A buddy of mine has a 338-378 and he loves it. Just not the ammo prices! ouch I am trying to get him to reload and I think he may see the light before long.
Posts: 113 | Location: Cajun Country | Registered: 12 December 2004
I have a .257 WBY accumark. It's a screaming round and a .625" grouper with minimal load development so far. It's a heavy gun. You should compare the regular accumark and the lightweight model. If I had to do it over again, I'd probably take the lightweight.
All I can offer are my opinions on my 340 wby accumark as I have not shot or owned a 270. But I love my gun. I've never had a single problem with it.
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I have owned several Weatherbys. Not all were great and at least one wasn't worth a plugged nickel. The one Weatherby I have always loved is my 270 Weatherby Accumark. It will shoot my handload 160 Noslers less than .75 all day long. Some factory ammo groups .50 and some just under an inch off the bench at 100 yards. I have done a lot of traveling with this gun. It's not light, it's not cheap but it is accurate and fun. I think the 270 Weatherby is one of the most overlooked cartridges for the handloader. Lots of ammo availability and at 160 grains or less there's not a split hairs worth of difference between it and the venerable 30-06.
Well I own 5 "junk" weatherbies. 4 of the five are jap built in .257, 270,300, and 340. These are all tack drivers that have never given me a lick of problem on ANY HUNT. The fifth is an American built 300 ultrlight. This I might agree is not so hot. Not a very accurate gun so far but my "smith" has gone over it and will give another try. Apparently the muzzle brake had such a small opening in it the bullet was scraping on the way through--embarrassing for American engineering but "poop happens".
Posts: 2002 | Location: central wi | Registered: 13 September 2002
I have 4 Acumarks and one Mark V in the safe right now but none are 270s.
My 257 will do 3/4" 3 shot groups with just about anything you put in the chamber as will my 300 wby. It took a bit of work to get my 340 to shoot but I just love it. It is with out doubt my go-to rifle for any big game here in Montana. My 30-378 shots 1" groups out of the box and is a real screamer if you really work up your loads carefully. I've got a 180 gr Nosler pt doing 3530 at 15 feet and shooting under 1 moa (this is a duplex load and don’t ask I'm not giving it out it’s over what would be considered safe). I've also got one mark V in 416 wby which also shoots really well out of the box.
I have been lucky. There are a number of bad Weatherbys out there and I just happened to get good ones. I would never sell any of them but I would also never buy another. They are fine for North America or a hunt where there is no chance of running into DG but I prefer a CRF these days.
Weatherby made its name on speed but speed is not the end all that some make it out to be IMO. Like most factory rifles you can improve its function by having a good smith smooth out the feeding and bolt operation, check the stock for contact along the barrel channel etc. The Weatherby barrels are not the smoothest so a bit of fire lapping is not a bad thing. I ended up replacing the barrel on my 340 and it is much less prone to fouling but I did get over 2000 rounds down the factory tube first. Accuracy is a bit better but cleaning is a lot easier.
I own one in 340. It is very accurate, averaging 1/2" groups with my 250gr Nosler Partition handloads and about 3/8" with factory 225gr (Hornady bullets). Overall, Weatherbys are the mot consistently accurate rifles I've owned. jorge
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Posts: 7149 | Location: Orange Park, Florida. USA | Registered: 22 March 2001
Good luck and good shooting.
