigious or luxury firearms by many.
The 7mm Weatherby Magnum is a powerful 7mm rifle cartridge offered by the Weatherby firearms company in their Mark V rifles. The cartridge was one of the first cartridges offered by the Weatherby company.
The Pendleton muzzle brake is an integral braking system installed by porting the rifle barrel and once cut into the barrel cannot be reversed. All current Weatherby Mark V rifles chambered for the .378 Weatherby Magnum and its derivatives are provided with the Accubrake as a standard accessory with the rifle package.
The .378 Weatherby Magnum was designed by Roy Weatherby in 1953. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Although inspired by the .416 Rigby , it is an original belted magnum design with no parent case. [ 5 ] The cartridge features a high powder capacity relative to its bore size, and can hold upwards of 7.13 g (120 gr ) of powder.
On average, Weatherby factory ammo is loaded to higher chamber pressures than Remington or Winchester magnum rounds. The Remington round can be handloaded to equal pressures, and as a consequence, surpass the .300 Weatherby in power. The .300 Weatherby is commonly used by big-game hunters all over the world. [4]
7mm Weatherby Magnum.30-378 Weatherby Magnum.224 Weatherby Magnum.240 Weatherby Magnum.257 Weatherby Magnum.270 Weatherby Magnum.300 Weatherby Magnum; 6.5-300 Weatherby Magnum.338-378 Weatherby Magnum.340 Weatherby Magnum.375 Weatherby Magnum.378 Weatherby Magnum.416 Weatherby Magnum.460 Weatherby Magnum