ruffcountry Report post Posted May 21, 2007 300 weatherby is a great rifle and a great caliber. Mine is a bit on the heavy side and yes it does have some recoil, but the upside is suberb accuracy ,trajectory , and energy . If you could only have one rifle it wouldnt be a bad choice. I love mine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
catclaw Report post Posted May 21, 2007 I have one and have had three. I think it is as close to perfect as you are going to find if you like shooting a far piece. I have killed more than 10 bulls with my Sako [rechambered 300 H&H]. I have killed quite a number of deer with it as well. I have used a 165 grain bullet almost to exclusion. A bear and a couple of elk to 200 grainers but that is it. I absolutely abhor muzzle brakes and would encourage you not to go that route. They are extremely loud and have a place on only two types of hunting rifles; a dedicated varmint rifle so you can see the varmints explode and a dedicated long range coues rifle where ALL shots will be carefully executed and plenty of time to put earplugs in. One rifle I had did have a muzzle brake and it was very effective. I deafened a guy on a hunt in Mexico with it who still has permanent hearing loss to this date. My longest shot has been 550 yds, another was right at 500 and all the rest have been under 400. All the elk have been under 100! Sorry, I have been gunned for the cross-canyon elk shots but always managed to stalk much closer. Elk are simple to hunt compared to deer!!! If I were to use it mostly for elk I would probably use a 180 grain bullet in lieu of the 165. I handload and this is really the best way to take advantage of it. Make sure you have a scope with lots of eye relief and you won't need a muzzle brake. I have Leupold VXIIIs for their very generous eye relief. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ketchupcox Report post Posted June 8, 2007 I have two Weatherby Mark V synthetic rifles both purchased after manufacturing was returned to US in '96. One is in 300 Weatherby mag and the other in 7mm Weatherby mag. They both shoot very well on the factory ammo (160gr Nosler partition for the 7mm and 180gr Nosler partition for the 300). They are both sighted in to be zero at 300 yards and have the same trajectory out to 500 yards. In my years in the northwest I hunted elk only and each rifle has taken two elk at ranges out to a measured 475 yds. The terminal performance is excellent as demonstrated by a shot I made on an elk at 475 yards. He was at the bottom a canyon quartering toward me, the shot entered just behind the on-side shoulder and he dropped like a stone immediately. There was no exit wound and we did not recover the bullet during field dressing or while packing it out. The next week I received a call from my hunting partner. He found my bullet next to the femur in the offside thigh. The bullet had shed its upper core while driving through the elk. The recovered bullet retains most of the upper jacket and is in near perfect condition below the partition (just as the designers intended). My council is buy the Weatherby, use factory ammo and have fun!!! I would go with the 180gr Partition as the trajectory gain with lighter bullets in only 2" at 500yds. As to the comment that Weatherby's are ugly and utilitarian... my hunting partners have nothing but positive comments about my rifles topped with their Leopold VX-III 4.5-14X50 scopes! They mostly drool!!! Also, the Weatherby receivers and bolts are forged which is much stronger than the bar stock used in a lot of rifles (Remington M700 etc). To each their own I guess. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CRB Report post Posted June 8, 2007 I shoot a 300 weatherby mark V the fibermark model best gun Ive ever had dont know if ill ever change caliber just my opinion though, to each his own but hopefully it works out for you Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hunter07 Report post Posted June 9, 2007 I absolutely love my new rifle. After shooting a 30-06 my whole life. I can definately tell the difference in accuray. It only took me 5 shots to get the rifle zeroed at 100yds. That was the first 5 shots i had ever taken with that rifle, and i had just mounted the scope on my own the night before. And it was only 2 more shots on top of that to get zero at 300. then after that i was shooting half dollar groups of 3. Any where i wanted to on the target. I WILL NEVER GO BACK TO ANY OTHER CALIBER.!!!! AWSOME Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ruffcountry Report post Posted June 11, 2007 Congratulations , I knew you would like it . You will also like the confidence it will inspire in the field as you prepare for a shot . Goodluck ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
