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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 1254617" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>+1</p><p></p><p>That says it all.</p><p></p><p>First You can find plenty of used Weatherbys with the Mark 5 actions on line. The going price for</p><p>a good donor will be any where from $700.00 up to $1500.00. I have never had a problem finding one and have never paid more than $800.00 for it. Weatherby has for years installed light weight barrels on there rifles and many people cant handle the recoil and sell them. (Most of the time they have less than 2 or 3 boxes of ammo fired through them).</p><p></p><p>As far as strength, White Laboratories conducted destructive test on all commercial actions and blew up every action except the Mark 5. the load they used was so hot, it melted the brass and it flowed</p><p>all around the bolt and out the exhaust ports and they were unable to free the bolt. after dissecting </p><p>the action. they found no damage to it. I am a big fan of several other actions and used most all actions over the years and none will match the mark 5 in strength and machine tolerances.</p><p></p><p>I have nothing against custom actions except the price once you buy the action, floor metal, trigger</p><p>mag box and a stock inleted to fit it. In fact I would prefer it over the Remington clones because of the strength and the 60o bolt lift. If you buy a donor you have everything you need Including a center feed mag box that will handle 4.000"+ cartridges.</p><p></p><p>Using the mark 5 action is just my opinion. but like the man said, Most of the people that own them hang on to them for a reason except the recoil shy. Maybe some others that have built a 378 improved or a Lapua on a mark 5 will chime in.</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 1254617, member: 2736"] +1 That says it all. First You can find plenty of used Weatherbys with the Mark 5 actions on line. The going price for a good donor will be any where from $700.00 up to $1500.00. I have never had a problem finding one and have never paid more than $800.00 for it. Weatherby has for years installed light weight barrels on there rifles and many people cant handle the recoil and sell them. (Most of the time they have less than 2 or 3 boxes of ammo fired through them). As far as strength, White Laboratories conducted destructive test on all commercial actions and blew up every action except the Mark 5. the load they used was so hot, it melted the brass and it flowed all around the bolt and out the exhaust ports and they were unable to free the bolt. after dissecting the action. they found no damage to it. I am a big fan of several other actions and used most all actions over the years and none will match the mark 5 in strength and machine tolerances. I have nothing against custom actions except the price once you buy the action, floor metal, trigger mag box and a stock inleted to fit it. In fact I would prefer it over the Remington clones because of the strength and the 60o bolt lift. If you buy a donor you have everything you need Including a center feed mag box that will handle 4.000"+ cartridges. Using the mark 5 action is just my opinion. but like the man said, Most of the people that own them hang on to them for a reason except the recoil shy. Maybe some others that have built a 378 improved or a Lapua on a mark 5 will chime in. J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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