To me, Weatherby is like a Cadillac. Yes, they look good but there are better ones out there. Also like Cadillac, I think they are more hype that substance.

Remember:

LIFE IS LIKE A SH**T SANDWICH

THE MORE BREAD YOU HAVE THE LESS SH**T YOU HAVE TO EAT!

The women in my life (wife, mother, sister-in law, etc) have the same remark " I wish they made furniture in that kind of wood."

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I won't waste my time to respond to your typical arrogant comments.

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Originally posted by Eagle Eye:

I won't waste my time to respond to your typical arrogant comments. [/B]

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You did!

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Originally posted by Eagle Eye:
....I tried one three years ago, a Weatherby Ultralight. It will be the last time I even think of buying one... I didn't like the fact that they have weak firing pin strings (which, I learned later, was a known issue). I lost the nicest buck I have ever seen thanks to a resulting no fire...

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Bizarre.

I am now well into 1600 rounds with various Weatherbys, including the ULWs in magnum and standard models, and have yet to have a misfire.

A friend is well over 700 rounds with his three Weatherbys, including an ULW, with no misfires.

Perhaps this "known issue" is known only to you and your reloading techniques.

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Originally posted by hotweatherhunter:
my only experience with a weatherby rifle was not so good. Needing a lightweight all around rifle, I decided on the ultra-lightweight weatherby in 30/06.... I was the most eratic shooting thing
I have ever seen, sometimes throwing the first bullet from a cold barrel as much as 8 inches from the other shots in a group. I tried changing pressure points on the barrelI tried different bullet weights...

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Again, bizarre. The ULW is not a rifle for the casual shooter as it is very light and needs to be gripped firmly and shot with a very careful trigger press.

That said, my .30-06 ULW has been accurate right out of the box. The Sierra 180 SBT averages 3/4 MOA at 100 yards, and 1/2 MOA at 200 yards.

It isn't bizare that a firing pin main spring didn't meet spec with the correct tension just because you haven't ever seen it happen. Have you ever seen a firing pin break....over the past 30 years that I have been shooting, it happened to me once. The fifth shot out of a brand new Browning Stainless Stalker. My reloads fault, yeah right. By the way, we tried factory ammo in the Wea UL as well and that was after it was supposedly fixed....it worked for 18 rounds then guess what....click. I suppose you will want to blame Federal for that one. If you had done more research on this topic, you would have known that this isn't the first time it has occurred.

As for blaming the poster "hotweatherhunter" as being the cause for bad accuracy stating that he was as you put it "a casual shooter" ...again, what is so bizare about having a bad rifle? You might think that everything with a Weatherby nameplate is top notch, but I am sorry to be the one to tell you King, it ain't so! If you need proof, look at their site right now and take note of the recall that is in effect. No, your post just doesn't wash....shooting a rifle off the bench on sand bags pretty well negates the issue of weight that you brought up....besides, how often do casual shooters spend $1500 on a specialized rifle like that? You choose to ignore the fact that he replaced the UL with a Remington Ti that is lighter still.

You know Kudu, you sound just like a GM exec stating "it wasn't our fault there was a safety recall, the government made us do it".

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Oh please KuduKing, don't start your "bizare" talk! It doesn't wash!!!....

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The only thing unwashed is your own buffoonery.

I never claimed Weatherby's are totally 100% in every instance unfallable. YOU, on the other hand, are willing to condemn what is a perfectly fine rifle, that has been hunted all over the globe with great success, because of YOUR one bad experience, unshared by thousands of others.

Then you make up some idiotic "known issue" about firing pins in Weatherby's breaking. Which is complete and utter nonsense.

You also have trouble reading the English language. I never wrote that hotweatherhunter was a casual shooter. I disagreed with his accuracy findings, as most other Weatherby owners would.

Which brings me to your point about the Weatherby website. If you had taken the time to to do some "research" by actually reading it, you would see that they have a recall in effect for Vanguard rifles, not the Mark V or any of its variants, inclduing the ULW. And the "recall" is to prevent a moron from MISASSEMBLING the bolt on that particular rifle. It has NOTHING to do with firing pin breakage.

Why don't you share some of your "research" on this firing pin issue with all of us? When you are not having sex with teenage girls.

You must have some strange karma about you to be invovled in so many gun problems: Weatherby, Browning. I suggest you try washing.