Why does weatherby get a pass?

[Charlie-NY]

My only complaint with my vintage Mark V was that the beautiful wood stock would walk every couple of years. I sent it back to Weatherby twice. They would return the accuracy, but the stock would eventually move again.

I swore off Weatherby rifles and wood stocks and didn't look back for many years. It wasn't until luminant wood stocks came into play that I considered wood again.

 

[jackieschmidt]

I hear ya. I had chances through the years to buy them. Most of those were magnums; and a lot of them had some pretty spiffy looking wood. Just never did buy any of them. Those older ones carry good value nowadays.

I would be curious what a fast twist 257 WM would do, with an appropriate freebore. That might be interesting….

One of the reasons for the long free bore in the Weatherby Magnums was to achieve maximum velocity. That is why Weatherby advised on the ammo box to use it only in Weatherby Rifles.
Of course, back when all of this was conceived, Powder selection was minuscule compared to now. We have a much wider variety to achieve the same results without jumping the bullet a half inch.

 

[6.5 forever]

??? I have always passed on Weather by??

 

[redrockranger]

Has anyone ever seen a magazine gun writer trash a clients gun ? You don't bet the hand that feeds you. Advertising pays the bills.

 

[danny]

??? I have always passed on Weather by??

What?????

Danny

 

[Idaho-Lefty]

With the Weatherby rifles I have and have owned I've always been happy with their accuracy. All were slightly less than MOA with the best being a 257 that shot slightly less than .75 MOA. Weatherby has always said that they don't chamber target rifles but make hunting rifles.

Yup,.. This,.. ^^^^
If, you Find the Right Bullet / Load, and DON'T, Push Back, the Double Radius Shoulder, too Far,..
they Do shoot, Plenty GOOD enough for, Big Game out to, 400- 500 yards ( Which WAS, a Long, LONG, way in, the 1970's and 1980's,.. Pre- Range Finder, Days ! ).
1 MOA or slightly Less,.. WAS, Attainable For, Me, too !
Judging an Animal's "Range" was,.. the HARD Part !

 

[Idaho-Lefty]

My only complaint with my vintage Mark V was that the beautiful wood stock would walk every couple of years. I sent it back to Weatherby twice. They would return the accuracy, but the stock would eventually move again.

I swore off Weatherby rifles and wood stocks and didn't look back for many years. It wasn't until luminant wood stocks came into play that I considered wood again.

Yup,,. Warping Wood, WAS a Big issue, in the Old days ! ( NOT just for, Weatherby's, either ! )
My 1st, Mk-5 Weatherby, in .270 Wby was, a Barreled action that, I bought off, a Widowed Lady then,..
bought, a Reinhart Fajen, Circassian Walnut Stock and AcraGlass bedded, the Action and Barrel Channel that, I channeled Out in, a Pyramid shape with, Holes drilled every 2 inches for MORE Glass Bedding "Support".
A few Pounds of, Up-ward "Thrust" on the Bottom of, the Barrel "Locked" it in for, repeatable Good, Accuracy,..
After, the Glass "Set up" !
In the 1970's and 1980's, I Glass Bedded, at least, a couple Hundred, Wood Stocked, Rifles.
Mounting Scopes, Trigger Tuning, Recoil Pad installs and Glass Bedding, WAS my "Bread and Butter" weekly, Work

 

[TC260]

I 'm sick of the word Creedmoor . Creedmoor this and Creedmoor that . LOL LOL MY two

Growing up that’s the way I felt about every cartridge being named Winchester or Remington

 

[FNSafari]

When Norma introduced the .308 Norma Mag cartridge, the produced loaded ammo and reamers. They cautioned that anyone wanting one made custom had better pay attention to the freebore the cartridge was designed for. Sadly, only Schultz & Larsen, Sako and FN/Browning made factory rifles as far as I know. I have a FN Browning and it is as accurate as anything I could ever want for in a hunting rifle. Don't like the belt, then headspace off the shoulder like any rimless case and get better brass life.

 

[David Milisock]

I 'm sick of the word Creedmoor . Creedmoor this and Creedmoor that . LOL LOL MY two sons have Creedmooritis .

From the perspective of someone who doesn't own any Creedmoor chambered rifles, I suggest you stop listening to the marketing and look at performance.

I'm not saying that a Creedmoor cartridge outperforms any other cartridge in its class, just that they perform well for the case capacity.

You need case capacity for the performance you desire, the 6.5 Swede has 5 more grains of water case capacity than 6.5 Creedmoor. Obviously the Swede will perform better with heavy projectiles then the Creedmoor. In Europe they take Moose with the Swede.

With that said if you want a 6.5 MM AR you have 2 choices an AR15 with 35 grains of water capacity or an AR10 with 52 grains of water capacity.

If you prefer bolt rifles you can get 6.5 MM light game in 6.5 MM Grendel, medium game rifles in 6.5 MM Creedmoor or heavy game 6.5 MM game rifles in 6.5 x 55 Swede or larger.

If you like the 24 caliber same can be said, 6 MM ARC for the AR15, 6 MM Creedmoor for the AR 10. For bolt rifles the 243, 6 MM Remington or larger for improved performance.

Marketing affects everything and rarely in a positive way.

 

[ebb]

I was the third owner of a 22-250 Ruger 77 that was called Death by all that had seen it in the swamp. Every year after a dry winter and a high humidity summer, I needed to open the barrel channel on the left side. I eventually shot out the barrel and all the people I knew said it wasn't worth it to rebarrel it. I wish they were around here now so I could kick them right in the but. Gosh I wish i still had it.

 

[AstroGuy]

Interesting thread, I was in my local gun shop about 3-4 months ago and I found a 2005-2006 Whitetails unlimited edition with a beautiful gray and black laminated stock. (I’m a sucker for this colored stock) in the end I had to take it home and got it for $575+tax. While the scope does what it’s designed to do I plan to put either a Vortex or Arken on it. I especially don’t like the way the scope is mounted but saving now for a different scope setup.

 

[4xforfun]

Some folks drive Corvettes and some folks are quite happy to drive a Chevette…
To each his own

Hey!!!!! A Chevette is STILL a "VETT"!!

 

[Doug Casner]

theyll blow the fuzz off a dandelion at fifty yards . Doug

 

[mauser284]

I apologize in advance for anyone I am about to offend.

To me a Weatherby is white trash, every time I run into someone who tells me they have a Weatherby, I look at them think to myself "of course you do".

That is the most unintelligent thing I have read, seen or heard today! LOL I have never seen anyone trashy with a Weatherby Mark 5! Clearly that means nothing since I do not spend much time around trailer parks or hill billy's! LOL

If I had to hang a "white trash"-spencherhenry tag on a rifle in modern times it would have to be either the Remington 700 or the Savage 110. I would not do that though since I know there are plenty of non-trashy white people that also own one or both of those rifles! I have never meet "white trash" that did not own a Remington 700 and 870 Shotgun and often a Remington 760 Pump. Again that does not make any of those bad things! LOL Just like blue metalic flake Bass Boats are not normaly owned by MENSA members but outside of the color choice that does not make the Bass Boat a bad invention! LOL

 

[mauser284]

Hey!!!!! A Chevette is STILL a "VETT"!!

I am sure some knuckle head has LS swapped a Chevette!

 

[hpshooter]

"Shooters will always be looking for a cartridge that promises to improve their performance because it is easier to buy something than put in the hard work and time to learn how to shoot and perfect your field shooting skills. I have seen it time and time again, countless times, at the ranges over my 50+ years at the ranges and when I shot competitive pistol for 30+ years."

Would modify to say "Some shooters" other than that you are spot on.

 

[mauser284]

Was chatting with a buddy about this . Seem when folks are getting a lil upset and going on tirades about new wizbang wildcats, the ARC's , Valkyries , PRC's ..y'all know the conversations , no one and I mean NO ONE seems to have a thing to say about weatherby and there multitude of rather..... unique ( if you ask me ) wildcats . Gotta ask ....why do they get a pass lol ? only thing I can think is it's because they don't to the annoying marketing and such that Hornady and the like does .....that or it's a legacy thing...they've been doing it for longer ect..

Weatherby Mark 5 is fantastic product. It is not for everyone and their is no romance or magic contained with in it. Weatherby's marketing model and products are not for everyone.

Weatherby does not market their rifles towards BR, NRL, or tactical wanabe larpers. I am sure they make something for even one just like everyone else but they do not go hard. They have mostly and almost consistently gone after hunters that want a premium factory made rifle. They have always been about their cartridges and performance on game more than anything else. Toyota makes or used to make fantstic cars and trucks yet no one buys one because they are the easiest or best platform to modify, LS swap, tune, track etc.... So lack of aftermarket support or a lot of people building off of a platform really means nothing about the quality of a design, materials, or sutability of a design for modification. All industries normaly go for the sure thing and the easy button.

 

[K22]

Would modify to say "Some shooters" other than that you are spot on.

Agree but we all may be subject to that fault at some point in our shooting sports career.

 

[Doug Casner]

I was a big kid when I got my .257 along with hot rods , 900 kawasaki , 220 swift. See a trend here. Doug