Weatherby Mark V thoughts?

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I was thinking about buying a used Weatherby Mark V in .300 Weatherby Magnum and I was wondering what your experiences were with them? How is their accuracy and reliability?
 
They are super strong, but no more reliable ( or less) than any push-feed, plunger ejector bolt action. I have done repairs on them many times.
Their accuracy has been up and down over the years, but the ones made today are probably the most accurate ones Weatherby has ever sold.
 
Had a Weatherby Mark V .300 Wtby. Mag for fifteen years and hunted with it several times. Never had a problem with it.

It had a smooth action and was very accurate. The stock absorbed recoil very well also. I had a .30-06 that recoiled worse.

It's a great rifle and can take any big game animal in North America.
 
Never really seen the point in buying a Wby rifle. They are pretty, nice wood, good looking lines, but for less money there are plenty of rifles just as (or more) accurate. It's really just a personal decision.
 
Mark V is a nice, accurate, super strong rifle. In my opinion the last couple of years of Japanese production were the most accurate rifles WBY ever made.
 
if i was not trying to focus on owning every win model 70 i could get my hands on i would love to own a mark v accumark and deluxe.

once the winchesters are all gone i will own a couple. but to the original question. my friend has a mark v deluxe and it is a very sharp rifle and shoots really well.

as others have said the mk v action is very strong much like remingtons three rings of steel only with i think 9 locking lugs and a 54 degree bolt throw. also the bolt and action will have several gas vent holes in the event of a case rupture.


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(Roy Weatherby’s Mark V® action changed the face of American firearms. Introduced in 1958, billed as “the world’s strongest bolt action,” it features three rings of steel surrounding the casehead, fluted bolt body with three gas ports, and nine locking lugs (six on non-magnum models) for a short 54-degree bolt lift. For the ultimate in speed and power, particularly on the biggest and most dangerous game, the Weatherby Mark V Magnum system has no equal. Today, the Mark V is also available in standard calibers, ideal for those who require less power; desire less weight or who hunt in mountainous terrain. Our standard caliber action gives big game and varmint hunters all the inherent benefits of the Mark V in a size that accommodates up to .30-06 cartridge length (including the .240 Wby. Mag.)
 
Vanguard made in Miroku Japan
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So? Toyota came from Japan also. Best car I ever owned.
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Right. He said:

Mark V is a nice, accurate, super strong rifle. In my opinion the last couple of years of Japanese production were the most accurate rifles WBY ever made.
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That implies that he thinks that the Mark V is made in Japan. It is not. They are made in either Brainerd, MN or Paso Robles, CA. I was correcting an apparent misapprehension.
 
That implies that he thinks that the Mark V is made in Japan. It is not. They are made in either Brainerd, MN or Paso Robles, CA
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They were made in Germany and Japan. U.S. manufacture resumed in the 90's
 
U.D. Mark V was made in Japan for a very long time. I dont "think" it was made there; I know it was. A link to assist in brushing up on WBY history.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weatherby
I still have a stash of MArkV Jap actions I use for customs. They are superior to the American actions in every way except bluing.
 
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At 200 yards first time I ever shot my friends, Iput it thru the same hole :) bullseye, my bud said I missed thetaget,spotter said no look at the upper right corner of the hole, :) That was what we call a majic shot, almost impossible to re produce.
 
The new Weatherby Mark 5 is barreled in the USA with Krieger barrels.
I am pretty sure the Mark 5 is also stocked in the USA. I am unsure about the wood stocks that come on the Vanguards.

Today both the Mark 5 and the Vanguard ACTIONS are made in Japan.
 
Personally, I don't care where they're made as long as Weatherby stands by them. Now, having said that, I'm a bit more picky where my shrimp comes from.
 
If you do this you may be sorry.

I was left an early '70's MKV Deluxe 340WBY, by my favorite uncle, a Methodist minister and a gunsmith. This was in '84.

I owned at the time three MDL 700's, a7mag, a 30-06 and a 22-250, and I was pleased and proud of them. I don't know how it happened, but I lost all affection for any rifle made from drilled bar stock, with fused, hollowed or alloyed bolts and washered recoil lugs. I sold them all.

I now own two MKV's, a Vanguard, two Cooper rifles, a Ruger 77, and an Interarms MKX.

I don't hunt anymore, getting too hard to haul them out and I'm in my sixties now, so I shoot for pleasure, and small wagers. I win some cigars with my Montana Varminter, occasionally, down here on the MS coast, where I'm retired. I've only met one other shooter who has ever seen a Cooper rifle down here, and he won't play with me, so no cigar there.

Point of this story, use caution when opening this box. You might end up like me, an unrepentant snob, who'll drop $2000 on a rifle just to win a couple of cigars.
 
You did good getting rid of the 700's. Worse shooting rifle I ever had was a BDL. Give me an old Winchester Model 70 or a Sako. But, I'm trying out the Weatherby for curiosity sake to see if it'll be as good as the others.
 
"The Mark V barreled action is made by ATEK in Brainard, MN."
Actually no, this isn’t correct. ATEC assembles the actions and barrels and also makes a few of the smaller parts, but the barrels are manufactured by Krieger and the receivers and bolts are made in Japan. ATEC doesn't MAKE the actions the bolts or the barrels.

They simply put them together.
 
Maybe you're right but everything I find says Brainard with assembly in Paso Robles California but I did find a couple of references saying they moved manufacturing to Paso Robles. There's a guy on another forum that said back in 07 that he works in a machine shop in Jenkins Mn. and that they make the receiver and some other parts. I dunno. Mine says Ascadero Ca. and that's all I actually know.
 
I did find a couple of references saying they moved manufacturing to Paso Robles.
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usually when one reads where a rifle is "manufactured", it means where the parts are assembled into a rifle, not where the parts are individually made.

Some gunmakers still go from raw forgings and stock blanks to finished firearm entirely in house, but many do not.

My only personal experience with a Mk V was back in the mid 80s, a Weatherby Mark V Custom. Nice carved oakleaves instead of checkering (and this was years before the Lazermark stocks). Owner's name in gold cursive script on the triggerguard.

Very fine piece of machinery, in Weatherby's distinctive style. Taught me that half a box of .300 Weatherby is all I care to shoot at paper in one day!:D

beautiful, but packing a punch on both ends!
 
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