Weatherby Whitetail Deluxe - I have the answer!

[1899]

In 1993 Weatherby listed a Whitetail Deluxe in their product catalogue. It was a lightweight sporter based on the MkV Varmint Master 6 lug action and chambered in .250 Savage. According to an article by Layne Simpson, he saw a few of them at the SHOT show.

I have never seen one. Have you? Do you own one? Please post up, with pictures if you can.

Thanks.

 

[MiG25]

i wanted one. never seen one.

 

[1899]

Well, Ed Weatherby responded to my pm on Weatherby Nation, and the answer is:

Hello. Thanks for your PM. Sorry for the delay in responding. Not many people know about the Whitetail Deluxe rifle primarily because we never went into production. To my knowledge only one was produced and we never did offer this model for sale. As you know it was to be in the .250 Savage built on the 6 lug Mark V. The concept for this rifle was right before we moved our production from Japan to the U.S. and because of the forth coming move we postponed the Whitetail introduction. Unfortunately it never made it back to production. It may be something we consider for the future as it is one sweet gun in the smaller action. Thanks for your interest and your patience for a response.
E.W.

Given his comment about re-introduction, I wonder if enough people would commit to one - like with the Ruger .303 - we could convince him to build it.

 

[mikeyb]

Ed is really good at getting back to folks like that. Nice to see the consideration is there for future products. I keep bugging him about releasing Vanguards in .340, 7mm, and .270 Weatherby Magnum every year or so for the past 3-4.