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<blockquote data-quote="436" data-source="post: 440861" data-attributes="member: 16609"><p>I think most rifle's and Weatherby included, has gotten some unearned comment's thrown their way from hunters that either didn't want to spend the money for one of the rifles; or hunters that really never understood the cartridge and concept… All rifles get "it" from time to time; Winchester and their post 64 action… Remington and the safety question… Ruger and the cast receiver… The deal I've found with Weatherby was; they didn't claim to have bench rest accuracy. Nor'.., until lately, did they claim any tactical rifle status.</p><p> Pretty much all they've ever said was; you get a Mark V action with tremendous strength, a cartridge design to maximize the caliber your shooting, and a rifle design that's very universal for "supported" and "unsupported"… especially off hand shooting, in a very manageable weight rifle in the field, with glass.. "They didn't lie" </p><p> </p><p> To a rifleman the Weatherby Mark V is beautiful rifle'…, especially in wood. </p><p> When you hunt with one you can't help thinking about guy's like Mr. Weatherby, Elmer Keith, Roy Rogers and John Wayne; who thought a great deal of Weatherby's rifles.... yeah I put Roy in, hey'…, he shot what he built; I know other's that don't.</p><p> Anyway; I'm sure I could build a dedicated bench, target, or sniper rifle that would shoot circles around Weatherby's Mark V… but not many would even come close to being as pretty... With that said, I've owned and still do many Weatherby Mark V rifles…. And I've had many of them shoot sub moa right out of the box with a good hand load and a bullet it liked…. And quite a few would drop 3 rounds into a .5 moa at 100 yards as well… especially in the 257 Wby mags in Mark V Accumark…. </p><p> </p><p> On the tactical end… many, many years ago I tried to get Weatherby to use their early {1963} Mark V Varmintmaster as a base platform for a .308 sniper urban rifle… I still think it's a good idea… I have one I built in 6.mm XC for open country deer hunting that shoots less than .5 moa and better all day long…. With a Leupold 3.5x10 scope I can carry this rifle all day in tough country. <a href="http://ImageEvent.com/swat/weatherbymkvvarmintmaster22250" target="_blank">Weatherby Mk V Varmintmaster 22.250</a></p><p> </p><p> As you probably notice I said nothing about the Weatherby Vanguard… well I've only owned two of them, I found they shot about average for there cost, not poorly'.., just what you might expect for the money you paid... after all'…, a Howa is still a Howa... But they look's "great" in wood with a lot of Weatherby's fine detail work. </p><p> </p><p> So; if a guy doesn't want to hunt with one, fine… however if you decide to; you'll find that when that cross canyon shoots comes; or that standing off hand hast to be taken; the Mark V is in a class by itself..</p><p> Just my .02</p><p> 436</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="436, post: 440861, member: 16609"] I think most rifle’s and Weatherby included, has gotten some unearned comment’s thrown their way from hunters that either didn’t want to spend the money for one of the rifles; or hunters that really never understood the cartridge and concept… All rifles get “it” from time to time; Winchester and their post 64 action… Remington and the safety question… Ruger and the cast receiver… The deal I’ve found with Weatherby was; they didn’t claim to have bench rest accuracy. Nor’.., until lately, did they claim any tactical rifle status. Pretty much all they’ve ever said was; you get a Mark V action with tremendous strength, a cartridge design to maximize the caliber your shooting, and a rifle design that’s very universal for “supported” and “unsupported”… especially off hand shooting, in a very manageable weight rifle in the field, with glass.. “They didn’t lie” To a rifleman the Weatherby Mark V is beautiful rifle’…, especially in wood. When you hunt with one you can’t help thinking about guy’s like Mr. Weatherby, Elmer Keith, Roy Rogers and John Wayne; who thought a great deal of Weatherby’s rifles.... yeah I put Roy in, hey’…, he shot what he built; I know other’s that don’t. Anyway; I’m sure I could build a dedicated bench, target, or sniper rifle that would shoot circles around Weatherby’s Mark V… but not many would even come close to being as pretty... With that said, I’ve owned and still do many Weatherby Mark V rifles…. And I’ve had many of them shoot sub moa right out of the box with a good hand load and a bullet it liked…. And quite a few would drop 3 rounds into a .5 moa at 100 yards as well… especially in the 257 Wby mags in Mark V Accumark…. On the tactical end… many, many years ago I tried to get Weatherby to use their early {1963} Mark V Varmintmaster as a base platform for a .308 sniper urban rifle… I still think it’s a good idea… I have one I built in 6.mm XC for open country deer hunting that shoots less than .5 moa and better all day long…. With a Leupold 3.5x10 scope I can carry this rifle all day in tough country. [url=http://ImageEvent.com/swat/weatherbymkvvarmintmaster22250]Weatherby Mk V Varmintmaster 22.250[/url] As you probably notice I said nothing about the Weatherby Vanguard… well I’ve only owned two of them, I found they shot about average for there cost, not poorly’.., just what you might expect for the money you paid... after all’…, a Howa is still a Howa... But they look’s “great” in wood with a lot of Weatherby’s fine detail work. So; if a guy doesn’t want to hunt with one, fine… however if you decide to; you’ll find that when that cross canyon shoots comes; or that standing off hand hast to be taken; the Mark V is in a class by itself.. Just my .02 436 [/QUOTE]
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