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I have yet to have a Weatherby Mark V that did not shoot extremely well and was not consistent. I have owned/own them in 270,7mm and 300 bee. I understand that the Remington ultra mags also have a bit of freebore. I am not sure about the rest of the Ultras but the 3oo does have free bore. .125 in the example I currently have. I should note that this gun was chambered with a off the shelf Manson reamer. I also have a 300 weatherby current and it's freebore measures .438. This is a late 80's/early 90's vintage made in Japan Mark V.
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ALL Westherby rifles I've owned shot well. ALL have been sub MOA shooters. As to the three firing issue, I have observed a deterioration in accuracy after three or more firings. Although some calibers are a bit more forgiving, for example, the 257 does give me more firings than the 300 and so does the 7to get back on topic The 7mm weatherby was my primary hunting round for a number of years. I always went more than three firings. I have owned a pile of weatherby rifles and sold many on this site. I would guess around 20, including a 300 and 240 currently . I have had plenty that wouldn't shoot MOA or would only do so with one load or one bullet weight. IMO none of them are inherently accurate cartridges.
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Again in my opinion, neither belts nor freebore were "afflictions" as in a bad thing. Capiche, grazie.
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...it took almost no load work to develop good shooting 200 grain PT loads with 7828SSC... ![[Linked Image]](http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww233/beretzs/RIFLES/MK5%20300%20Weatherby/F1E179DF-8BEA-44A8-9DDA-612894C8D119_zps6svtmi5u.jpg) That's one of the saving graces of the 300 Wby. It's as if 7828 was designed specifically for it. Mine shoots 180's like that with 84.5 gr of 7828.
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IMO none of them are inherently accurate cartridges. I have worked with numerous 300 Wby Mk V's and never had any problem getting them to shoot.
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I have owned a pile of weatherby rifles and sold many on this site. I would guess around 20, including a 300 and 240 currently . I have had plenty that wouldn't shoot MOA or would only do so with one load or one bullet weight. IMO non of them are inherently accurate cartridges.
Then it begs the question, why do yo keep buying them?
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I haven't bought any in years and the ones I currently have were inherited.
My original model 700 classic 7mm weatherby was rebarrled to 300 win mag some time ago.
And I just related I currently have 3 weatherbys. In addition to the Mark v's mentioned early I also have another 700 in 7mm weatherby.
To be honest I was quit a churner years back. Thankfully I realized the futility of it all and invested my money into actually hunting and the gear required to DIY.
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I have a deal in the works for a Sako L691 in 7mm Wby. It has a 1 in 9.5 twist barrel. I’m hoping it will stabilize long bullets like a 175 ABLR or ELD-X. So, Norma is the preferred brass?
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Norma is good stuff. I use it first in cartridges I can get it in.. Second comes RP brass if necessary. I have just purchased Lapua for my 308 to test.
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Brass of any kind seems to be a scarce commodity. Might as well buy some ammo for the price of a 20 round box of brass
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Norma or Weatherby is the way to go.
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Brass of any kind seems to be a scarce commodity. Might as well buy some ammo for the price of a 20 round box of brass That is the way to go apparently, and its fireformed to your rifle 
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Any belted magnum needs to be neck sized and annealed after about 3 reloads.I have got over a dozen loads from a 7Rem mag and 338 Win mag doing that.If you full length size you are lucky to get 3 or 4 reloads from a case.
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My Wby cases fail more from primer pocket expansion than head seperation, so I keep my loads for it within reason.
The 7 Rem Mag. shoulder gets set back 3 thous, and I do anneal both. Working for both so far.
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