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Hi I have a vintage Mark V in 270 Weatherby I picked up relatively cheaply ($800) on gunbroker. With Weatherby factory ammo (the factory ammo was cheaper than buying umprimed Weatherby brass) I can hit the scuba tank on the Fort Carson range (840 yards) reliably (if I miss it, it's my fault). So I'm thinking this rifle might be able to form the basis of a good long range rig, primarily for target shooting but maybe for an occasional mule deer / antelope hunt. I was thinking of buying a match grade heavier contour barrel, having the action trued, then pillar bedded, barrel free floated and put in a synthetic stock by Kevin Weaver. Or should I just work up some good handloads and shoot it as is? Thanks! Regards, Chuck "There's a saying in prize fighting, everyone's got a plan until they get hit" Michael Douglas "The Ghost And The Darkness" | ||
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Chuck, the 270 Wby is one of my favorites. I'd do groups on paper at 100 yards to see what the rifle can do...hitting gongs and such really doesn't give you a good read on accuracy. If you plan on being accurate at great distance, you need to get down around 1/2" MOA, which would be about 4" groups at 800 yards not accounting for wind. | |||
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Thanks Biebs, I'll do that. If it works as is, no sense changing it. It shoots about 1.25" MOA with factory ammo. I should be able to do much better with handloads. Regards, Chuck "There's a saying in prize fighting, everyone's got a plan until they get hit" Michael Douglas "The Ghost And The Darkness" | |||
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After ammunition trials, try turning the action screws to 50 in/lbs. Next would be a new crown, then bedding after that. Those are relatively cheap improvements. | |||
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Thanks! Regards, Chuck "There's a saying in prize fighting, everyone's got a plan until they get hit" Michael Douglas "The Ghost And The Darkness" | |||
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I bought a 270 Wea in their ultra light MK V about 8-9 years ago. I mounted a Swar. AV 4X12X50 on the rifle and thought I had the ultimate walkabout open country rifle. That is until I shot it. I could not get it to group under 5" @ 100 yards. Probably the worst rifle I ever owned except a Ruger 77; 7MM Mauser which was about as accurate. I tried every handload under the sun; bullets, powder, primers, bullet seating depth and after a while I just threw it in the safe. Every now and then I would take it out and mess with it again to no avail. Even tried trading scopes but no solution. I sent it to a authorized local Wea. dealer (a bunch of boobs) that said it was fine. I just could not give up on the gun because of the potential in such a light package so I called Weatherby and ask them to look at it personally. They agreed and sent it back to me in about a month. They told me as mentioned above to keep the bedding screws torqued to a specific spec and suggested I try 130 Gr TSX bullets in my loads. I went to the bench and loaded some 130 TTSX's ahead of 72.5 gr of RL22 with a Federal 215 primer. I put a slight crimp into the TTSX second cannelure. I put 5 shots @85F into 1/2" @ 100 yards and my Ohler Chrono logged a high of 3430FPS and a low of 3410 FPS. I was astonished this was the same rifle!!! I am going to try some of the new LRX 129 gr in the bugger as soon as I can get my hands on some. Just love the gun now when I was prepared to write it off a just a few years back. EZ | |||
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Thanks! Fingers crossed. Regards, Chuck "There's a saying in prize fighting, everyone's got a plan until they get hit" Michael Douglas "The Ghost And The Darkness" | |||
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What did they tell you to torque the screws to? Thanks | |||
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Yes, Weatherby rifles have always been VERY responsive to action screw torque. I remember reading a review by one of the gunwriters on a 300 Wby Accumark. He couldn't get it to shoot worth a damn, then noticed that the action screws were impossibly tight, after loosening and re-tightening them by hand, the rifle shot 1/2 MOA. | |||
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I would probably glass bed instead of just pillar bed but that is just me. Definitely float the barrel. God Bless, Louis | |||
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i have a 270 weatherby on an old mod 70 -great long range rifle. biebs however is no doube referring  to screwing around on some weird blaser contraption not known to riflemen   | |||
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I do not recall it was about 3 years ago. I would just drop a note to Weatherby (E-mail) or call them.They will tell you.
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