Weatherby Mark V Accumark
07-23-2015, 04:36 PM
#33
Nontypical Buck
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How was the recoil in bench position? That rifle looks a bit on the "light" side. It's a purdy little thang though. Just not so sure I would want to be on a bench with it. At least not for more than a few shots.
07-24-2015, 06:59 AM
#35
Nontypical Buck
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I am not sure what it weights, it is lighter and better balanced than my bosses 7mm STW Remington 700 Sendero. I havnt weighed it, but Weatherby says it is 8 3/4lbs pounds without the scope, it has a 26" barrel and a 6-18 Nikon long range Buckmaster scope, so it is heavier than RR's STW. Recoil really isn't that bad, about like a 7mm rem. mag, maybe a little more but not much. It is really loud though.
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07-28-2015, 05:17 AM
#38
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Out of curiosity, I brought my rifle to work this morning and weighed it on our shipping scales. It weighs 11 pounds with the Harris 6-9 bipod, and 10 pounds with out it. Hardly a light weight.
07-28-2015, 01:06 PM
#39
Nontypical Buck
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Us big fella's have a greater mass that is working AGAINST the inertia created from the recoil.Sorry amigo - physics is a forte of mine, they even put it on a piece of paper for me - the resistance to recoil of the shooter's arms and body is because of inertia. Newton's 1st law, aka "Law of Inertia" is "an object at rest will stay at rest, and an object in constant motion will stay in constant motion unless acted upon by an unbalanced force." The resistance of the larger shooter's body and arms to recoil is INERTIA, and the recoil on the revolver is transferring MOMENTUM to the shooter's body (Newton's 3rd law) through the forceful decelleration of the revolver and acceleration of the shooter's body (Newton's 2nd law x 2).
Inertia is the resistance of an object to a change in its motion, or lack thereof. The greater mass something has, the greater inertia it has to resist forces, but mass isn't the same thing as inertia.
So the revolver has momentum, the shooter has inertia, the revolver applies a force to the shooter, the shooter applies a force to the revolver, such that the end result is that the revolver wants to give its momentum to the shooter, the inertia of the shooter resists that acceleration. Newton's 3 laws in congress.
07-28-2015, 01:10 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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How is that scope treating you? How is it holding up to that heavy recoil?
I have one on a 223rem, and another side focus in 4.5-14x on a 45-70 (I don't use the turrets on either, just the finger turn knobs with the caps removed), I've been tempted to drop the 6-8x on a 7mm RM lately.
I have one on a 223rem, and another side focus in 4.5-14x on a 45-70 (I don't use the turrets on either, just the finger turn knobs with the caps removed), I've been tempted to drop the 6-8x on a 7mm RM lately.