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300 Weatherby, not too accurate. Seems to print preferred ammo in a box almost like a parallelogram. Probably 3 MOA. If it doesn’t like the ammo it is all over the place. Any thoughts here - just seems odd to pattern this way. Still trying to find an accurate load - commercial and hand loaded. 7MM 160’s print in less than a MOA - same day, same setup - so it is not the shooter.

If you’re reloading try make them shorter. I had a conversation with Barnes and they told me some Weatherby want to jump .300” . I have a rifle that wants a .170” jump. Just a thought. Good luck!

Is it a Weatherby rifle?

If so return it. It is guaranteed

I was wondering the same thing. The only bad thing about sending a Weatherby rifle back is they have you send it to the nearest "factory authorized" repair center. The 1 weatherby rifle I had to send back was sent back 3 times before they fixed the issue. After receiving the rifle on the 3rd shipment, it came back with screw driver scratch marks on it. It seemed to work properly, so I sent the rifle down the road and swore Weatherby off. Their CS and repair centers are severely lacking. I'd be interested to see how this turns out, if the OP sends his rifle in for them to repair... If the rifle is not a true Weatherby manufactured rifle, I'm wondering if its properly glass bedded and how its scoped.. Is the barrel freefloating or does it have pressure at the forend tip? Has the op tried any accurizing tricks. Some things can be done pretty easily, like the old trick of putting a plastic bread clip in between the receiver and stock near the front action screw, to induce a temporary freefloat on the barrel, or business cards in the forend tip between the stock and barrel. I'd never say a rifle is shooting poorly due to a bad load, until I've tried every accurizing trick in the book, then I'd start on load development.

I was given a Weatherby Varmintmaster 22-250. The original owner couldn't get it to shoot like it should. I took it to my gunsmith and he loosened the action screws and the barreled would rock in the stock. He properly inletted the stock and bedded the action. I shoots great now. I was told by a reliable source many Weatherbys don't like boat tail bullets because they have a long throat.

That's interesting. I wonder if it pertains to other rifles with significant freebore.


Okie John

Try a different scope,check screws in the mounts and rings,check the action screws and check the bedding. One way to check bedding is to wrap a dollar bill around the barrel and slide it down between the barrel and stock.

Have someone else shoot the rifle.

Is the trigger pull heavy?

Look for hairline cracks in stock if it is a wood stock.

Is the rifle new or used?