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Weatherby Mark V. Why no love?
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<blockquote data-quote="lynxpilot" data-source="post: 1028275" data-attributes="member: 23349"><p>I bought a 338-378 and didn't find it very accurate at all out of the box. It was intended to be my 'long range' hunter and I was also not particularly pleased with the MVs I was getting with the factory barrel. Barrel also didn't appear to be floated and certainly wasn't bedded, so off I went on the modification trail. Bought a Bartlein and left it at full length with medium palma taper. Smithy only cut off enough to chamber and headspace it, thread and crown the end so it's 30" barrel and weighs a ton along with large scope and bipod. In the process, I found a B&C stock I liked the look of and bought it. Hated the Weatherby trigger, so I put a very light (probably too light) Timney in there. Bedded the recoil lug and a teeny bit on the rest of the action. The barrel was floated in the stock without having to wallow any of it out. I'm still in load workup now, but it's better than it was when I first got it. The barrel gives me a hair under 3,000 fps with 300 gr SMKs. I'm experimenting with 280 gr Barnes LRX now, and the jury's still out but in all fairness, I haven't given it much of a chance yet. Kinda waiting for the weather to warm up some. I have no issue at all with the action, and that's the only Weatherby part left.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lynxpilot, post: 1028275, member: 23349"] I bought a 338-378 and didn't find it very accurate at all out of the box. It was intended to be my 'long range' hunter and I was also not particularly pleased with the MVs I was getting with the factory barrel. Barrel also didn't appear to be floated and certainly wasn't bedded, so off I went on the modification trail. Bought a Bartlein and left it at full length with medium palma taper. Smithy only cut off enough to chamber and headspace it, thread and crown the end so it's 30" barrel and weighs a ton along with large scope and bipod. In the process, I found a B&C stock I liked the look of and bought it. Hated the Weatherby trigger, so I put a very light (probably too light) Timney in there. Bedded the recoil lug and a teeny bit on the rest of the action. The barrel was floated in the stock without having to wallow any of it out. I'm still in load workup now, but it's better than it was when I first got it. The barrel gives me a hair under 3,000 fps with 300 gr SMKs. I'm experimenting with 280 gr Barnes LRX now, and the jury's still out but in all fairness, I haven't given it much of a chance yet. Kinda waiting for the weather to warm up some. I have no issue at all with the action, and that's the only Weatherby part left. [/QUOTE]
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