oldelkhunter, are you a professional in the firearms industry? Are you by chance a gunsmith? Or perhaps a custom gun builder? Your statement that you " have owned more remingtons than I have/will" seems to be making a broad
A-S-S-UMPTION. Let me now follow by making one, Im pretty sure that I have taken/will take more game animals than you have/will. See my point? There is no way to accurately a.s.ses.s someone else' s experience or abilty. I have had the oportunity to shoot SEVERAL weatherbys, although I have only OWNED one. Of those, only one stands out as a " shooter" . The rest were average at best. These have ran the scale from one of Roy' s first belgium made rifles, to a lasermark in 378 wby mag, all the way down to one of the howa weatherbys that Walmart sells. The best was a early 80' s vintage vanguard in 300 win mag.
While we are making A>S>Sumptions, it has been my observation that most weatherby owners are brand loyal. It seems that they enjoy spending more money than neccessary.
I never said that remingtons were all perfect, far from it in fact, it has been my experience though that as a rule they perform exceptionally well.