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Just my opinion, but if you have owned a sako, why would you want a weatherby?

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I have owned two, a 257 and a 300.Accuracy was good with the 257(just under 1") but not with the 300(between 1-1/4 and 1-1/2")so I sold the 300.I used the 257 for several years and sold it a few years ago.The trigger was no better than a 700 and workmanship was pretty good.I have had no problem getting accuracy as good or better with much cheaper factory 700's and would never pay the extra money for a weatherby.

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otis, I see what you are looking for now. I don`t have alot of knowledge on the lightweights, but I understand that the rem. model 7 is pretty sweet. I have a browning A-bolt that is fairly light. Surely someone here can guide you to a lightweight, quality shooter. I really should not put down weatherby`s, it is just that I have never seen one that could shoot any better than a savage 110. For the kind of money they cost, I would expect more than a pretty face.

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I own a 340 Wby. Mag. my best group right now with it is .408" with my handloads. It has been a very good rifle. I plan to buy a 7mm STW in a Weatherby Accumark in the very near furture. Good Luck.

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"I own a 340 Wby. Mag. "

Ouch! :)

I think I'd honestly be afraid to even fire a .340 after hearing/reading that it's recoil is "brutal". Is yours equipped with a muzzle break?

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yes, in my opinion they are worth the money.i own 3 right now along with a host of other guns and the only guns comparible to them are sako's and blasers . yes sako's are heavy , that's their only downfall. blasers come with a 26" barrel and are blued with a special type of chemical which with handle any weather you can throw at it. around me weatherby's are $1100 sako's $950 and blasers $1500

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I don't own one , but a friend of mine does.
I get better groups from a model 70 Winchester, so for the money I wouldn't waste it. Just my opinion though.

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I agree with fight4.

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The 7mm will do fine as a moose gun.I think you are going in the right direction by getting rid of the muzzle brake as hearing is far too important to sacrifice just to shoot a certain gun.

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NO

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otis-I do have a fair bit of experience hunting moose but I do not hunt them every year.I find elk a far greater challenge to hunt(second only to bighorn) and spend much more time hunting them.I did however hunt both this year and took a 54" moose and a large bodied 5x5 elk while my partners took a 47" moose and couple of smaller elk.This year I used a 300 ultra mag for my elk and moose hunting(I am very recoil tolerant)but I have taken most of my moose and elk with the 7mmstw and a few with the 7mm rem mag while my partners have usually used the 7mm rem mag.All of the moose and elk myself and my partners have harvested with the 7mm's were taken with the 140 gr partition.We have had no problems with this bullet and have seen no reason to change to a heavier bullet.As I stated earlier I have owned weatherby rifles and no I do not think they offer a substantial improvement to justify the extra cost.I myself hunt only with custom rifles built on 700 action's and if I was to buy a factory rifle it would be a 700bdl ss dm in 7mm rem mag.Three of my friends use this model and all have found it to be a dependable and accurate rifle.

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Hey Otis I noticed that you are concerned about recoil. You can go ahead and get wichever brand you choose in the .300, and if you'll have a pachmayr recoil pad installed it won't kick any worse than a stock 7mm mag. In fact it will probably kick less. I promise, a $27.99 pachmayr recoil pad will be the best spent money you can spend on a magnum rifle, and that price for me was installed.

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Otis-when using conventional lead core bullets heavier bullets do penetrate better.This is not always the case when using premium bullets such as barnes x,failsafe,partition,grand slam and many others.The premiuns penetrate well even in the lighter weights.We rarely recover 140 gr partitions even from elk and moose and prefer the flatter trajectories of the lighter bullets as most of our hunting takes place in open fields and mountainous terrain.Since the lighter bullets are performing so well for us we see no reason to change.I feel for you on the cost of an elk hunt as myself and a few good friends get together every year on another friends ranch for our annual elk hunt which costs us very little.It is not a traditional mountain hunt as we wait on the edges of fields to shoot the elk as they travel to their bedding areas but we do enjoy the get togethers and do kill several elk each year.I actually don't even hunt moose near where I live.I do all of my hunting much further south on private land or in remote mountain areas or zones where very few tags are issued in order to avoid the crowds.

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I think Weatherby's are definately worth the extra. You can find a lot of big rifle dealers through out the US and Canada that sell Weatherby's 10% over cost. That figures out to about 1,200 for a new Mark V Deluxe. If you check gunsamerica.com and other online firearms places you can get new-in-box Weatherby's even cheaper.