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Why is there not much talk about Weatherby Rifles?
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<blockquote data-quote="Dr. Richard Gray" data-source="post: 1929046" data-attributes="member: 111239"><p>I have a Mark V Deluxe .340 Mag with the Accumark brake and a 35X Weaver scope. I have not fired it in over a year, but when I did that, it was shooting a 2" grouping at 300 yrds. Since I own over 850 acres, I have my own range. Therefore; I have to wait until after crop harvest to do my fine tuning with the groupings. This is one costly gun to shoot for the pleasure of shooting! I do my own loads from the start. I have not fired a "factory" round through it. The brass alone is $2-$3, that is if you can find it for $2. I use only Norma or Weatherby brass. I love all of my rifles, but this is my favorite. You know i did my research on the brakes when I was considering the purchase of this rifle and it was either this one or a Browning BAR .338 with the BOS brake. Never got a chance to try the BOS brake, but the Accumark is unbelievable. My .308 calibers have more of a punch (no brake) than this Mark V. I would rate the Accumark up with the best. I also have a Ruger Hawkeye .375 with whatever brake Ruger uses, and after 10 rounds, you honestly don't care to squeeze the trigger on the 11th. Don't get me wrong the Ruger is a very accurate rifle, it just kick's like a Missouri mule. I will be doing some testing late this fall with some 300gr Sierra Match King and, shame on me "factory seconds" .300gr .338 bullets. I am just curious since the factory seconds have no ballistic coefficients. If they are even close to the Match King, the cost is significantly less. Yes I know these are multiple lot numbers and every bullet will have to be "miced" prior to using.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dr. Richard Gray, post: 1929046, member: 111239"] I have a Mark V Deluxe .340 Mag with the Accumark brake and a 35X Weaver scope. I have not fired it in over a year, but when I did that, it was shooting a 2" grouping at 300 yrds. Since I own over 850 acres, I have my own range. Therefore; I have to wait until after crop harvest to do my fine tuning with the groupings. This is one costly gun to shoot for the pleasure of shooting! I do my own loads from the start. I have not fired a "factory" round through it. The brass alone is $2-$3, that is if you can find it for $2. I use only Norma or Weatherby brass. I love all of my rifles, but this is my favorite. You know i did my research on the brakes when I was considering the purchase of this rifle and it was either this one or a Browning BAR .338 with the BOS brake. Never got a chance to try the BOS brake, but the Accumark is unbelievable. My .308 calibers have more of a punch (no brake) than this Mark V. I would rate the Accumark up with the best. I also have a Ruger Hawkeye .375 with whatever brake Ruger uses, and after 10 rounds, you honestly don't care to squeeze the trigger on the 11th. Don't get me wrong the Ruger is a very accurate rifle, it just kick's like a Missouri mule. I will be doing some testing late this fall with some 300gr Sierra Match King and, shame on me "factory seconds" .300gr .338 bullets. I am just curious since the factory seconds have no ballistic coefficients. If they are even close to the Match King, the cost is significantly less. Yes I know these are multiple lot numbers and every bullet will have to be "miced" prior to using. [/QUOTE]
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