Heard on the local radio station that Weatherby announced at the SHOT show they are moving out of Ca to Sheridan Wyo. Haven't heard their reasoning yet but I'm sure it had something to do with moving out of the least business friendly state to one that values their business. Another 60-70 jobs gone. Mrs Blacktailer and I are leaving too the sooner the better.

It was considered years ago....finally happened. With recent legislation in Kalifornia....this is probably the first of many corporations! memtb

Certainly not the first. Companies and the middle class are leaving in droves. We have our ranch up for sale and have already bought in another state.
If you want to rent a U-Haul in Ca and return it to another state they charge you double because they have to drive it back empty. The tax payers are leaving and the people coming here are sneaking under the fence.

WSJ had a story today about how California is considering labeling coffee a carcinogen.

What a bunch of fruitcakes...

It never ends.
There is a liberal majority in the state capitol that is run amuck.
There are a whole bunch of us conservative hardworking people throughout the state but we are overwhelmed at the ballot box by the coastal liberals every time.
The idiots give the rest of us a bad name.

Wifezilla and I are about 2-3 years behind you.

Get all the good people out and chip it off the continent and drop it in the ocean .It's turned into fruitloops and fruitcakes only.I am glad Weatherby is moving I.heard they were looking.for a good place to go that's awesome !

Well, good news. Just one more reason to visit my home town! I'm sure they will be well received there.

I have return rights to California in 2019. The only way I would move back would be for a hell of a promotion.

I'd give anything to find a job in Wyoming or Montana that was in an affordable area. I was offered $55,000 in Bozeman a few weeks ago. I don't think that is enough for a family of 5 in Bozeman.

When I was a kid Bozeman was cheap, I guess it has become some sort of upper middle class Jackson. Every since the Billionaires in Jackson Hole ran off the Millionaires the next ski town down or up the slope has gotten more expensive.

Sheridan would be good, Gillette and Casper have gotten more expensive because of the oil, gas and coal.

I wonder if Weatherby needs a safety/environmental guy for $70,000 a year?

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Originally posted by Cougarz:
Well, good news. Just one more reason to visit my home town! I'm sure they will be well received their.

You are a fellow Wyomingite?

I apologize for any previous battles we had, I did not know that.

Many, MANY companies have fled, with a large percentage winding up in Texas

Its not just California we have a new governor in NJ anti gun, sanctuary state , higher taxes etc etc . I am moving my residence to Florida the tax savings basically pay for the house. I love that Trumps new tax plan screws the high tax hyper liberal blue states.

I bet it was the new legislation on giving customers straws that done it.

Good move Weatherby!

They can move to bloody Jupiter as far as I care.

An over-rated product that cursed us here in Europe with otherwise sensible makers producing rifles with "faux Weatherby" square fore-ends, skip line chequering and plastic white spacers behind mock ebony fore-end tips and pistol grips with a curve on them like a horse's hoof.

In fact Jupiter's too close. Send them to Neptune!

Nice start...now we need Colt out of Conn., S&W out of Mass.

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They can move to bloody Jupiter as far as I care....In fact Jupiter's too close. Send them to Neptune!

Why not to Uranus?

Weatherby has never been a large corporation as gun manufacturers go. Nobody forced Euro gun makers to follow Weatherby’s style; me, I’d blame the copycats, not the originals. Now today Weatherby sells more conservatively-styled rifles than they do the bizzare styles of yesteryear.

In today’s global anti-gun climate I prase all gunmakers, even those who make the evil devil’s spawn called the “assault rifle”.


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How much of Weatherby's sales are US made guns as opposed to Japanese and Turkish?

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Originally posted by Lamar:
I bet it was the new legislation on giving customers straws that done it.

The fact you can expense things you used to depreciate might have had a hand in their move, who knows?

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Originally posted by Big Wonderful Wyoming:

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Originally posted by Cougarz:
Well, good news. Just one more reason to visit my home town! I'm sure they will be well received their.

You are a fellow Wyomingite?

I apologize for any previous battles we had, I did not know that.

Big,

No apology needed, in fact I don't remember any disagreements.

Yes I'm originally from Sheridan. We moved when I was a kid but frequently went back to visit relatives & friends. Good to go back to the old country ya know! Even after moving my folks took the local newspaper for years to keep up on what was happening.

I'm pretty much retired now so my wife & I are thinking of moving back somewhere in Wyoming. Too expensive and California like in Washington these days for our taste.

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Originally posted by Blacktailer:
Certainly not the first. Companies and the middle class are leaving in droves. We have our ranch up for sale and have already bought in another state.
If you want to rent a U-Haul in Ca and return it to another state they charge you double because they have to drive it back empty. The tax payers are leaving and the people coming here are sneaking under the fence.

Colorado is rapidly following in California’s footsteps. This place is becoming more liberal wackadoodle and less business friendly every year. We’ve had a huge influx of Californians here and not the good ones either. We get the ones who bring their destructive values and voting history with them.

Here is the latest to come out of the county of Denver;

Mandatory roof gardens on structures larger than 25,000 square feet.. Freaking whacko MFers...

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018...of-gardens-rule.html

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Originally posted by surestrike:

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Originally posted by Blacktailer:
Certainly not the first. Companies and the middle class are leaving in droves. We have our ranch up for sale and have already bought in another state.
If you want to rent a U-Haul in Ca and return it to another state they charge you double because they have to drive it back empty. The tax payers are leaving and the people coming here are sneaking under the fence.

Colorado is rapidly following in California’s footsteps. This place is becoming more liberal wackadoodle and less business friendly every year. We’ve had a huge influx of Californians here and not the good ones either. We get the ones who bring their destructive values and voting history with them.

Here is the latest to come out of the county of Denver;

Mandatory roof gardens on structures larger than 25,000 square feet.. Freaking whacko MFers...

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018...of-gardens-rule.html

Ain't that the truth!! And the newest magazine law is absurd, curious to see what will come of the lawsuit (Denver city council decided no magazines over 15, but eliminating the grandfather clause of the state's 15 round law)

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Why not to Uranus?

LOL!

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Originally posted by Big Wonderful Wyoming:...I was offered $55,000 in Bozeman a few weeks ago. I don't think that is enough for a family of 5 in Bozeman...

I go to our local range (in Logan) every Wednesday afternoon/evening where we have open Trap and Skeet shooting. I shoot pistols, a rifle or two, then several rounds of skeet. One of the guys usually cooks burgers or something else to eat, and we'll socialize for an hour or two.

Anyway, last Wednesday, one of the guys mentioned that he heard that the AVERAGE selling price of a house sold in the Bozeman area last year was $500,000.

I couldn't afford to move here today.

I interviewed for a job in Bozeman a few weeks ago. We are in negotiations, but I don't think I can afford to live there either.

This evening I hung out with Adam Weatherby and his family (I have their property listed for sale). While we hate to see them leave this area, it sounds like a great move for the company. They are really excited about the opportunity.

They have some terrific ideas for expanding production and the product lines. It should provide for some great new products while keeping even more of their production in the USA.

Kyler

The best rifles I used in Alaska for 12-years were my 338-378 weatherby accumarks .They took.all I dished out to them and kept on.going.They never failed me and are the most accurate rifles I.Have ever known .They are smooth handling too and the perfict weight easy to tote for days on even and we'll balanced .I will keep on buying weatherby rifles from now on !Their move makes them even better !

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Originally posted by TX Nimrod:

Weatherby has never been a large corporation as gun manufacturers go. Nobody forced Euro gun makers to follow Weatherby’s style; me, I’d blame the copycats, not the originals. Now today Weatherby sells more conservatively-styled rifles than they do the bizzare styles of yesteryear.

I happen to love their bizzare styles of yesteryear.

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Why not to Uranus?

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Where they were in SouthGate was only a stones throw from Yeranus.

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The best rifles I used in Alaska for 12-years were my 338-378 weatherby accumarks .They took.all I dished out to them and kept on.going.They never failed me and are the most accurate rifles I.Have ever known .They are smooth handling too and the perfict weight easy to tote for days on even and we'll balanced .I will keep on buying weatherby rifles from now on !Their move makes them even better !

I'd pick Pinedale, myself, but good for them...

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Originally posted by TomP:
I'd pick Pinedale, myself, but good for them...

You wouldn't want to ruin it though, would you? I spent a couple of weeks hunting around there 30 years ago and it became one of my favorite places on earth. Not that I got anything - saw about 50 does but nary a buck big enough for my licence.

Google earth is your friend- ain't the same, lost forever.

There was a time when Weatherby made custom rifles. You could have an action rebarreled, a stock put on. And California was a nice place to live in.

All gone.

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Originally posted by SlamFire:
There was a time when Weatherby made custom rifles. You could have an action rebarreled, a stock put on. And California was a nice place to live in.

All gone.

Oh yeah, that was back when Kali was still part of the United States.