RE: What's with the bias against Weatherby??
 

Bri , I only pointed that outbecause people here posted they don't shoot.
That is just plain b.s. That was thier standards with factory ammo which isn't too shabby considering and if you continued reading you'll see where mine did 1" or better with factory fodder.
If you want to compare apples and oranges the Tikka is 1/2 the price but if you talk about tp o' the line tikka is 1000+ list. Regular tikka should be compared to the vangaurd series.

RE: What's with the bias against Weatherby??
 

How about apples to apples theN? Compare a Cooper Arms classic to a weatherby MkV. Better looking? Yup. Better made? Yup, More accurrate? Oh yeah. More expensive? yes, but not by much.

BTW, the 'bottom-of-the-line' Tikka T-3s are guaranteed to shoot 1" or less;)

RE: What's with the bias against Weatherby??
 

Sooo, broken stocks, actions freezeing up because of poor design, and bolt stops failing are sour grapes??? On rifles that are WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY overpriced??? What you been smokeing????

DM

RE: What's with the bias against Weatherby??
 

The Remington 788's out shot my Weatherby's and they cost 100 bucks new at the time the Weatherby cost 1000. That does make for sour somethings's.

RE: What's with the bias against Weatherby??
 

Im guessin they made the wife sour when she found out you spent a thousand bucks for those turds :D

RE: What's with the bias against Weatherby??
 

I may have forgotten to mention the price.:DI did mostly trading but It still leave that sour taste. Most folks like to feel that a product was worth the money regardless of initial cost. These dogs didn't reach that level.

RE: What's with the bias against Weatherby??
 

I don't have a lot of money, never did.... but i assure you, IF they were heads and shoulders above the other brands, it's what i'd be shooting today even if they were more expensive than they are! I bought the 340 that failed to use as a crawl through the brush brown bear rifle.

They sure aren't junk, but they are just over priced and too much hype!

DM

RE: What's with the bias against Weatherby??
 

I've got nothing against Weatherbys. I kinda wonder why they have the prices they do as I've never seen any of them that were deserving of the cost. Not any better than many other rifles. Seems that a fair amount of the Weatherby owners place themselves on the high pillars simply for owning one though. What is better is the Vanguard owners that put themselves on that same pillar when they have a mis-marked Howa - not Weatherby made. Would these same ppl be so high on themselves if they owned a Howa marked rifle? Doubt it. :D even thier new .22 isn't made by them. It's an Anshutz. Far better than a Howa but why not just buy an Anshutz to begin with. I know for a while even some US made weatherbys were outsourced and not really manufactured by them. :eek:

RE: What's with the bias against Weatherby??
 

DM any gun will freeze up like you described it has nothing to do with the gun, that's just carelessness or stupidity of the shooter. I've never heard of bolt stop failue until you posted about it. I owned two and know other owners personally and have spoke to many others. You have firsts that I know of.
The only "frozen" bolt I've seen on a MK V was a guy who screwed up a his reloads and loaded so hot the bolt had to be beat with a mallet to open and the brass was fused into the chamber. Primer was blown but gun didn't blow up so I think it spoke volumes of the action's strength.

RE: What's with the bias against Weatherby??
 

You guys should remember one thing. Weatherby is just like Browning. They are trade names, not Manufacturers. The same goes for Charles Daly. These companies do not make anything. They buy from manufacturers and put their name on it. That is one reason Browning and Weatherby are more expensive. There is one more middle man involved that wants a slice of the pie.

There have been good ones and bad ones over the years. It just depended on their specs. for that year. I have seen it first hand, and know it is so. When they had bad years they lowered their standars, and the inferior stuff rolled in. Especially Charles Daly and Weatherby. Tom.