Here is a LH 257 Weatherby, with a 24" barrel.

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I couldn't even tell you what barrel contour it is; I just asked Melvin to put on the one he would choose. With the 4.5x14 Leupold, it weighs 6 # 14 oz. It is a steady 3/4 inch gun. It kinda made everything in my battery below .30 caliber redundant. It accounted for a one-shot kill at 365 yards for my son this fall on a solid mule deer buck.

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Other companies have jumped on the lightweight gun bandwagon, but I don't know anyone who has mastered it better that Melvin.

Besides who else do you know that answers the phone at the company he founded?