I have a .224 that the folks at Weatherby cannot figure out. If they can't figure it out, not sure if some guru here can do so, but any help is appreciated.

Unmolested West German .224 (Varmintmaster obviously). Here comes the confusion. Bluing is perfect and SN is clearly "1126". . . not "S1126". It appears when stamped perhaps the person simply failed to utilize the "S". Any other explanation anyone can think of? Thanks for any input.

Mystery solved. Covered in footnote. Some historian noted that some of the earlier ones indeed lack the “S”. Disregard. :-)

I have one of the original, German made 224 Weatherby Magnum.

Very nice little rifle.

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Originally posted by Saeed:
I have one of the original, German made 224 Weatherby Magnum.

Very nice little rifle.

Yes sir. They are cool little rifles!

I have a buddy that owns S-1200. It a a Weatherby Custom, checkered bolt knob, Weatherby Custom on the floorplate. From my understanding Weatherby started the Varmitmaster serial# at 1000. That would make his gun the 200th rifle made and yours 126. That is the lowest serial# I have see of those rifles. That fits in with the story that the very early actions did lack the S in their serial#.

I have a set of Weatherby marked 224 Weatherby dies if some one is interested.

PM me.

I've got a German 224 and Japanese 22-250.
The Japanese gun has much nicer wood on it.

Tony