Weatherby mark v 300 mag
As it was then and still is today, nothing shoots flatter, hits harder or is more accurate than a Weatherby. Last year, I asked Ed what the 70th anniversary of his company meant to him, and he replied: "In the early years, his slogan was 'Tomorrow's Rifles Today.' Truly, they were tomorrow's rifles. Identified by a whitetail on its box, it was once the fastest commercially produced 6mm, pushing a 100-grain bullet out a 26-inch barrel at 3,400 fps. Magnum was the last cartridge designed by Roy Weatherby. Ed Weatherby is the finest natural rifle shot I have ever known.ĭeveloped in 1968, the. Weatherby, but this I can say about his son: Some apples don't fall far from the tree. He assumed the reigns of the company upon his father's death in 1988. Time goes on, people must go, and other people must step in. Through those long, hot afternoons, he gave us all strength. Roy preached his gospel of velocity, accuracy and performance to a whole new audience. I was there in shirtsleeves, a long way shy of 40, and I was miserable.
There was Roy Weatherby, long past his first heart attack, just four years from his final one, holding his post in his booth, sweating in jacket and tie and holding forth to enthralled youngsters (and many oldsters) on his beliefs. We (he) decided we should hold a sports fair close to the Olympics venue - in summer in an inland valley - so there we were, in sweltering tents in summer heat. Petersen, as Commissioner of the shooting sports.
It was during the 1984 Olympics, held in Los Angeles, with my boss, Robert E. 340 Weatherby Magnum, always a fine choice for places where bears can get really big. This brown bear was taken on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia's Far East with a Weatherby Mark V in. Roy Weatherby always had time for young shooters. Gun-struck kid that I was, I pestered him with questions all the way there, and he answered them patiently. My uncle, who knew him, picked up Roy in Kansas City, and I rode along on the trip to Topeka. When I was about 12 years old, Roy came to speak at a meeting with the Kansas Rifle and Pistol Association. That was actually the second time I met him, but I doubt he remembered the first. It was later revealed that some of his senior people told him he was wasting his time, but it was his time to waste, and he agreed to see me there in his long-standing South Gate, Calif., office. In 1978, before I joined then-Petersen Publishing and was very much a struggling young freelancer, Roy Weatherby granted me an interview.
In retrospect, I was very young when I came into this business, and I will never forget Roy Weatherby's kindness. Magnum was introduced in 1963 as the "Varmintmaster." Regarded by riflemen as a cartridge best suited for long-range varmint hunting, it never managed to attract popularity. 33-.378 Weatherby Magnums.Īfter 10 years of development, the. Using their own unique cases, Roy would add the. 340 Weatherby Magnum would be added, also based on the full-length. 270 and 7mm Weatherby Magnums, taper removed and shouldered in Weatherby's distinctive double Venturi curve. 375 Weatherby Magnums, shortened for the.
WEATHERBY MARK V 300 MAG FULL
300 H&H was the parent case, full length for the. Only a small number of his experimental cartridges made the grade when he went commercial, founding his company on his signature line of Weatherby Magnums.Īt the outset, the. Born September 4, 1910, and living until April 4, 1988, Roy was a handloader and rifleshooter who pursued the time-honored pastime of wildcatting, creating his own cartridges. Weatherby started the firearms company that, 71 years later, still bears his name and continues to be managed by his descendants. The year was 1945, and the country was euphoric over its victory in World War II, first in Europe, then in the Pacific. Famed gunwriter Elmer Keith (left) looks over a Weatherby rifle with Roy Weatherby.