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<blockquote data-quote="Lenny Foffa" data-source="post: 2501396" data-attributes="member: 100742"><p>Hi PM, I am right behind you. I also have a Mark V in 300 Weatherby Mag from the 70's I bought it used and it has a mag-na- ported barrel. I had Iron sights and a Barrel band installed many years ago. This week I am having a new softer Recoil pad installed, because the factory original one is about 40 years old, and stiff. The most important thing I ever did to enjoy shooting this rifle was to make a mild load that shot well. The picture below is group from 1992, a mild load using 77.0 grns of H 4831. I forget what bullet I used back then. Most likely a 165 or a 180 grn Sierra GK. Loaded to mild 300 Win Mag velocities, about 2800 fps , the big 10 pound rifle shot well off the bench. Back then I either used my Leupold 2.5X to 8X ,or the Leupold 3.5X to 10X . You really don't NEED to make maxed out killer loads , just to enjoy shooting the gun or kill an elk. Plenty of elk get killed with 30-06 or 300 Win loads. Now that I am retired, its time to take it to the range again and enjoy it. At 73 I am no fan of recoil and I really put a lot of rounds through my Mark V in 270 Weatherby Mag every year. With the original Weatherby factory barrel, I max out at bullet weight with the 150 Grn Nosler ABLR. That Mark V rifle shot excellent and I used it at Bang Steel shooting school to 1200 Yards on steel.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lenny Foffa, post: 2501396, member: 100742"] Hi PM, I am right behind you. I also have a Mark V in 300 Weatherby Mag from the 70's I bought it used and it has a mag-na- ported barrel. I had Iron sights and a Barrel band installed many years ago. This week I am having a new softer Recoil pad installed, because the factory original one is about 40 years old, and stiff. The most important thing I ever did to enjoy shooting this rifle was to make a mild load that shot well. The picture below is group from 1992, a mild load using 77.0 grns of H 4831. I forget what bullet I used back then. Most likely a 165 or a 180 grn Sierra GK. Loaded to mild 300 Win Mag velocities, about 2800 fps , the big 10 pound rifle shot well off the bench. Back then I either used my Leupold 2.5X to 8X ,or the Leupold 3.5X to 10X . You really don't NEED to make maxed out killer loads , just to enjoy shooting the gun or kill an elk. Plenty of elk get killed with 30-06 or 300 Win loads. Now that I am retired, its time to take it to the range again and enjoy it. At 73 I am no fan of recoil and I really put a lot of rounds through my Mark V in 270 Weatherby Mag every year. With the original Weatherby factory barrel, I max out at bullet weight with the 150 Grn Nosler ABLR. That Mark V rifle shot excellent and I used it at Bang Steel shooting school to 1200 Yards on steel. [/QUOTE]
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