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Why is there not much talk about Weatherby Rifles?
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<blockquote data-quote="ndking1126" data-source="post: 1928715" data-attributes="member: 26820"><p>When I think of Weatherby, it's kind of a tale of two stories..they have a whole lot of their own stuff, and then they have the Vanguard series. </p><p></p><p>The Weatherby-specific cartridges and Mark V rifles are high end and/or very high powered. Years ago this was a great recipe. More power equaled more capability in the field and society as a whole still had a thing for really nice, good looking rifles. Now the market has moved to less power but better bullets with higher BC to extend range. Secondly, more and more we value functionality and a lower price. Now it's more a tool and less a piece of art. Basically, Westherby specific is expensive, very powerful and (as others have mentioned) has some complicated design aspects - basically the opposite of what most of the buying public wants now.</p><p></p><p>The Vanguard, on the other hand, has adopted what most rifles have gone too.. common calibers, utilatarian looks and materials, cheap price and accuracy. In my mind it's the exact opposite approach to how Weatherby typically approaches their business and that is why its seen pretty good success.</p><p></p><p>Of course, that's just my opinion and is worth exactly what you paid for it! Lol</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ndking1126, post: 1928715, member: 26820"] When I think of Weatherby, it's kind of a tale of two stories..they have a whole lot of their own stuff, and then they have the Vanguard series. The Weatherby-specific cartridges and Mark V rifles are high end and/or very high powered. Years ago this was a great recipe. More power equaled more capability in the field and society as a whole still had a thing for really nice, good looking rifles. Now the market has moved to less power but better bullets with higher BC to extend range. Secondly, more and more we value functionality and a lower price. Now it's more a tool and less a piece of art. Basically, Westherby specific is expensive, very powerful and (as others have mentioned) has some complicated design aspects - basically the opposite of what most of the buying public wants now. The Vanguard, on the other hand, has adopted what most rifles have gone too.. common calibers, utilatarian looks and materials, cheap price and accuracy. In my mind it's the exact opposite approach to how Weatherby typically approaches their business and that is why its seen pretty good success. Of course, that's just my opinion and is worth exactly what you paid for it! Lol [/QUOTE]
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