Judson

Ok, Here we go, D.G.W. stands for David G. Walker. He is the customer and friend I developed the cartridge for. It is a direct neck down of the .416 Rigby 45 degree shoulder and all. .366 is just about the optimum bore diameter for the Rigby case for efficiancy and the bullet weights 250, 270, 286, 300, all work well with this case. With Rigby pressures a 250 grain bullet will go around 3253 out of a 24" barrel and the 300 grain slug at better then 2900. If you run up to the pressures of the ultras (.338 &.375) The .366 D.G.W. will reach velosities of 3450 with a 250 and over 3100 with a 300 grain bullet. These pressure levels though defeat the purpose of the cartridge. The hole idea was to develop a cartridge that could be used at any temperature anywhere in the world, and you would not be under gunned no matter what you were hunting from deer sized game to the big five!!
As a custom rifle maker and the creator of this cartridge I will confess to being rather partial to it. But even so, its track record speaks for it self. Over 40 one shot kills on game from 100 pounds to pushing 1000 pounds both in the U.S. and South Africa. If you guys are intrested, the cheepest way to go is to get the dies from Hornady and rebarrel a Ruger #1 or go with the CZ 550.
By the way it is not a big deal to get a Ruger trigger down to around 3 pounds with little or no creep. You can also replace the trigger with a Timney or a Kiplinger single set trigger.


Thank you for your intrest in this cartridge.

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Jud