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WBY Mark V's #11117506 04/13/16
Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 259 The land down under B Below_par OP Campfire Member
OP Below_par Campfire Member B Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 259 The land down under	So, it has me curious. Is it just me, or are they not very popular? Could this be because or there price, or because they are just an acquire taste? Who loves em' and who hates em'? You only live once.

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Re: WBY Mark V's Below_par #11117527 04/13/16
Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,040 Southern New Mexico E elkhunternm Campfire Oracle
elkhunternm Campfire Oracle E Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,040 Southern New Mexico	Like the .460 Wby I own. Life Member SCI Life Member DSC Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard Ken

Re: WBY Mark V's Below_par #11118100 04/14/16
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 515 thousand acre bog Maine G grumpy7904 Campfire Regular
grumpy7904 Campfire Regular G Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 515 thousand acre bog Maine	They are popular at My place I've got 10 of them

Re: WBY Mark V's Below_par #11118254 04/14/16
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 28,847 Grants Pass,OR Ringman Campfire Ranger
Ringman Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 28,847 Grants Pass,OR	I love 'em. Of the six I had only one would not keep all its bullets inside one MOA; except for my 6.5mm wildcat. It was the second .340 using 250 Partitions and always good for about 1 1/4". I love the action and I love the stock shape and I love the light weight of the six lug model. "Only Christ is the fullness of God's revelation." Everyday Hunter

Re: WBY Mark V's Below_par #11118565 04/14/16
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 6,148 Down South C Cruiser1 Campfire Tracker
Cruiser1 Campfire Tracker C Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 6,148 Down South	Like my 6 lug 7mm-08; came from pawn shop like this: Now looks like this at 7lbs 1oz : Hunts like this:

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Re: WBY Mark V's Below_par #11119074 04/14/16
Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,270 Montana Henry McCann Campfire Regular
Henry McCann Campfire Regular Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,270 Montana	I inherited a .300 and a .257 that my father bought in Germany in the late 50's. I really like them!

Re: WBY Mark V's Below_par #11119076 04/14/16
Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 12,530 Blue Ridge M MagMarc Campfire Outfitter
MagMarc Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 12,530 Blue Ridge	I like my Deluxe 300WBY

Re: WBY Mark V's MagMarc #11119099 04/14/16
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 35,900 B BobinNH Campfire 'Bwana
BobinNH Campfire 'Bwana B Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 35,900	Love them or hate them, they are part of rifle Americana just like Rem 700's M70's, M94 30-30's etc. The 280 Remington is overbore. The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.

Re: WBY Mark V's Below_par #11119286 04/14/16
Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 13,921 PA moosemike Campfire Outfitter
moosemike Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 13,921 PA	I've always admired them.

Re: WBY Mark V's Below_par #11119979 04/14/16
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,899 Pennsylvania D Dogslife57 Campfire Regular
Dogslife57 Campfire Regular D Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,899 Pennsylvania	Count me in with 3

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Re: WBY Mark V's Below_par #11119997 04/14/16
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 2,047 Alabama AMRA Campfire Regular
AMRA Campfire Regular Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 2,047 Alabama	Mine are the last rifles I would part with! Molan Labe

Re: WBY Mark V's Below_par #11120131 04/14/16
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky ingwe Campfire Oracle
ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky	Originally Posted by Below_par ......who hates em'? That would be me. Gotta be a hater in the bunch. "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: WBY Mark V's BobinNH #11120132 04/14/16
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky ingwe Campfire Oracle
ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky	Originally Posted by BobinNH Love them or hate them, they are part of rifle Americana just like Rem 700's M70's, M94 30-30's etc. THAT was ambivalent.... "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: WBY Mark V's Below_par #11120179 04/14/16
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,618 East TN S Sako Campfire Regular
Sako Campfire Regular S Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,618 East TN	Growing up and in my early years they were always out of reach money wise.... I have one now and I really like it.... Good shooting and good looking The worst thing ever to happen to cops is the personal video recorder... Now people can see the truth

Re: WBY Mark V's Sako #11120215 04/14/16
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,201 Winchester ID K kenster99 Campfire Tracker
kenster99 Campfire Tracker K Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,201 Winchester ID	I have a few, this german 270 mag my favorite.

Re: WBY Mark V's Below_par #11120246 04/14/16
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 42,604 Orange Park, Florida jorgeI Campfire 'Bwana
jorgeI Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 42,604 Orange Park, Florida	I'm a Weatherby user, currently own five of them. Most consistently accurate rifles I've ever owned, not one has ever failed to deliver. I can appreciate if some don't care for their looks, but performance-wise they're excellent rifles. Their ammo is expensive, then again I haven't bought factory ammo in a while. A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”

Re: WBY Mark V's Below_par #11120322 04/14/16
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 6,148 Down South C Cruiser1 Campfire Tracker
Cruiser1 Campfire Tracker C Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 6,148 Down South	Not a MK V; but I like my .17HMR MK XXII also: Last edited by Cruiser1; 04/14/16.

Re: WBY Mark V's Below_par #11120782 04/15/16
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 29,834 Burns/Hines, Oregon, USA 1minute Campfire Ranger
1minute Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 29,834 Burns/Hines, Oregon, USA	Price was my initial issue. Now that's not a problem. 1Minute

Re: WBY Mark V's Below_par #11120795 04/15/16
Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 5,523 S Sako76 Campfire Tracker
Sako76 Campfire Tracker S Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 5,523	I've owned four, still have three (2 Ultralights in 06 and a stainless fluted in 300 WBY), all three shoot very good, killed 8 elk with the 300!

Re: WBY Mark V's Below_par #11120805 04/15/16
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 3,082 NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI T TATELAW Campfire Tracker
TATELAW Campfire Tracker T Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 3,082 NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI	The Mark V is still on my wish list. I've owned a Vanguard and it was a great rifle, but one of my friends wanted it. I currently own two rifles in Weatherby cartridges, 257 & 240, both are customs built on Pre-64 Win 70 actions. Those who must raise their voice to get their point across are generally not intelligent enough to do so in any other way.

Re: WBY Mark V's Below_par #11121929 04/15/16
Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 1,562 G ghostrider272 Campfire Regular
ghostrider272 Campfire Regular G Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 1,562	In the past year I've picked up a LH Ultralight in 7 Rem Mag and a Fibermark in 30-06. Like the feel, now just need to take them to the field. Just something about the feel of them.

Re: WBY Mark V's ingwe #11121986 04/15/16
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 33,687 Either Texas or Idaho E EdM Campfire 'Bwana
EdM Campfire 'Bwana E Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 33,687 Either Texas or Idaho	Originally Posted by ingwe Originally Posted by Below_par ......who hates em'? That would be me. Gotta be a hater in the bunch. I thought I was a loner? Conduct is the best proof of character.

Re: WBY Mark V's Below_par #11122009 04/15/16
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 9,472 Billings, Montana B BWalker Campfire Outfitter
BWalker Campfire Outfitter B Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 9,472 Billings, Montana	Weatherby would sell many more if they dropped that god awful stock shape. It needs to go the way of the leisure suit and shag carpeting. I have two in Brown stocks. Not bad rigs but a bit on the heavy side. I also think the bottom metal release design on the Japanese made versions I own is an accident waiting to happen.

Re: WBY Mark V's BWalker #11122061 04/15/16
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 28,847 Grants Pass,OR Ringman Campfire Ranger
Ringman Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 28,847 Grants Pass,OR	BWalker, Quote Weatherby would sell many more if they dropped that god awful stock shape. It needs to go the way of the leisure suit and shag carpeting. I doubt that. Before I ever owned a Weatherby, when the 8mm Rem Mag came out, I had a 7 Rem Mag rechambered for a 7-8mm Rem Mag. It pounded me. I machined a flat place on the stock and glued a chunk of balsa wood on and began firing and carving and sanding and firing until I was no longer hammered by the recoil. Then I saw a Weatherby and realized all I did was copy ol' Roy's experiment. The two recent stocks I purchased for light rifles, a Proof Research and an MPI, cost about an extra "C" note to get that shaped added to the stock. Both these stocks started life weighing twelve ounces. Now, with the recoil pad, trigger guard, inletting, and swivels they are about twenty-four ounces. There is no way I would have a hunting rifle if it did not have the Weatherby shape. I will agree with you about the release. Both my stocks are like Remington ADL's. "Only Christ is the fullness of God's revelation." Everyday Hunter

Re: WBY Mark V's Below_par #11122165 04/15/16
Joined: May 2009 Posts: 17,260 Cheyenne, Wy Fotis Campfire Ranger
Fotis Campfire Ranger Joined: May 2009 Posts: 17,260 Cheyenne, Wy	I love them. got 240 257 270 7mm 300 30-378 340 378 416 460. All in different configurations. Waiting for my 6.5mm Bee from the custom shop. https://thehandloadinglog.wordpress.com μολὼν λαβέ "Weatherby was too long so I nicknamed it "Bee""

Re: WBY Mark V's EdM #11122355 04/15/16
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky ingwe Campfire Oracle
ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky	Originally Posted by EdM Originally Posted by ingwe Originally Posted by Below_par ......who hates em'? That would be me. Gotta be a hater in the bunch. I thought I was a loner? Thought I was too... Great minds Ed.... "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: WBY Mark V's Below_par #11122637 04/16/16
Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,040 Southern New Mexico E elkhunternm Campfire Oracle
elkhunternm Campfire Oracle E Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,040 Southern New Mexico	Life Member SCI Life Member DSC Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard Ken

Re: WBY Mark V's Below_par #11122934 04/16/16
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 32,070 Kenai Peninsula, AK L las Campfire 'Bwana
las Campfire 'Bwana L Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 32,070 Kenai Peninsula, AK	Don't like 'em, either. Give me one and I'd own it just long enough to sell it to buy something I like. Old Roy sure saw a bunch of you boys coming! The only true cost of having a dog is its death.

Re: WBY Mark V's Below_par #11123406 04/16/16
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,313 Colorado D Dustylongshot Campfire Regular
Dustylongshot Campfire Regular D Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,313 Colorado	Like Fotis, I own many Mk V's and have a 6.5 300 in route. I find no fault with them.

Re: WBY Mark V's Ringman #11123611 04/16/16
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 9,472 Billings, Montana B BWalker Campfire Outfitter
BWalker Campfire Outfitter B Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 9,472 Billings, Montana	Originally Posted by Ringman BWalker, Quote Weatherby would sell many more if they dropped that god awful stock shape. It needs to go the way of the leisure suit and shag carpeting. I doubt that. Before I ever owned a Weatherby, when the 8mm Rem Mag came out, I had a 7 Rem Mag rechambered for a 7-8mm Rem Mag. It pounded me. I machined a flat place on the stock and glued a chunk of balsa wood on and began firing and carving and sanding and firing until I was no longer hammered by the recoil. Then I saw a Weatherby and realized all I did was copy ol' Roy's experiment. The two recent stocks I purchased for light rifles, a Proof Research and an MPI, cost about an extra "C" note to get that shaped added to the stock. Both these stocks started life weighing twelve ounces. Now, with the recoil pad, trigger guard, inletting, and swivels they are about twenty-four ounces. There is no way I would have a hunting rifle if it did not have the Weatherby shape. I will agree with you about the release. Both my stocks are like Remington ADL's. Which stock fits you best depends on your build. The weatherby shape seems to pound me harder and have more muzzle rise than a straight comb stock. In addition the square forend feels poor in the hand. The fact remains however, that many people find the weatherby stock atrocious looking.

Re: WBY Mark V's Below_par #11124002 04/16/16
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 153 Washington (wetside) Cougarz Campfire Member
Cougarz Campfire Member Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 153 Washington (wetside)	Like anything else in life some people like them and some don't. I have two, a .257 Deluxe and a .300 Accumark. Both are accurate. The .300 goes with me everywhere. Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie" until you can find a rock. Will Rogers

Re: WBY Mark V's las #11124059 04/16/16
Joined: May 2009 Posts: 17,260 Cheyenne, Wy Fotis Campfire Ranger
Fotis Campfire Ranger Joined: May 2009 Posts: 17,260 Cheyenne, Wy	Originally Posted by las Old Roy sure saw a bunch of you boys coming! Sure glad he did! https://thehandloadinglog.wordpress.com μολὼν λαβέ "Weatherby was too long so I nicknamed it "Bee""

Re: WBY Mark V's Below_par #11124077 04/16/16
Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 5,455 Boarmaster123 Campfire Tracker
Boarmaster123 Campfire Tracker Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 5,455	I have a Deluxe in 300wby and an accumark in 270wby. Both shoot great. They are both heavy and long. The deluxe handles better than the Accumark. Fit and finish on both are excellent. I dont get much use out of either. I would probably sell or trade out of the Accumark if I could find someone who couldnt live without it. But I doubt I could part with the Deluxe whether I ever hunt with it again or not. Life can be rough on us dreamers.

Re: WBY Mark V's Below_par #11124947 04/17/16
Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 516 Sand Country Wis O Old_Doe_Shooter Campfire Regular
Old_Doe_Shooter Campfire Regular O Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 516 Sand Country Wis	I love the cartridges and the look but the MKV doesn't fit me very well. I deal with it best I can... but she sure is purrty...... Why does a man who is 50 pounds overweight complain about a 10 pound rifle being too heavy? SCI Life Member 4**

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