Weatherby.... American Made

Would you spend your own money to buy a New American made Weatherby?

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I voted no because the prices are too high. Plus I don't like the shape of the wood stock. Come on, time to get out of the 40's (with this particular design...other 40's stuff is cool).
 
I wouldn't buy either, I'd keep looking around for a German made Weatherby. Thats quality you can't get in either American or Japanese.
 
I've recently aquired a japanese MKV in .300 WBY and am very impressed with the accuracy and fit.I havn't started playing with handloads yet but it can only get better.It blows my 700 LSS 300 WIN. away in the stockfit to shoulder dept. The downside is I dont want to beat the bush with a beautiful stock like that and the 26 in.spout is a little awkward but I cant wait to take a moose out in the strips and clearcuts with it.I bought this rifle because its a lefty and the price was $800.00 with a B&L Elite 3x9 on it,.I dont know if I would lay out what they want for a new one. :D :D
 
I wouldn't buy one, even though they have possibly the best feeding for a dangerous game rifle available. A pal of mine has one of Weatherby's light stainless synthetic jobs in .25-06 which apparently had an improperly cut chamber. He had a miserable time trying to get warrenty (based on the complaint that the rifle would barly shoot into a foot at 100 yards) and fought with them for a year to 18 months to resolve the issue. Finally Dave Jennings out in BC properly diagnosed the problem, and fixed it. If Weatherby doesn't want to extend it's warrenty to Canadians we can get our rifles elsewhere. You won't see a Weatherby on my rack.
 
I can't see myself ever buying one of the more expensive models, i.e. the current U.S.-made ones - something like a Vanguard would be more than good enough for me. It wouldn't matter to me where it was made, if Weatherby said it was good enough for their name, and I wanted a Weatherby, I'd buy it.
 
TheTooner said:
I can't see myself ever buying one of the more expensive models, i.e. the current U.S.-made ones - something like a Vanguard would be more than good enough for me. It wouldn't matter to me where it was made, if Weatherby said it was good enough for their name, and I wanted a Weatherby, I'd buy it.
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Sounds liek there minght ba a market for the Weatherby "rebadged Norinco" here in Canada despite my prior thoughts to the contrary... :roll:

Make no mistake, Weatherby will sell and put their name on ANY rifle that they think will improve the bottom line for their shareholders, not matter how good (or crappy) said product might in fact be without the Weatherby logo stamped into it :idea:
 
Perhaps I didn't say what I meant. I don't actually want a Weatherby. I think the rifles they offer currently are good in their way, but apart from the Vanguard, they come with a lot of expensive features that serve mainly to demonstrate that the owner has enough money to afford them and likes his rifle that way. No matter how well the rifle shoots, I wouldn't be inclined to spend my money making that demonstration. (I don't say no one should, it's just not my taste.)

If I did ever want a Weatherby, it would be because I thought it was a suitable design for my needs, and well made, at a competitive price. If Weatherby could get Norinco to make rifles that lived up to the reputation of the Howa-built Vanguards, I wouldn't be put off by knowing they were Chinese. If they got Norinco to make their Mark V and I heard it was done with SKS quality standards, I wouldn't want one for free.

(SKS owners, don't jump on me - I don't mean your SKS isn't as good as it is meant to be, just that the Weatherby Mk V is supposed to be something different.)
 
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