I tried some of the suggestions yesterday and have to report a no change situation. I tried the accuracy load given by Jay G. at 39.6gr. of RL-15 with the 140gr. Sierra Spitz SPBT and the group measured 2.87" This rifle just simply is not shooting. I decided I had reach that frustration level end with this rifle and took it today to the gun store to trade. First problem, the only thing they had that I would be interested in is a Remington Classic 700 in 300 Savage. No .308's or 7mm-08's. Im not real familiar with the 300 Savage and don't know for sure how much of a loss in power it is compared to the 308 and 7mm-08. They took the Weatherby Mark V in to the gunsmith and he checked it over and said everything appears ok. He tested my scope and they claimed they got it to move around 2" That is about 1 block on their boresighter. Now, I took this scope off my 30-06 which shot deadly accurate with it. It is a Nikon. I don't think it is the scope, but he saids he has not seen a Weatherby yet that would not shoot. He put one of his scopes on the rifle, a Kahles scope and wants me to try it with this scope. He asked Me if I was pleased with the gun if it would shoot and I emphatically replies YES!!! He said ok then try this. If it does not work I have him holding the Rem. 700 300 Savage for me. I guess we shall see. What do you all think?

What have you got to lose?Try the new scope and see what happens.

Scopes can be like the battery in your car. They work perfectly....then all of a sudden they don't. If you're asking me to bet I'm having a hard time choosing the nikon or the weatherby........BUT I'M ANXIOUS TO HEAR THE OUTCOME.

I'd far rather work on the accuracy problem with the (I assume) Vanguard than settle for a .300 Savage.

It's a fine old cartridge but a serious step down from the .308 family of cartridges.

vapodog,

Actually its a Mark V Weatherby. That is what is making it even harder to find fault with the gun I guess. Consensus seems to think that inaccuracy is unlikely in the Mark V.

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Originally posted by Bearbuck:
vapodog,

Actually its a Mark V Weatherby. That is what is making it even harder to find fault with the gun I guess. Consensus seems to think that inaccuracy is unlikely in the Mark V.

That concensus don't include me but it's a rare gun that can't be made to shoot under 1.5 inches with a hunting bullet.

If you finally decide to trade trade for a M-70 or something in a similar caliber.

What about the mounting system?

Also, while it is rare, I have seen a couple of Weatherby rifles that were absolute disappointments when it came to accuracy. One was a simple fix -- a touch-up of a damaged crown -- while the other had to go back to the factory.

Please keep us posted...

Am I missing something here? What about sending it to Weatherby for a checkup as they guarantee accuracy. I was not aware the MKV was made in 7/08. jorge

I know about the guarantee and sending it back but I don't really want the headache of it all and hunting season is about 3 weeks away. I try to paste a page that shows the Mark V in the 7-08. Hope it works.

Superior performance and uncompromised quality in our most affordable Mark V®. A hard-working, no-nonsense rifle that more than lives up to the Weatherby name.

Lightweight, injection-molded synthetic stock
Button-rifled, Kriegerâ„¢ Criterionâ„¢ barrel
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One-piece forged fluted bolt with three gas ports
Nine locking lugs (six on standard action models) for a 54 degree bolt lift–the shortest in the industry
Three rings of steel surrounding cartridge casehead. Recessed bolt face is surrounded by the barrel, which is surrounded by the forged and machined receiver
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MSRP $1057* non-magnum /MSRP $1116* magnum/MSRP $1318* w/Accubrake³

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SPECIFICATIONS
Caliber Product
Code Barreled
Action Approx. Weight (1) Overall
Length Magazine
Capacity (2) Barrel
Length Rifling Length
of Pull Drop
at Heel Monte
Carlo Drop
at Comb
.22-250 Rem. SNS222RR4O RH 24" 6 3/4 lbs. 44" 4+1 24" #1 1-14" 13 3/8" 3/4" 3/8" 1 1/8"
.243 Win. SNS243NR4O RH 24" 6 1/2 lbs. 44" 5+1 24" #1 1-10" 13 5/8" 3/4" 3/8" 1 1/8"
.240 Wby. Mag. SNS240WR4O RH 24" 6 3/4 lbs. 44" 5+1 24" #1 1-10" 13 5/8" 3/4" 3/8" 1 1/8"
.25-06 Rem. SNS256RR4O RH 24" 6 3/4 lbs. 44" 5+1 24" #1 1-10" 13 5/8" 3/4" 3/8" 1 1/8"
.270 Win. SNS270NR4O RH 24" 6 1/2 lbs. 44" 5+1 24" #1 1-10" 13 5/8" 3/4" 3/8" 1 1/8"
7mm-08 Rem. SNS7M8RR40 RH 24" 6 1/2 lbs. 44" 5+1 24" #1 1-9 1/2" 13 5/8" 3/4" 3/8" 1 1/8"

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I'd far rather work on the accuracy problem with the (I assume) Vanguard than settle for a .300 Savage.

Ah, that goes for me, too.

Whitey, if you can't get it to shoot with the Kahles, try to get a Rem. SPS Stainless, they're just like my S/S of 11 yrs ago, and should shoot just as good. Though the SPS has a better synthetic stock than my Tupperware stock, course I took care of that by putting on a H-S stock on a couple years ago, I'm still wondering if thats why the thing shoots so much better than when it was stock. No, I'm not going to put the Tupperware stock back on and find out. But I've thought about it. Jay

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Lightweight, injection-molded synthetic stock

Boy, that sounds like a Tupperware stock to me. I thought Weatherby used H-S stocks on their MarkV rifles, or something with a Aluminum Bedding Block. Jay

Found out on reading on another board that a guy was looking at buying a Weatherby Mark V light weight in .280 and was getting some replies that others had experienced problems with accuracy in theirs that were light weights with the smaller actions and barrel contour. Just for the record, mine is the Mark V Synthetic Light Weight. It has the smaller action and barrel contour. Something Related Here???

It is a waste of time to send a rifle back untill you ruled out the scope and mount is not at fault. Scopes do break and mounts do loosen. At the range over the years I have seen dozens of people complaining about poor acccuracy of a rifle only to discover they first: never degreased the mounting screws and holes and second: with the proper fitting screw driver we were able to tighten up the screws at least one complete turn. This certaintly may not be the case with your rifle. But if you install a bore sighter on it and wiggle the scope with moderate pressure and see movement this has to be fixed first or everything else is a waste of time.

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Originally posted by jorge:
Am I missing something here? What about sending it to Weatherby for a checkup as they guarantee accuracy. I was not aware the MKV was made in 7/08. jorge

Yup
here it is

heres an idea for your Weatherby problem...Remington,Winchester,or Sako. Heck I would have another Ruger or Browning before I bought a Weatherby!

I have a MK V lightweight in 25-06 six lug action. It had the injection molded syn. stock. It shot not so good with anything I fed it. mostly 2" plus @ 100 3 shots. Once in a blue moon it would do an 1 1/2". So I floated the bbl taking away the forend upward pressure from the stock on the bbl. big mistake. turned into a shotgun on me. I bought a B&C stock (same one they put on the ultra lightweight) from weatherby and installed it. Still shot like crap. I played with the forend pressure. It needed a little more. Now it shoot sooooo much better. It likes that max load of 56.5 gr Rl 22 with a horn 117 btsp and just is a tackdriver with about 3180 MV Chrono'd. If it's gonna be accurate I'd rather it be accurate with a good safe max load. Not a wimpy 2700 fps starting load. Otherwise why have a 25-06. Ok, I'm rambling....out!

While checking scope and base screws are the first thing I'd check, I personally don't know enout about the pattern of your outcomes to help.
Are the shots stringing? Vertically or horizontally? Have you tried differnt brands of ammo or different loads? How's the crown? Have you tried taking the stock of and retightening how the stock screws are tightened? Both order of tightening and force? Are you resting the gun on the rest the same way each time? Is the barrel touching the rest? Is it touching any part of the stock, esp then it heats up? Are you pulling the stock with a sling? Tupperware stocks can be affected by sling tightness? Does your load match the twist rate of the barrel?
I've had three 7/08 with skinny barrels. All of them shot very well but the barrel heated up in just 4 or 5 shots and I had to let it cool. The current one, a Kimber Montana, weights just 6.5 lbs (loaded with 5 and scoped with Leupold 1.75 to 6.) But it will shoot 2 or 3 Barnes 140 TSX to touch using a Varget load at close to 2900 fps. I figure with that kind of accuracy I'm not going to need more than a couple.