Reeder Custom Guns - the 378 Wby is sorta iffy. On our first safari in '92 Kase

Gary Reeder
the 378 Wby is sorta iffy. On our first safari in '92 Kase
Wednesday, January 30, 2019, 14:55

had a new Ruger #1 in 378 WBY we had built that he wanted to try out. The factory cartridge was loaded way too hot for the bullet. It had a 270 grain soft point and it literally blew up on the shoulders of animals as small as Common Reedbuck which is the size of a whitetail deer. He shot a Blue Wildebeest 6 or 7 times and all it did was make a big wound maybe 4" across on the hide and penetrated maybe 2". Everything he shot had to be shot several times and in every instance the bullet was traveling way too fast and blew up on impact. So I guess I would be prone to agree with the gun writer on the 378 Wby's effectiveness.

Field and Stream article - Grover Sr, 2019-01-30, 12:33
- articles like that are why David Petzel is working for - Gary Reeder, 2019-01-30, 13:58
  - I agree. Other than WSMs and 30 carbine, - RonE, 2019-01-30, 14:39
    - the 378 Wby is sorta iffy. On our first safari in '92 Kase - Gary Reeder, 2019-01-30, 14:55
  - They used to have some really good writers. - WB, 2019-01-30, 14:07
    - Educated Idion! (nm) - Sid R, 2019-01-30, 14:20
      - I need to start this day over. "Idiot" (nm) - Sid R, 2019-01-30, 14:21
- He's got his opinions. (nm) - IC, 2019-01-30, 13:07
  - I thought so too! (nm) - Grover Sr, 2019-01-30, 13:11