If I understand the lug arrangement, nine isn't really an advantage. It's the same principal as the trick karate demonstration where several blocks of ice are stacked and broken. There's a space between each block. The karate chop only breaks one block. Kinetic energy breaks the rest of the blocks.
Weatherby rifles turned me off back in the day, when they were overly glossy, overly flamboyant, gaudy rifles that simply looked out of place in the hands of a hunter in the sticks in search of game. They were show pieces. Of course, the early ones were Mausers.
Dan
"It's a source of great pride, that when I google my name, I find book titles and not mug shots." Daniel C. Chamberlain
