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Always wanted one. An original South Gate Weatherby in an FN Mauser Action and Imperial 4X scope of German manufacture. Surprisingly clear for 1957.. Oh in 300 Weatherby. A new contestant as my elk rifle..  ![[Linked Image]](https://scontent-mia1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/11895260_529651153852317_3649373863268730132_o.jpg)
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Jorge, that's the perfect answer to the "one rifle" thread. "Always wanted one."
Nice rifle.
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Nice! It might outshoot a new one, too...
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Dickish remark removed.
Shake?
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Jorge,
I swapped into one of those last year, and while I haven't shot it yet am planning to in the next week or so.
Unfortunately, mine didn't come with an Imperial scope, so I'm jealous!
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Sweet score Jorge very "old school cool"!!
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I plan to shoot it tomorrow and report back
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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That is very nice looking Jorge. Finding it with the scope just makes it all that much sweeter..
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Yours have the genuine silver floorplate?
Anybody who seriously concerns themselves with the adequacy of a Big 7mm for anything we hunt here short of brown bear, is a dufus. They are mostly making shidt up. Crunch! Nite-nite!
Stolen from an erudite CF member.
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Dickish remark removed.
Shake? Wished I'd had seen it! Now don't tell me you're a 700 type>
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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Sorry, I dissed on the scope a bit.
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Sorry, I dissed on the scope a bit. he manufacturer of the Weatherby "Imperial" and "Imperial Variable" scopes was Hertel & Reuss. What I could find out about it is that Hertel & Reuss was a German company based in Kassel, which produced different optical instruments (microscopes, telescopic sights, binoculars). Hertel & Reuss existed from 1927 to 1995, when it finally became insolvent and was incorporated into another company. It's still known under the same name and they make opera glasses: http://www.hertelreuss.com Looks like they still make good stuff. From what I found in the Weatherby book, Roy Weatherby went to 4 different optics companies in 1953: "Of these four, [Roy] was most impressed with Hertel & Reuss, which had an excellent reputation as one of the finest optical companies in Germany."
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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Man, don't you know that rifle won't work? It's TOO old and the cartridge is 'outdated', not to mention the scope.  Let me have it and RID yourself of such a burden?  Jerry
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Wish I had someplace to hunt that warranted getting my 270Wby MKV Dlx out of the back of the safe.
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Very retro Cool! Nice snag Jorge!
I have to wonder out loud if that is a Leonard Mews stock(?)
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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As a matter of fact Bob, according to the Weatherby Collectors it probably is given it's a Mauser and from the 50s/
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You have fine taste.. Hope it shoots as good a it looks..
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Always wanted one. An original South Gate Weatherby in an FN Mauser Action and Imperial 4X scope of German manufacture. Surprisingly clear for 1957.. Oh in 300 Weatherby. A new contestant as my elk rifle.. Saaawwwweeetttttt!! 
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T R U M P W O N !
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Jorge,
Mas suckage!
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I am..........disturbed.
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