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I have a German made mark V in 340 that I’ll never part with I have made some unbelievable shots with it and it’s flattened everything I’ve pointed it at from elk in the Rockies to kudu in Namibia but it’s recoil has broken a few scopes along the way. I put a nightforce on it last year and it held up solid so far. It’s absolutely an amazing caliber with 250 gr partitions but it kills both ways.
Buy my current favorite is my ultra lightweight six lug mark V in 240 Weatherby shooting Barnes ttxs it’s been dream to carry and bang flop every time I’ve pulled the trigger on black tail deer and hogs I think it’s about the perfect caliber for game under 200 lbs and inside 450 yards

I've only had a 300 and found it to be to much of a good thing, if you know what I mean.

If I ever have another one it would be either their 257 or 270.

Picked up a German made Mark V in 257 a week before season opened this year, sighted in with some old Weatherby factory 100 SPs that gun shop had and shot this guy. So I guess I really like the 257 weatherby now, lol.

My German 270 WBY. Also like the 257, but dont have one at this time.

I had a 240 and 257, both on Win 70 CRF actions, liked them both, easy to shoot, got tired of expensive and hard to find ammo and eventually sold them off. Even though I handload, you have to push the envelope to match factory velocity, the good and bad of Wby, at least the factory fodder was maxed out. Sounds like their business is thriving in Sheridan, WY.

Our family has used three different .300 Roys. We load 180s to 2900-2950 fps. Never saw it as "too much" for whitetails. Never saw it as not enough for elk and moose.

Maybe a .340 would have been better. Doubt it tho.

Maybe a .270 or 7mm Roy wouldn't have been as effective. Doubt that too.

So why .300? We have several lifetime supplies of .308" bullets. That makes the .300 Roy our favorite Weatherby cartridge.

My favorite Weatherby caliber is the 7mm. Why? Because that's the only one I own! However, I have hunted with and shot an elk with a borrowed 300 Weatherby Mark V of German manufacture, and I think that's the best Weatherby caliber of all.

I don't own any, but I've shot 240, 257, 300, and 416. 240 is favorite of the bunch, and 257 was a close second. 300 and 416 were both well beyond my comfort zone for recoil.

I've come close to pulling the trigger on a 257 a couple times at LGS, but the price of brass and eating so much powder just put me off. Ended up with a Savage 25-06 instead... total lemon that I traded off within months of buying it. In hindsight, I should have gotten the Vanguard in 257.

I've only owned 2, .240 and .257, both on 700 actions. Neither did as well as I hoped.

I would try the .240 again. I like big 6mms. I had a 6 Rem AI for a while which had some issues but when it was having a good day, it was fun, and I had a slow twist 6x.284 that was about as much fun as it's possible to have blowing up small fuzzies.

The other one that calls to me at times is the .224. Set up with a faster twist and configured for hunting, I think it would be a hell of a cartridge. Unless I had a pile of brass, though, I wouldn't go down that path.

Live2Hunt941: My two favorite Weatherby cartridges are the 224 Weatherby Magnum and the 240 Weatherby Magnum.
MANY years ago I decided I needed a "walking Varminter" and I chose a German production Weatherby MK-V in 224 Weatherby Magnum - it has been one of my favorite Rifles/cartridges ever since.
Accuracy and flat trajectory are just a couple of reasons why.
Then I decided I needed a LONG range Rock Chuck, Coyote and Antelope Rifle and I had a custom Rifle in 240 Weatherby Magnum built on a pre-64 Winchester Model 70 action.
My 240 has a 27" heavy stainless Hart barrel and its accuracy can only be described as excellent!
All of the rumors and innuendos I had heard about lack of accuracy and poor brass life with these two Weatherby cartridges have long since been disregarded.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

My favorites are .240, .257, .270, .300, .340 and finally the big boy .460 Wby.

My favorite? Any of them, as long as it belongs to somebody else and not me!

The latter being yo fav jackwabbit shooter....

DF

In my experience with a couple of 'em, the Vanguard .257 Weatherbys really shoot well. My first .257 Wby. was a Vanguard Sporter, with a walnut stock and blued barrel. It would put three of the handload I worked up (Ramshot Magnum and 100-grain TSXs into 1-1/2"--at 300 yards.

I've never owned a Weatherby or a rifle in a Weatherby caliber. The closest I've come is a friend who has a .300 Weatherby. I saw him kill a really good caribou at about 400 yards with it. On the same hunt I killed one almost as far with my .25-06 AI. Both shots left our guide just shaking his head...I think he was used to seeing 'bou get killed a lot closer than those two.

If I were to actually get a Weatherby (come close a few times, but less and less likely as I "mature") it would almost certainly be a .257 as I have a great affinity toward the quarter-bores.

My Dad has a Vanguard in 25-06 that's a good shooter with both the 90gr GMX and 100 TTSX.

I ended up sending a 300 Savage with really bad headspace to McGowen in August. Getting it rebarreled in 250 Savage to scratch my quarter bore itch. I'm not a very long distance shooter, and I love my 99s, so it should fit the bill for me. 20-25 week turnaround... should be getting it back around the turn of the new year.

I bought a semi-custom Rem 721 chambered in 7mm Weatherby at a gun show. It was a great shooter with everything I loaded for it. The hotter I loaded the better it liked it.
The stock was a little too custom/fancy for me so I sold it off. I have wanted another 721 (or 722) ever since and wouldn't hesitate to have another 7mm Weatherby.

LOL, I've gone to mahogany barrels, I was getting too much throat erosion with walnut.....

Owning a 270, 300 & 340 all Mk V

I’d say that my 270 Wby with 150gr NP has been a pleasure to shoot & hunt with. Mine is one of the early Super Biggame Masters or something like that that is a very light gun with a 26” fluted barrel.

I only bring the others on a hunt if required - especially the 340. It’s very accurate but not fun to shoot more than needed. I’ve had it for a long time but I just don’t hunt like I once did after moving East.

I like the French walnut barrels, makes me bit snobbish on the range.