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Elk, everything I've read says its ballistically about the same. But at the ranges I shoot my 7x57 knocks the snot out of them too. I might try a 175 gr just to see what it does. It killed Corbett's cats; bet it'll kill my pigs.
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Think I can talk the wife into letting me buy that?
If you do, it's gonna cost you!
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It is interesting that the proof marks are not just upside down, but do not line up and are on a diagonal.
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The proof marks weren't put on by the firearm manufacturer, but by the proof house. Looks like London Proof House marks to me, but I might not be right about that. I can't make out the marks very well with my computer's picture. I doubt the proof house cared much about alignment of stamps and lettering like a manufacturer like Westley Richards would.
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Elk, everything I've read says its ballistically about the same. But at the ranges I shoot my 7x57 knocks the snot out of them too. I might try a 175 gr just to see what it does. It killed Corbett's cats; bet it'll kill my pigs. True,there you go again making sense.  Mudhen,yup in more ways than there are stars in the sky. 
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Elk, everything I've read says its ballistically about the same. But at the ranges I shoot my 7x57 knocks the snot out of them too. I might try a 175 gr just to see what it does. It killed Corbett's cats; bet it'll kill my pigs. Just remember, you have to shoot it one-handed while holding a bird's nest in the other- .......and if you miss, the pig gets to eat you!
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Have you bid on it yet,Rev?  That firearm has "class" written all over it. "class", meaning this thread is innoculated against the likes of BigShit.... Sweet rifle. Been on the hunt for one for a while now.
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Just remember, you have to shoot it one-handed while holding a bird's nest in the other-
.......and if you miss, the pig gets to eat you! That's right! And if I remember, I have to not only shoot one-handed, but I have to start with the rifle more or less behind me and then slowly swing it around before touching it off. And if I miss, the pig gets to eat me! I'm catching up on reading some of Kenneth Anderson's books right now. Man, between he and Corbett they had a heck of a time in India!
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By the way, check out the pictures at the beginning of this site. This is a .318 WR that has been rebuilt. Look at the very last picture and enlarge the size on your screen. I'll be danged if it's not the same proof marks, stamped in the very same way as the one I posted! http://www.gunsite.co.za/forums/showthread.php?27371-318-Westley-RichardsIt looks like what Mathsr said.
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Saw a W.R. 318 made by Vickers Armstrong about 15 years ago.
Decent shape and decent price but the ammo was about $8 a round....
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Saw a W.R. 318 made by Vickers Armstrong about 15 years ago.
Decent shape and decent price but the ammo was about $8 a round.... I think it's strictly a roll-your-own proposition now. From what I understand it's pretty easy to make from .30-06 brass...assuming the bore is in decent shape. Otherwise, a rebore or rebarrel would be in order. I'm thinking it'd make a great project gun for Elk.
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"class", meaning this thread is innoculated against the likes of BigShit.... Sweet rifle. Been on the hunt for one for a while now. I'm not sure I'm tracking with the BS reference, but I'm betting if you called the folks who have this they might knock a few bucks off. You'd probably have the only one in Florida...at the least the only one still hunted.
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From what I have seen of these guns, if it was a Westley Richards factory gun it would be marked as such on the floor plate typically. So my guess is while it maybe a product of an English gunsmith/rifle maker in a WR cartridge/chambering, I don't believe WR made it.
If I were interested in it as a shooter I certainly would ask the seller for a chamber/bore cast of the throat or a have someone competant bore scope before the sale went final.
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Saw a W.R. 318 made by Vickers Armstrong about 15 years ago.
Decent shape and decent price but the ammo was about $8 a round.... I think it's strictly a roll-your-own proposition now. From what I understand it's pretty easy to make from .30-06 brass...assuming the bore is in decent shape. Otherwise, a rebore or rebarrel would be in order. I'm thinking it'd make a great project gun for Elk. If you only knew my project guns.  Jorge,AGREED!
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Saw a W.R. 318 made by Vickers Armstrong about 15 years ago.
Decent shape and decent price but the ammo was about $8 a round.... I think it's strictly a roll-your-own proposition now. From what I understand it's pretty easy to make from .30-06 brass...assuming the bore is in decent shape. Otherwise, a rebore or rebarrel would be in order. I'm thinking it'd make a great project gun for Elk. My old, feeble memory is telling me they have something like a .330 bore. Sound right to you?
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My old, feeble memory is telling me they have something like a .330 bore. Sound right to you? Yep. I rolled this little girl with a factory Remington 240gr load from an old 444T. Who needs yet "another" elephant gun?? By the way, living proof that camo isn't always an absolute necessity. ![[Linked Image]](http://i834.photobucket.com/albums/zz265/mlward_ssa/Sow_11_27_2012_zps136f3e1f.jpg)
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A .444 Marlin is a long ways from being an "elephant" gun.
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A .444 Marlin is a long ways from being an "elephant" gun. That's what people used to say to Bell. But since I'm not likely to encounter any pachyderms on our lease, we'll never get the chance to find out for sure.
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Right,until you are charged by a runaway elephant from the circus. 
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