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Mark V's= ultimate dude rifle.
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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…”
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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."
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Jorge, cool ad. Thanks for sharing. I wish I could get a Mark V at those prices! Make mine the .270 Bee please.
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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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I'd love it. Any of Gen. Chuck Yeager?
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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."
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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…”
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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…”
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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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Campfire Oracle
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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.
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Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard
Ken
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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…”
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Campfire Oracle
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Joe Foss was another who used the Mark V and he was no "dude" either.
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Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard
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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."
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[ 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!
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Lotsa hands held there...as in all of them.
Hint............... Very much so.
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For the same price absolutely! I have 9 of them and they all shoot great. Plus they are beautiful rifles.
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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.
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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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