348 200 gr silvertip 348 250 gr silvertip 416/348 ackley (416 Alaskan) 450/348 ackley (450 Alaskan) 50/348 (50 Alaskan)
The 71 I had built into a 50 Alaskan was the hardest kicking rifle I have ever shot the recoil was noticeably above the 460 weatherby.
For the life of me I could not find even a spent 33 winchester case here but I know I have some ammo here for it. For reference it would have been on the far left a little smaller than the 348 winchester.
What you have done is not nearly as important as how you have done it!!! The Old Fart 2008 A.D.
Chris - very nice cartridge display. I wouldn't want to load a bunch of those .416/.348 cartridges into a tubular magazine :0. There used to be a small outfit called HE Mag. that made their own cartridges and bolt action custom rifles. Nearly all of them were based on the .348 Winchester case with the rims turned off. I recall at least a half dozen cartridges from .264 through .416. I had a .460 HE Mag. which was based on the .404 Jeffery case blown out to .458. My hardest kicking rifle ever was also a .50 caliber. It was a .510 Wells which is a .460 Weatherby necked up. I will confess I never shot it with max loads. 700 grain bullets generating nearly 10,000 foot pounds of energy was not something I wanted to be on either end of. That rifle did NOT have a recoil brake or any type of recoil reduction device in the buttstock. It was not a real heavy rifle either. Oh, and to make matters even worse, the stock fit me very poorly. The fellow I sold it to has had it nearly ten years and has yet to fire it once.
Yep the 416 would not fly in the tube. I need to have the throat opened up enough on mine to really be able to use the cartridge. Believe it or not this rifle/cartridge was originally a thought to help make brass for my 450 which it does well.
What you have done is not nearly as important as how you have done it!!! The Old Fart 2008 A.D.
That's a very nice looking rig. Now I see why you had no worry about pointed bullets. It does make perfect sense that in the journey to size .348's up to .450, you would make a stop at .416. And what the heck, why not build a rifle around that resting point. I used to play with the .416. Had a custom rifle in .416 Remington Magnum built on a Whitworth action, a .416 Taylor (.416-.338) built on a Ruger M77 and a Ruger No. 1 in .416 Rigby.
At one time I was 348 wildcat crazy I purchased this set of dies marked 30 als thinking that they were a wildcat based on the 348 but the closest I have been able to find was the 300 win my guts say 300 H&H blown out and shortened or maybe an early weatherby experiment?
What you have done is not nearly as important as how you have done it!!! The Old Fart 2008 A.D.
I had a custom rifle in .270 Ackley Magnum - which was based on the .300 H&H case shortened and blown out. Yours looks like the .30 caliber version of that.
$1500 is a decent price for what you described,not a steal; and I wouldn't buy it to make a quick buck.If you want one it's not bad, but not a collector. Long tang will bring a substantial premium, especially if it has condition.[98%-$4000+/-]
I thought this rifle would be great if you wanted one you could hunt with. This rifle shows some mild to moderate use so you could carry it in the woods and not have to fret. Not excessively so anyway. I'd still treat it very carefully.
