First and last Weatherby I’ll ever buy

[R7RMag]

Start a grief counseling club, I’ll join. Went through it with a couple kimbers 10+ yrs ago. Talked myself into that they were really nice but just “finicky”. Finally had enough with the accuracy, garbage finish and failure to feed. Sold everything and bought a few tikkas. Life is boringly accurate and I don’t know what to do with all my time

Man, I’d considered tikka’s but I just can’t get over how ugly I think they are (no offense lol). Maybe I’ll get fed up and sell the other two and buy a tikka barreled action and put a nicer stock on it

 

[R7RMag]

What are you going to do when you set it down on a log during hunting season and it gets dirty?

How does it shoot?

I don’t baby my hunting rifles by any means. Which is why I’d like it to be tough enough to be able to LOOK at it without the finish peeling off. If I just wanted a rifle that shoots well, I wouldn’t have to spend anywhere near $1600 to do it

 

[R7RMag]

I’ll give you $800 for it

$700 take it or leave it

 

[R7RMag]

My Mark V Hunter had the same issue with the paint flaking off the stock. Called them and they shipped a new/replacement stock immediately. Shoots great.

Is the finish on the new stock any better?

 

[BCDJR]

I had a bad experience with Weatherby a few decades ago. They had their ammo in as I recall a 165 grain bullet. Might be off on that a bit. Anyway the rile shot ok then had outliers. My dealer sent it back and they supposedly fixed it. Well a box of ammo was now just as bad. So I called Weatherby directly. I got some fella on the line at the range. I told him about my issues and he said Hornady had changed the cannelure on the bullet and his guns will not shoot that ammo anymore. I said why would you guys put this ammo on dealers shelves when you know it will not shoot? His answer…sir I am in the shooting and testing department…….not the marketing department. I gave the gun back to the dealer and got a sako

 

[MADGRZ]

Is the finish on the new stock any better?

Yes, no issues.

 

[HandgunHTR]

Man, I’d considered tikka’s but I just can’t get over how ugly I think they are (no offense lol). Maybe I’ll get fed up and sell the other two and buy a tikka barreled action and put a nicer stock on it

Heck, for $1600 you can buy a SS Superlite and put it in a Manners stock.

 

[Wprinkle]

On the bright side at least its not a 7 brokeback mountain

 

[Weldor]

Just saved some money, Thanks.

 

[wind gypsy]

I'm first in line usually to tell people to quit being ridiculous about minor cosmetic imperfections but that stock finish is past unacceptable. A little bubble here and there, whatever, but coming off immediately from light handling?

 

[thinhorn_AK]

It’s definetly a different company that it used to be. I grew up around blued/wood weatherby rifle. My dad is a huge fan but he dosent have any of the new ones. The backcountry seems nice but that’s probably the only gun id buy from them currently.

 

[R7RMag]

Update: got it out to do some shooting on Friday. Was getting an average of 5/8” groups with the 140 grain Federal Trophy Bonded Tip’s. So, at least it’s got some decent accuracy going for it. The safety is more manageable now, but still sucks. At least it’s a pain to engage the safety instead of disengaging it though.

No new complaints with it anyways. Got a trip to AZ coming up where I’ll be sighting it in for elevation for my hunt in December. When I get back I’ll probably get in touch with customer support to try to swap out stocks as MADGRZ suggested and send in my bolt to get worked on. Maybe if I’m lucky I’ll actually be happy with the rifle in a few months