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Re: For even money - which 300 wby - mark v or vanguard mathman #9113920 08/20/14
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 9,472 Billings, Montana B BWalker Campfire Outfitter
BWalker Campfire Outfitter B Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 9,472 Billings, Montana	Mark V's= ultimate dude rifle.

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Re: For even money - which 300 wby - mark v or vanguard BWalker #9114902 08/21/14
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 42,607 Orange Park, Florida jorgeI Campfire 'Bwana
jorgeI Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 42,607 Orange Park, Florida	Originally Posted by BWalker Mark V's= ultimate dude rifle. 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: For even money - which 300 wby - mark v or vanguard jorgeI #9115051 08/21/14
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,372 Paradise,Alaska Big Stick Campfire Kahuna
Big Stick Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,372 Paradise,Alaska	The less one shoots,the "better" the MKV gets. Hint................. Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."

Re: For even money - which 300 wby - mark v or vanguard Big Stick #9115106 08/21/14
Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 13,924 PA moosemike Campfire Outfitter
moosemike Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 13,924 PA	Jorge, cool ad. Thanks for sharing. I wish I could get a Mark V at those prices! Make mine the .270 Bee please.

Re: For even money - which 300 wby - mark v or vanguard moosemike #9115115 08/21/14
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 42,607 Orange Park, Florida jorgeI Campfire 'Bwana
jorgeI Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 42,607 Orange Park, Florida	I have a bunch of the old Weatherby Guides with cool stuff like that in them. They stopped publishing them in 1985 and they've become real collector items to those that are into Weatherby rifles. Elgin Gates, General Curtis Lemay, Robert Stack, Robert Taylor, Ike, folks like that. I can find some more at home and post them if you'd like. 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…”

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Re: For even money - which 300 wby - mark v or vanguard jorgeI #9115125 08/21/14
Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 13,924 PA moosemike Campfire Outfitter
moosemike Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 13,924 PA	I'd love it. Any of Gen. Chuck Yeager?

Re: For even money - which 300 wby - mark v or vanguard jorgeI #9115195 08/21/14
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,372 Paradise,Alaska Big Stick Campfire Kahuna
Big Stick Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,372 Paradise,Alaska	Georgie, That is AWESOME! Do you have the hat too?!? Laughing!................ Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."

Re: For even money - which 300 wby - mark v or vanguard moosemike #9115278 08/21/14
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 42,607 Orange Park, Florida jorgeI Campfire 'Bwana
jorgeI Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 42,607 Orange Park, Florida	Originally Posted by moosemike I'd love it. Any of Gen. Chuck Yeager? I think so, I'll look! 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: For even money - which 300 wby - mark v or vanguard jorgeI #9115378 08/21/14
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 42,607 Orange Park, Florida jorgeI Campfire 'Bwana
jorgeI Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 42,607 Orange Park, Florida	Found this: 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: For even money - which 300 wby - mark v or vanguard jorgeI #9115435 08/21/14
Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 13,924 PA moosemike Campfire Outfitter
moosemike Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 13,924 PA	Cool. It was just a year or two ago that I heard Gen Yeager was in Africa on a hunt. Still carrying a Mark V even at his age! But it was a .270 mag and not the .300 he always swore by.

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Re: For even money - which 300 wby - mark v or vanguard jorgeI #9115671 08/21/14
Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,042 Southern New Mexico E elkhunternm Campfire Oracle
elkhunternm Campfire Oracle E Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,042 Southern New Mexico	Originally Posted by jorgeI I have a bunch of the old Weatherby Guides with cool stuff like that in them. They stopped publishing them in 1985 and they've become real collector items to those that are into Weatherby rifles. Elgin Gates, General Curtis Lemay, Robert Stack, Robert Taylor, Ike, folks like that. I can find some more at home and post them if you'd like. Herb Klein,Nolan Ryan,Roy Rogers are some that I remember. Last edited by elkhunternm; 08/21/14. 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: For even money - which 300 wby - mark v or vanguard elkhunternm #9115675 08/21/14
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 42,607 Orange Park, Florida jorgeI Campfire 'Bwana
jorgeI Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 42,607 Orange Park, Florida	Originally Posted by elkhunternm Originally Posted by jorgeI I have a bunch of the old Weatherby Guides with cool stuff like that in them. They stopped publishing them in 1985 and they've become real collector items to those that are into Weatherby rifles. Elgin Gates, General Curtis Lemay, Robert Stack, Robert Taylor, Ike, folks like that. I can find some more at home and post them if you'd like. Herb Klein,Nolan Ryan are two that I remember. Yep, LOTS of gents that I admire and aspired to whilst growing up, both as professionals and in their hunting endeavors. There's a lesson in there... 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: For even money - which 300 wby - mark v or vanguard jorgeI #9115701 08/21/14
Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,042 Southern New Mexico E elkhunternm Campfire Oracle
elkhunternm Campfire Oracle E Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,042 Southern New Mexico	Joe Foss was another who used the Mark V and he was no "dude" either. 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: For even money - which 300 wby - mark v or vanguard elkhunternm #9115742 08/21/14
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,372 Paradise,Alaska Big Stick Campfire Kahuna
Big Stick Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,372 Paradise,Alaska	Lotsa hands held there...as in all of them. Hint............... Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."

Re: For even money - which 300 wby - mark v or vanguard Big Stick #9115750 08/21/14
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 11,352 Denver 30338 Campfire Outfitter
30338 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 11,352 Denver	So true that.

Re: For even money - which 300 wby - mark v or vanguard jorgeI #9117505 08/22/14
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 46,245 Oklahoma G gunner500 Campfire 'Bwana
gunner500 Campfire 'Bwana G Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 46,245 Oklahoma	Originally Posted by jorgeI Originally Posted by gunner500 [ Rah-Jah, I know an old man that would buy a clean MK-V from me in a heartbeat. You rang, sir? I said 'old man,' not "Stately Gentleman" [/quote] well, appreciate the overstatement, but I'll still take it, espcially in a 7 Wby mag! [/quote] , I'll keep an ear to the ground. Trump Won!

Re: For even money - which 300 wby - mark v or vanguard Big Stick #9120758 08/23/14
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 Big Stick Lotsa hands held there...as in all of them. Hint............... Very much so.

Re: For even money - which 300 wby - mark v or vanguard moosemike #9131972 08/27/14
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 moosemike Mark V. For the same price absolutely! I have 9 of them and they all shoot great. Plus they are beautiful rifles. https://thehandloadinglog.wordpress.com μολὼν λαβέ "Weatherby was too long so I nicknamed it "Bee""

Re: For even money - which 300 wby - mark v or vanguard Fotis #9133309 08/28/14
Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 7,126 Texas S StrayDog Campfire Tracker
StrayDog Campfire Tracker S Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 7,126 Texas	I've had both and prefer the Vanguard. The Mark 5 is the traditionally overpriced snob appeal gun with pretty wood. So it was priced up for the wood. If both rifles are synthetic the reason to pay more is out of the equation. It may depend if your personality prefers a Cadillac Escalade over a Chevy Tahoe.

Re: For even money - which 300 wby - mark v or vanguard StrayDog #9133318 08/28/14
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,372 Paradise,Alaska Big Stick Campfire Kahuna
Big Stick Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,372 Paradise,Alaska	Aesthetics is subjective,mechanics ain't. VG by miles................. Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."

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