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Weatherby 270 mag can't hit the broad side of a barn
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<blockquote data-quote="Varmint Hunter" data-source="post: 1029141" data-attributes="member: 313"><p>I owned Weatherby Mark V's in the good ol' days before synthetic stocks were available. I wasn't very impressed with the accuracy and brought one of my rifles to a well known Penn gunsmith who bedded the action and free-floated the barrel.</p><p>After this accurizing treatment the gun shot noticeably WORSE. I eventually sent the rifle back to Weatherby who advised me that floating the barrel significantly contributed to the inaccuracy problem. They would not work on the stock at this point and I was forced to purchase a new stock which they set back up to factory specs. The rifle shot pretty good after its return.</p><p> </p><p>Within 2 years - the rifle's accuracy went south again. I contacted Weatherby and was told that over 90% of the Mark V rifles that are returned for accuracy issues only needed a thorough bore cleaning despite the fact that the owners swore that the bore "was clean". I'd suggest that you clean that bore as indicated in the post above. IMO liquid solvents alone will not adequately remove the copper mines that develop in some Weatherby barrels.</p><p> </p><p>Eventually, I sent the same rifle back to Weatherby who merely rebedded the barrel pads and the gun shot good again. The problem with this wood stocked rifle was that slowly but surely the stock would walk, warp, move or what-have-you and accuracy robbing pressure was exerted (again) on the barrel.</p><p> </p><p>I personally gave up on the Mark V's even though I really liked them. In that the nicest Mark V's still have wood stocks I carefully look at the barrel bedding issue after an intense cleaning of the bore.</p><p> </p><p>Good luck</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Varmint Hunter, post: 1029141, member: 313"] I owned Weatherby Mark V's in the good ol' days before synthetic stocks were available. I wasn't very impressed with the accuracy and brought one of my rifles to a well known Penn gunsmith who bedded the action and free-floated the barrel. After this accurizing treatment the gun shot noticeably WORSE. I eventually sent the rifle back to Weatherby who advised me that floating the barrel significantly contributed to the inaccuracy problem. They would not work on the stock at this point and I was forced to purchase a new stock which they set back up to factory specs. The rifle shot pretty good after its return. Within 2 years - the rifle's accuracy went south again. I contacted Weatherby and was told that over 90% of the Mark V rifles that are returned for accuracy issues only needed a thorough bore cleaning despite the fact that the owners swore that the bore "was clean". I'd suggest that you clean that bore as indicated in the post above. IMO liquid solvents alone will not adequately remove the copper mines that develop in some Weatherby barrels. Eventually, I sent the same rifle back to Weatherby who merely rebedded the barrel pads and the gun shot good again. The problem with this wood stocked rifle was that slowly but surely the stock would walk, warp, move or what-have-you and accuracy robbing pressure was exerted (again) on the barrel. I personally gave up on the Mark V's even though I really liked them. In that the nicest Mark V's still have wood stocks I carefully look at the barrel bedding issue after an intense cleaning of the bore. Good luck [/QUOTE]
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