As far as the Lapua is considered, it is a 338/378 Weatherby without a belt. The 338/378 and 300/378 were developed in the 1960's due to interest by our g'ment. With a 250 grain bullet, the factory ballistics (3050 fps) are 50 fps over Lapua. I have loaded it in a 338/378 Keith Thompson to 3450 fps(104 gr 4350...work up from 90 grains), but it was a barrel burner. For this reason, I dropped back to 3250 FPS. Weatherby made 5 of these guns in the 1960's with the last one named 340/378 but differed in name only. With a break, it can be comfortably fired all day long.

As far as the Browning 50 is concerned, the common loads are 650 and 750 grains at about 2700fps developing 14,500 ft-lbs of energy. It is a comfortable gun to shoot at 24#s as mine was, but is commonly available in 30-40lb guns. A local got one for his 18 yr old daughter for Christmas. She loves it. Of course it might be too much gun for a Marxist Canadian.

Last edited by Pete; 06/19/17 02:48 PM.