Weatherby 307 Alpine Ct

[ltfreeman11]

I’ve been really debating picking up this weatherby from scheels. I just can’t make up my mind as to whether I want it or the new Seekins. I feel like the weatherby gives great value for the money but I can’t find very many reviews or testimonies online it feels like. How well does it shoot? How smooth is the action? Is it sturdy? Any insight would be appreciated, thanks guys!


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[bascott1]

I’ve been really debating picking up this weatherby from scheels. I just can’t make up my mind as to whether I want it or the new Seekins. I feel like the weatherby gives great value for the money but I can’t find very many reviews or testimonies online it feels like. How well does it shoot? How smooth is the action? Is it sturdy? Any insight would be appreciated, thanks guys!


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[bascott1]

You won’t be upset with it. Only thing I would change is a little lighter trigger. Action is super smooth

 

[Haburchak.257]

Did you end up purchasing one? And what caliber were you looking at? I’ve had my eye on one in 6.5 prc. I handled one and looked it over pretty well at Scheels a month ago and it feels great and the action was smooth!

 

[ND1612]

I was looking at that same rifle or the Scheels version of the Range XP 2.0, and then ended up winning a 307 Range XP in 6.5 RPM from an RMEF raffle at a TAC shoot. Other than the somewhat oddball 6.5 RPM caliber and that it was threaded 1/2 instead of 5/8, I really like the rifle. I was able to turn the Triggertech down to around 2.5#, action is smooth and it feeds nicely from the mag. Overall weight with a scope is nice too.

I threw some loads together just to start getting an idea on what powder and bullet it likes, and don't think I need to go any further than N565 or possibly H1000 and the 147gr. ELDM. Seems like it just naturally shoots pretty well. I tried a box of the 127gr LRX factory load also with very acceptable results.

This was a test with 7 different powder charges, shot in order one round of each at a time. So 1,2,3,4,5 and then 1,2,3,4,5 again and so on. Roughly rounds 15-31 from the rifle. Not bad at all for minimum effort put into load development and a fresh barrel. Somewhere in that 61gr range seems like a winner.

 

[Haburchak.257]

Impressive results, do you have any experience to report with it on animals?

 

[ND1612]

Impressive results, do you have any experience to report with it on animals?

No, not yet. Just won it at the end of June, so I'm getting it ready to go for this fall. Plan is to take it to MT this fall for mule deer, unless I really luck out and happen to stick one during archery season while we're elk hunting.

Velocity with the RPM seems about in line with the 6.5 PRC or a touch higher, so it should do just fine with that 147 ELDM I think.

 

[ltfreeman11]

Did you end up purchasing one? And what caliber were you looking at? I’ve had my eye on one in 6.5 prc. I handled one and looked it over pretty well at Scheels a month ago and it feels great and the action was smooth!

I ended up getting a Seekins ph3 in 7PRC and it has been nothing short of phenomenal.


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[wind gypsy]

No, not yet. Just won it at the end of June, so I'm getting it ready to go for this fall. Plan is to take it to MT this fall for mule deer, unless I really luck out and happen to stick one during archery season while we're elk hunting.

Velocity with the RPM seems about in line with the 6.5 PRC or a touch higher, so it should do just fine with that 147 ELDM I think.

Yeah, you should be able to push it a fair bit faster than a PRC but if it's happy at a modest load I'd run with it! Looks like it's doing well and you've got a cool/unique cartridge there.