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Experience and opinions on the Wby Mk V Accumark for longish range mule deer, elk and bear hunting?

And... What thoughts on .30-378 & .338-378 ?

Too much cartridge? Value?

Kind of thinking a .257 for most stuff, and something bigger for, well, bigger stuff.

Thanks, Guy

I have had them in 340 weatherby,30-378,338-378 They are great rifles all mine have been accurate. My favorite is the 338-378. They have a Barrel made by Krieger, Good stock with aluminum bedding block. Good trigger.

Buddy has a 338-378 and it is a pretty good shooter. They have a pretty lousy muzzle brake IMHO.

If you want a rifle that has that much power, it might be the way to go, I would probably be more inclined to get a 300 or 338 RUM with a heavier barrel.

I know some guys who are shooting 1/2 MOA at 1000 yds with 300 RUMS and 210 JLKs.

The Mark V is a big action, well made. The factory trigger can to tuned to a very nice pull, but you have to take it all apart to make the adjustments. Instructions are on line. And, if that fails, Timney makes one.

The barrel is by Criterion, a Krieger owned company. It's not the cut rifled barrel sold under the Krieger name. From what I've read, the Criterion is a button rifled tube. The ones I've looked at thru the Hawkeye borescope are very nice with no machine marks. And they do shoot good.

DF

.....An Accumark? You darn betcha!

I have a 338-378 Accumark because caliber wise, it goes perfectly between my 300 WSM and 375 Ruger. And few 338 owners have this cartridge as most opt for the 338 Win. The 338-378 is clearly not the choice by the majority of 338 owners, which is why I like it.

Figured if I could go with the 340 Bee, then I just might as well go with the 338-378.

Can be loaded down to the mid to upper 340 Bee and max 340 Bee performances.

At the range people will "LOVE" you when firing a 338-378 Accumark w/brake. Until they come over and look and the stamping on the barrel, hide your casings and make `em guess what your shooting....

Just go with the "tried and proven" .300Why mag. Its killed more stuff than all the hybrids put together.
G

Guy my experience has been they're heavy, they're loud and many of them are inaccurate and need work to get them to perk. (not all are inaccurate I will say).

Personally for a serious pure plain hunt/kill rig one can do much better.

Dober

Heavy,unwieldy,horrid balance,housed in a clunker action and a shoddy stock.

Montucky Seven Whizzum is the way to go.

Everyone should know that.

DF

It does not take much,to slap a Weatherby silly.

.........And it won`t take too much for my Bee Accumark to make havoc with your genitalia at 400-500 yards neither.

The real great opportunities will never present themselves.

....And a lie!

Your Imagination is taking you places again and obviously enough,that you even reeled yourself in. Bless your heart.

You are powerless to process fact,because you shoot Imagination only. But it's precious.

Hey Guy!

Boxer who is more than likely aka Big Stick. As in the past, he`ll come in and post behind me and deliberately lie about anything about which I happen to own. Amazing how this clown can appoint himself a guru about rifles, which of course he probably has never owned, reloaded for or fired.

You may have figured that out?

If possible, go look at an Accumark and handle one for yourself. My best reloads from my Accumark average MOA and less all day long right from the box from the factory with no modifications done to that rifle.

It was bound to happen - the inevitable remarks by people who know somebody that knows somebody that might have owned one. And look out - here come the personal attacks by the troll. It is demeaning; but not to the person that you're attacking. Give it a minute...

I think the OP was hoping for input from people who have first hand experience with the Weatherby. To wit: My 7mm Wby Accumark shoots deeply into sub-moa territory with everything I've fed it and in all likelihood, if you buy an Accumark, your's will too.

Yep! It`s Stick all right. The word "imagination" is the most complex and most frequently used in your vocabulary.

Your MO for sure.

His 2nd post on 9/1/11 gave him away...he can't help himself!

...........Lack of any experience has never stopped the Big Schitstick, or as he now calls himself Boxer, to post deliberate lies about things that he doesn`t even own.

And here`s a guy who has painted some of his rifles (ruining them) to look like popsicles.

I'm with you,the only thing 'squeeze has killed was in her dreams. She'd need a co-signer to afford all the primers I've whistled through Weatherby's,but luckily,facts do not slow her or her imagination down.