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Weatherby is having a Black Friday sale so I picked up a Accumark left hand 300 Wby at a decent price. I also completed a special order for a Lefty 340 Wby. This will be my first experience with a Weatherby Mark V rifle. The custom shop allows you to change stock finish and offers more color choices for the cerakote, floor plate, bolt, muzzle brake, barrel, etc. They quote 180 day delivery so I'll find out soon. I was surprised they do not charge sales tax and offer free shipping. Both rifles together cost less than one HS Precision. 1 inch guarantee so will see how they perform. Not a fan of 26 inch barrels but they can always be cut down.

I have one in .257 WBY. Great shooting rifle and the short and smooth bolt throw will really surprise you. The only downfall with mine is it's heavy and long. I have some much better options to spot and stalk with.

was the sale on the Weatherby website only? I could sure use another quarterbore in my stable for the right price...

Sale was on Weatherbys site, did not include custom builds.

The "Sale" was not a very good one. After waiting a month for Weatherby to ship the rifle they finally agreed to cancel the order. I decided to change my mind and looked for their Backcountry model and found a fantastic deal on one in 300 Weatherby ($2100). Picked it up from my dealers yesterday.
Love the stock on this model, it is made by Peak 44. Combination of green and brown in carbon fiber. Stock is trim and recoil pad seems very nice. All metal parts are cerakoted and the bolt travel is very smooth. It weighs 6 pounds on my scale (empty). Triggertech trigger. Once I add a Zeiss V4 3x12 scope, a sling, and 3 in the magazine it will be pushing 8 pounds. It also comes with a removable brake and a thread capper. Could be awhile before this rifle gets any range time as I bought it for future potential Alaska hunts and possibly Elk.
My gut tells me recoil will be brisk without the brake, but manageable.
I still have the Accumark in 340 Wby on order. They quote 6 months for custom orders so.....time will tell. Am glad I ordered the 340 in the Accumark model as the extra weight will tame the recoil somewhat.
Will update this thread after I examine the Accumark in 6.5-300 Wby as I just picked one of these up as well. Was going to put off buying this one but found a year end killer deal for $1600 and couldn't resist.

UPDATE: The Accumark is a slightly "beefier" version of the Backcountry. Slightly bigger stock (maybe a B&C?), bigger barrel, etc. On my scale it weighs 8 pounds 2 ounces empty. Trigger breaks nice and crisp and bolt travel is smooth, especially for a new rifle. The action and bolt are cerakoted and the barrel is unfinished stainless steel. Removable brake and thread capper as well. Plan is to add a Zeiss V4 4x16 scope. I suspect it will weigh right around 10 pounds loaded and ready to go.

Difficult to offer a comprehensive review without actually firing a weapon. So all I can say at this point is I think there is good value in these rifles. All models have the Weatherby MOA guarantee. I like the Backcountry model better. But wanted to buy separate models to make it easier to identify the rifle and chambering.

The 340 finally came in. If it shoots as good as it looks it will be a deadly killing machine for anything in Alaska. Photos will not post here so send me a PM if you would like to see it. The fit and finish is excellent.

Perhaps the most versatile caliber Weatherby ever built.

You ought to look at my Near mount in the classified
I had it on my Ultra lightweight. They are one of the nicest mounts for a Weatherby in my opinion. A work of art and very rigid.

Beautiful mount. Unfortunately I already purchased Talley lightweights for the rifle.

A few Weatherby thoughts:

As a country boy before the internet we were isolated. Didn’t know a catholic or who Roy Weatherby was for the longest. Then one day I met a catholic in Boy Scouts and read a Mack Bolan book from the library. That is not a joke. I spent more time in the hay field by myself than civilization.

I don’t remember the issue, but Bolan was sniping with something called a 300 Weatherby Magnum. It was a bad man killer.

I’ve always loved the longer barrels on magnums like the Weatherbys. I’ve always loved the square forearms that fit my hand nicely, and I’ll always regret not convincing myself to buy the beautiful blued 460 in left hand at the Gonzales Cabelas gun library for something like $1,200.00.

I’ll also regret never buying the 26” SS with black flutes LH in 30.06 for either $849 or $899. It had a grey synthetic stock with the black paint spatter. That must be a rare bird since the only thing I can find even on GB is that rifle chambered in 30-378.

Craig Boddington said somewhere the worst recoil out of the plethora of rifles he has shot was easily the 378 Weatherby. It’ll be interesting to read how bad you think the 340 is.

I have zero experience with Weatherby’s creations. Can you elaborate on this and educate me? Are all of these based on a blown out 375 H&H case with a more abrupt shoulder? If that is the case, are all of these actions express length?

For starters, I reload. I’m also an engineer so I tend to absorb useless data like a dry sponge picks up water. So, to versatility.
If you go to the old “just one rifle for anything” and then start with what’s a great Bear or Moose rifle? Many would say 375H&H and they would be correct. If you look at reloading data (Nosler 7) and picked the fastest max load for a 300 grain bullet out of the 375 H&H It pushes a 300 grain bullet out the pipe at 2600 fps. But the 340 Weatherby is faster with a 300 grain bullet at 2726 fps. Both shooting Nosler Accubonds.

Now on the other end of the spectrum, deer. Nosler’s lightest bullet for the 375 H&H is 260 grain and it will push that out the barrel at 2793 fps. Pretty heavy for deer but not exactly flat shooting. The 340Weatherby starts to shine here as it has a broader selection of pills. The 250, gr which is neck and neck with the 375 at 260 grains, but then you also have more lighter options with the 340 you have 225 gr, 210 gr, 200 gr and my personal favorite for deer, the 180 grain nosler accubond. Noslers data shows a max load pushing that at 3364 fps! That’s smoking! Potent deer medicine on a string line. I have a custom 340 Weatherby that for some reaso, actually chronographs that 180 grain bullet at 3401 at just under max. I don’t have to have a rangefinder to hunt deer under 400 yards. I think that defines versatility. I think Roy hit this one out of the park.

Also, I’m not telling anyone to shoot at maximum loads but just sifting through the available data.

Shootist,
Enjoyed reading your post as it makes some very strong points. I picked the 340 simply because I have never owned a Weatherby before and have a good supply of Barnes 225 TTSX's. I also own a Ruger 338 RCM and killed deer with it. I also plan to pick up a Ruger 375 soon.
Not much point in moving back to Alaska if I can't buy a few more rifles to have fun with.

I had a semi-custom 340 for a couple of decades, specifically for elk. And it was outstanding at that application. But then, so are a handful of other cartridges.

Other than three bulls around the 100-125 yd range, most were at 400 yds up to about 475 pre-LRF’s. Knowing the drops and the size of the animal there was no problem hitting them where they lived. I ended up after trying various bullets with the 210-TSX and H4831 for about 3150 fps. The 250-gr Nosler would get to 2925. Those are hammers.

I’m sure there are powders now that might be better. The bullets certainly have gotten there.

The 340 is not necessary for elk and is probably a bit much for some folks but it is a very good cartridge for those that can handle it. Also, recoil can be mitigated by stock shape more than most people seem to know.

Snowwolfe, if moving to AK, I could easily lean into the 340 again. I might also consider the 375, plain vanilla version.

George
The 375 H&H was my go to rifle for moose and caribou when I lived in Alaska before. All the moose I killed were with the 375 and Nosler partitions with the exception of two I killed with my 9.3 double. To be fair, never noticed much of a difference between the two calibers. Moose are easy, hit them in the right spot and within a few seconds they will realize they are hit and start to tip over.