Post by: buck man on January 02, 2014, 11:23:59 PM
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Post by: bearpaw on January 03, 2014, 12:15:45 AM
http://www.weatherby.com/company/pressroom/pressrelease/item/view/44648 (http://www.weatherby.com/company/pressroom/pressrelease/item/view/44648)
Weatherby® Introduces Mark V Accumark RC (Range Certified) Rifle10/26/2012
Weatherby® features “Range Certified” accuracy assurance in its Mark V® rifle line with the new Accumark® RC, which comes with a SUB-MOA guarantee as well as a factory-shot target signed by company President Ed Weatherby.
Post by: bearpaw on January 03, 2014, 12:20:20 AM
http://www.weatherby.com/product/rifles/markv/accumark (http://www.weatherby.com/product/rifles/markv/accumark)
Mark V® Accumark®
MSRP $2,100.00
Post by: Taco280AI on January 03, 2014, 01:53:34 AM
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They are not that heavy. My hunting partners gun weighs about 7-8 lbs. Shoots very good. The gun always taken when hiking . The 338-378 stays in the truck.
The guy I talked to was carrying a .30-378 MK V and Weatherby says it weighs 9lbs 14oz bare rifle. Put rings, base and a big scope on top with a few rounds of those artillery shells and you're right there.
Post by: b23 on January 03, 2014, 08:49:34 AM
The Accumark I had in 300Wby mag was bought when they first came out. They used HS Precision stocks back then. I'm not sure when but somewhere thru the years they switched and started using Bell and Carlson stocks. I doubt the Bell and Carlson stock makes them shoot any different but when they switched stock companies is when I started noticing the barrel channel fit was usually not centered, barrel would be further to one side of the barrel channel than they other. Maybe not a big deal but IMO for a gun that cost 2k you would at least think they could get the "fit" a little more centered.
I wouldn't consider the Accumark a heavy rifle. My 300Wby Accumark had a 4.5-14x40AO Leupold and If I recall it weighed just a tick under or right at 10lbs. The barrel on the Accumark is 26in. w/out the Accubrake. If you get the Accubrake it adds another 2in. Weatherby says the 338-378 has a 28in barrel but it's only 28in because they are including the brake. Actual barrel length is only 26in just like all the other Accumarks. The barrel contour is only a #3 which isn't really that big and is considerably smaller then a Sendero contour. In my opinion the bigger bore Accumarks would shoot better if they put a bigger contour barrel on them but Weatherby is trying to keep the weight down so they only use a #3 for their big cannons too. Weatherby uses Criterion, button rifled, barrels on the Accumark. Regardless of what anyone tells you they are NOT Krieger, single cut rifling, barrels. Criterion is/was a parent company to Krieger but they are certainly not the same company or barrel.
I've owned multiple Weatherby rifles of the years and how they shot ranged from realllllllllly bad to very good with the very best off the shelf gun I've ever owned being my Accumark 300Wby mag. I used to have. If I was looking for a store bought all around rifle in a do anything caliber the Accumark in 300wby would likely be the first one I'd go to.
Post by: buck man on January 03, 2014, 09:42:40 AM
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Post by: b23 on January 04, 2014, 07:34:17 AM
I've got a Leupold Vari-X-III Tactical 4.5-14x40AO I just took off my .223 for sale if you're interested. I live in Spokane.
Congrats on the new rifle as well....