Some say I'm outdated but I still like the Weatherby Mark V rifles

[Hickok]

One of the best that you could buy from over the counter and go to the field with.

I agree with that. I have a USA made Mark V in 257 Weatherby Magnum with the synthetic stock that has the aluminum bedding block, and it is one of the very few bolt action rifles I have ever owned that didn't need any tuning, tinkering or trigger work right out of the box. Put a 4-12x Leupold scope on it, bought a box of factory Weatherby ammo (ouch) to zero and chronograph, bought some empty brass to reload, and it is a tack driver.

I have taken deer out to 400 yards (lasered) with it using Nosler 110 gr Accubonds @ 3400fps. It has light recoil about like a 270 Winchester. Absolutely great rifle.

[Earlwb]

When I was young, I was always in awe of anyone with a Weatherby rifle. I think they are great guns and you are a lucky person to own one. Nothing wrong with owning a Weatherby anything.

[roysha]

Yesiree bob! Monte Carlo stock with cheek piece,skip line checkering, contrasting forearm tip, a neat white diamond inlaid in the stock and gloss on gloss. LUV UM!

Well, I have two sets of real Weatherby dies, 240 and 270, which is about as close as I'll ever come to owning a Weatherby.

My dream Weatherby was the 224 which I wanted to rebarrel to .17. Even went so far as to have a custom reamer made in 17-224 Weatherby, radius shoulders and all, just in case a 224 should drop on me from the heavens. Never happened, but I still have the reamer and a batch of brass. Dang it, now it looks like I have another project for the "Winter List" However it will probably have to be on a REM 700 since I for **** sure can't afford a Weatherby 224.

[Clay M]

I believe the Weatherbys are still cutting edge hunting rifles.
Roy was ahead of his time.
I have the Accumark in .270 Weatherby mag.

On a side note I have never been able to handload the ammo to equal the Weatherby factory loads .

The factory 130gr Hornady spire point gets 3600 fps out of my rifle.
Weatherby is using a powder that is not available for aftermarket sale.

It looks, smells,and tastes like Norma MRP, but it is not the same powder.

[Hickok]

Clay, are you sure about the velocity with a 130gr bullet?

[Clay M]

Clay, are you sure about the velocity with a 130gr bullet?

That is what my chronograph read .
It is an old Oehler 33 and I have never had it give false readings or what I thought was false .

My handloads run around 3300 to 3400 . That is the best I have been able to do so far.

[Drm50]

I had a used Mk V in 257, it was like new. A buddy of mine just had to have it,so I traded in to
him complete with Weatherby scope. He was so proud of that rifle he got to be a pain in the butt.
He would never carry it where it might get a scratch. He carried it in case to stand and back.Over
the years he lost chance on deer, because his gun was cased.

[725]

My buddy won one in .270 from my club. I've only won a ML Black Diamond at a raffle. Still------------I'm ahead of the game. Would rather have won the .270.

[Hardcast416taylor]

Duke, if you ever run across an early Kleingunther K-15 Instafire then you`ll be looking at a child of the Weatherby family. Bob Kleingunther was Roy Weatherby`s head gun smith in Germany. Bob went on his own in Seguin Tx when Weatherby moved back to Ca. In 1979 my brother had Bob make up a 7 Rem. Mag K-15 for him. No sights on it and it looked like a Mk 5 if you squinted a bit. Back then it cost $1000.00 to own one. They were guaranteed to shoot factory ammo under 1" for 5 shots at 100 yds from his shop. It took me 6 months to make up a humdinger of a load for it. It would print 3 rounds of my load into 1 single hole at 250 yds! I sent Bob all the data from my loads on every item I used. He remarked that he knew he made an accurate rifle - just really impressed him what dedicated loads can do.Robert

[GOPHER SLAYER]

In the late 1950s my brother and I visited Weatherby's store in South Gate, Ca. The Mark V had come out by then and they had a catalog with great pictures and descriptions of how the rifle came about. I still have my copy. If the rifle copied any other action it was the rifle made by Buffalo Arms, complete with mutable locking lugs. The Buffalo action did have a claw extractor while the Mark V does not, otherwise they are very close in design. I had a very good friend who had a Mark V in 240 with the Weatherby 3-9 scope and I thought it was gorgeous. He passed away and his widow offered it to me for $500 but with a kid in collage there was no way I could buy it. One of her neighbors bought it.

[RPRNY]

I approve Duke. Timeless classic.

[Just Duke]

I like the 416 and the 460. The 460 would be my favorite.

[Just Duke]

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[Clay M]

I like the 416 and the 460. The 460 would be my favorite.

The .460 should have adequate recoil to loosen your bridgework.

I had a .458 win mag for a while ,and it was plenty.

[Just Duke]

The .460 should have adequate recoil to loosen your bridgework.

I had a .458 win mag for a while ,and it was plenty.

It doesn't have to be loaded that hot. 1800 to 2000 fps is just fine.

[Clay M]

I was tuning the .458 up hoping to go to Africa ,so I wanted to see what it would do.

I think I liked the .416 Rem better.