LineStretcher
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I went to the Big Reno Gun show today. I walked the entire show twice and found 4 257 Weatherby Mark V's. None of them were in great condition but all were good. 1 was the Japanese made version the other 3 were German made. It was then just a matter of haggling. They started at 2750.00 and all had glass but nothing I really wanted. Finally got one guy to pull the glass off, an old Leupold that was fogged and I got the rifle for 1100.00. It was one of the German's.
Weatherby rifles hold their value because you can send them back to Weatherby and they will restore them to like new and all I pay is the shipping. The guy I bought it from didn't seem to know that. The other three would barely move on their prices and made a point of telling me about the Weatherby policy.
Ammo is 90.00 a box of 20 and I stopped by Sportsman's Warehouse and picked up a couple of boxes. I'm ordering a set of Redding dies and I'll reload these 40 rounds until the cows come home. LOL
Update: After cleaning the barrel for over 2 hours, (soak, clean, repeat), I finally got all the copper out of it and the lands are crisp as the day they were cut. The stock looks like someone painted it with a paint brush and they did but that's factory and they lost a lot of sales because of it. I'll be refinishing it this winter when the snow is ass deep on the hunting grounds.
Weatherby rifles hold their value because you can send them back to Weatherby and they will restore them to like new and all I pay is the shipping. The guy I bought it from didn't seem to know that. The other three would barely move on their prices and made a point of telling me about the Weatherby policy.
Ammo is 90.00 a box of 20 and I stopped by Sportsman's Warehouse and picked up a couple of boxes. I'm ordering a set of Redding dies and I'll reload these 40 rounds until the cows come home. LOL
Update: After cleaning the barrel for over 2 hours, (soak, clean, repeat), I finally got all the copper out of it and the lands are crisp as the day they were cut. The stock looks like someone painted it with a paint brush and they did but that's factory and they lost a lot of sales because of it. I'll be refinishing it this winter when the snow is ass deep on the hunting grounds.
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