New Weatherby Cartridge!
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There is only one Weatherby, the Mark V!!! Vanguard, it's a Howa in cognito. So stop calling it a Weatherby.
Balderdash !! My Vanguard also has the word Weatherby on it, so I will call it whatever I want, don't like that ?.... too darn bad..
There is only one Weatherby, the Mark V!!! Vanguard, it's a Howa in cognito. So stop calling it a Weatherby.
There were rifles manufactured and sold by Weatherby, before the Mark V. And most Mark V rifles were built by contractors, just like the Vanguard.
Weatherby would rechamber/rebarrel just about anything other than low number Springfields and 1945 dated mausers. I have the price list around here somewhere.
From the 220 Rocket to the 375 Weatherby all the Weatherby cartridges are a rechamber job.
From the 220 Rocket to the 375 Weatherby all the Weatherby cartridges are a rechamber job.
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There is only one Weatherby, the Mark V!!! Vanguard, it's a Howa in cognito. So stop calling it a Weatherby.
Which one,The German or Japanese Mark V ?
There is only one Weatherby, the Mark V!!! Vanguard, it's a Howa in cognito. So stop calling it a Weatherby.
Howa built the Mark V for twenty years or so.
Yes they did build it, however with the one and only Weatherby action. Roy was a great innovator/ballistician when he conceived his proprietary cartridges, however not a gun maker. Therefore, he stood on the shoulders of European and Japanese gun makers to build his gun on their flagship actions, of course with the Weatherby name stamped on it.
All actions along with lot, stock and barrel from 22 rimfires, shotguns and centerfire rifles were European/Japanese production firearms with Weatherby stamped on it. Recently, the SXS and over/under Weatherby shotguns were manufactured by Fausti from their current models. The recent Weatherby rimfire was manucataured by Anschutz from from their flagship action.
The Mark V action was conceived by Roy Weatherby and Fred Jennie, hence the only Weatherby action. Even the name Mark V was copied from Mercury Outboard Motor Company.
BigUglyMan
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lol come on now. Can't I just be todbartell for once?
I heard Gatehouse was in the hospital...
That's correct, FIC was the manufacture and used the FN Belgium Mauser action to build their rifle around the Weatherby cartridge, stamped Weatherby. This continued until the Mark V action was conceived in 1957 (my birth year - it was meant to be, I guess). It still considered a Weatherby firearm, however not with it's true flagship Mark V action, an action innovated by Weatherby himself with help from an engineer.
If your truck was built specifically for Rolls Royce to sell as a Rolls Royce product, and it wore Rolls Royce emblems right from the factory, then it would be a Rolls Royce. What percentage of Mark V rifles do you suppose were actually made in a Weatherby plant, by Weatherby staff? The vast majority of Mark V rifles were built in Japan, Europe, or in the USA by contractors , just as the Vanguard is built by a contractor for Weatherby.
The example of the Rolls Royce/Toyota (tongue in cheek) is the same example as the Vanguard/Weatherby correlation. Howa was a production rifle prior to Weatherby stamping it's name on it. Weatherby rifles were and are still expensive, therefore Roy needed a rifle that the average person can purchase, hence the Vanguard. He slapped his name on it and sold it. Weatherby has always conducted contracts with existing gun manufactures to make their firearms. The same procedures were conducted with their rim fires and shotguns. As I mentioned in another post, they used other manufactures existing firearms and stamped their name on it. The Mark V Weatherby is their one and only flagship firearm. Regardless of who manufactured Weatherby firearms, it their cartridges that is the most impressive.
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Hey Todbartell....You've gained some weight since last hunting season !
Weatherby Fan
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It wouldn't surprise me, I think he gave himself an ulcer when he heard Weatherby was coming out with another belted cartridge!!!
Weatherby Fan
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Horse attack left me with broken femur!
Sorry to here this Gate, but that's what ya get when you and bartell start insulting the Weatherby's, by the way how's the horse ?
Horse attack left me with broken femur!
Horses are best utilized as glue.
