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Postman
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Re: weatherby
      18/12/18 06:42 AM

I think the Vanguards are actually Howa 1500 actions. That action has generated some very positive press over the years. It is a low cost reliable and functional action.

Weatherby is adept in the white labelling game. They own the MKV design and then others have historcially done the build under contract. I have a lovely newer MK XXII. It has lovely lumber and follows the Weatherby style reasonably closley, and uses an Anshutz 64 barreled action rebranded as a Weatherby. It is quite a pleasure to shoot and is one of the most accurate .22s I have ever fired, but it’s not really a Weatherby other than in name.

Roy was a spectacular and shameless marketer, and the company continues with his legacy in that regard. Correct me if I’m wrong but Roy was smart enough to hire a really good mechanical engineer to design his MK V action which he then flogged far and wide as the greatest thing since sliced bread. I have only one MK V now, an Ultramark in .257 that has exceptional lumber. It shoots maybe 1.5 MoA, but it sure is pretty, ergo I can’t bring myself to part with it in spite of the ho hum accuracy.

Edited by Postman (19/12/18 11:03 PM)

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* weatherby ducmarc 17/12/18 01:36 PM
. * * Re: weatherby Rule303   17/12/18 06:55 PM
. * * Re: weatherby Postman   17/12/18 11:15 PM
. * * Re: weatherby Ahmed577   17/12/18 11:24 PM
. * * Re: weatherby Postman   17/12/18 11:55 PM
. * * Re: weatherby Ripp   18/12/18 01:56 AM
. * * Re: weatherby DarylS   18/12/18 06:08 AM
. * * Re: weatherby Postman   18/12/18 06:42 AM
. * * Re: weatherby Rule303   18/12/18 06:29 PM
. * * Re: weatherby 9.3x57   19/12/18 12:30 PM
. * * Re: weatherby Postman   19/12/18 11:13 PM
. * * Re: weatherby Ripp   20/12/18 12:03 AM
. * * Re: weatherby 500Boswell   20/12/18 02:50 PM
. * * Re: weatherby Ripp   21/12/18 01:04 AM
. * * Re: weatherby twobobbwana   18/12/18 11:50 AM
. * * Re: weatherby Maxim   18/12/18 01:07 AM

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