why not a crf mk v?

Really whats wrong with the push feed. Mine load in all orientations just like crf. I've had feed issues with more crf than pushers.
 
International Harvester said:
i guess yer just cyclen' so fast it don't matter.
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Yeah. I had some guy say how the crf would work any which way but pushers failed, so I did it with the push feed. Fast, slow, hanging upside down fast and slow. ( this was hard on the back of the legs and the neighbors were watching. Very important to practice this. LOL )Sideways etc. I compared it to a Ruger 416 Rigby I had at the time. No difference. This is with a 300wby and a 7mm wby both deluxes. I have not tried the 460 size cases upside down but will run em through again when I get home. Just for fun and some 375 H&H's.
 
But your original question was CRF Wby? If they made one I would buy one because I like Weatherby. It would be an engineering feat to do it though.
I see an 8 lug in 4 rows of 2 with a 45 degree lift on the bolt and the extractor being on the inside rail. Still spring loaded ejector, or a fixed ejector between the lugs. If I could draw one up it would look awesome.
 
Weatherby used to buy a lot of Standard and Magnum FN Mausers barreled actions from Sako in the past.
As far as I'm concerned, to me, the only 'modern' CRF not directly copied from the Mauser system that (works?) not so bad is the Sako 85.. still it's not yet a Mauser.
CRF is much better under stress situatuations, especially if the round does not want to chamber. It will pull the stuck round out of the action and be ready to chamber the following one, wich a push feed won't be able to do. That's why PH using bolt actions prefer CRF rifles.
 
Baribal said:
Weatherby used to buy a lot of Standard and Magnum FN Mausers barreled actions from Sako in the past.
As far as I'm concerned, to me, the only 'modern' CRF not directly copied from the Mauser system that (works?) not so bad is the Sako 85.. still it's not yet a Mauser.
CRF is much better under stress situatuations, especially if the round does not want to chamber. It will pull the stuck round out of the action and be ready to chamber the following one, wich a push feed won't be able to do. That's why PH using bolt actions prefer CRF rifles.
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In a stress situation all sorts of things can happen. Lets say you partially retract an unfired cartridge to the extent that the bullet clears the entrance of the chamber. Perhaps your intention was to push the round back into the magazine and close the bolt on an empty cartridge, at which moment your grizzly, buffalo, or elephant comes back to life and you have to shoot. Once the nose of the cartridge clears the entrance of the chamber, the plunger pushes the cartridge out of line, so when you attempt to drive it back home, it misses the chamber and ties up the action. With a CRF action the cartridge stays aligned with the chamber until it hits the fixed ejector; you can run the cartridge back and forth all day long, and it will always chamber. It's not about what is likely to happen in any given scenario, it is what you can make happen during a practice session, then take steps to prevent that failure when you are in the field.
 
We could what if this to death. I have had many CRF guns and many PF as well. I would use either in a tough spot and weigh my choice of gun on other things more heavily than if it's CRF or PF.
 
^^ Pretty much that. I've never had a PF gun fail on me, Weatherby or not. I'd worry about a lot more than PF vs. CRF when it came time to pick a new gun.
 
Due to the single stack magazine and straight line feeding of the MK V, the Weatherby is probably the slickest of the push feeds, particularly in those rifles chambered for large cartridges. Still I do love to hate em; I'd sooner have a sister was a whore than a brother that shot a . . . well you know what I mean.:D
 
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