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Offline dan bullock

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Weatherby MkXXII
« on: April 27, 2009, 02:37:12 PM »
Anyone have any experence with the Weatherby MkXXII Auto  were the relieable and accurate ?
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Re: Weatherby MkXXII
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2009, 04:35:44 PM »
Yes for their day.
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Re: Weatherby MkXXII
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2009, 06:12:11 PM »
The one I had was as reliable as any semiauto I've ever fired and far more accurate than most. In fact I used it to win a lot of trophies in NRA small bore rifle silhouette matches around the state here. I have no clue how many squirrels I killed with it. I bought it in 1973 in Huntsville, AL for $160 complete with a 4x Weatherby scope. They replaced the scope twice for me when the crosshairs separated on it.

I sold it to my cousin several years ago for $300. So far as I know he still has it and the one he bought for himself in the same general time frame. Kinda regret letting it go but I wasn't using it anymore as I had gone to my Remington 541-T for most of my .22LR shooting.

I remember once I shot an entire tube full of ammo from it CCI Mini-Mag HPs into a group at around 30 yards that could easily be covered with a dime. It was one accurate rifle.
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Offline dan bullock

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Re: Weatherby MkXXII
« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2009, 11:20:04 PM »
Thanks to all
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Offline Catfish

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Re: Weatherby MkXXII
« Reply #4 on: April 28, 2009, 02:12:24 PM »
I had 2 very good friends that bought them in the late 60`s. Both were very accurate and and I don`t ever rember seeing eather of them jam.
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Offline TRWalker

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Re: Weatherby MkXXII
« Reply #5 on: May 15, 2009, 05:30:22 PM »
Accuracy and reliability of mine is similar to a Marlin Model 60 autoloader, which is very, very good. In the looks department, the Weatherby is only about 100 times better.
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Offline IOWA DON

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Re: Weatherby MkXXII
« Reply #6 on: May 25, 2009, 05:41:09 PM »
The wife bought me one for a Christmas present in about 1977. it will shoot 1-inch groups at 50 yards. I bought my grandson one of the new Weatherby Mark XXII's (bolt action) two years ago. Not a lot of difference in either accuracy or looks.
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Offline Tom C.

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Re: Weatherby MkXXII
« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2009, 03:48:18 AM »
I bought a Weatherby XXII when I graduated from high school in '66. It shot pretty well, but shot even better when I put a piece of cardboard from a match cover between the barrel and forarm at the pressure point in the forarm. For an auto it had a very nice trigger. I need to take time to bench and compare some of my .22s to see how they really do.
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Re: Weatherby MkXXII
« Reply #8 on: August 29, 2010, 03:36:13 PM »
i have one of the earlier beretta made models and it is a s beautiful as it is accurate. Would love to have a tube fed model with nice looking wood someday. These rifles are fetching high dollars on the web sites for high condition.
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