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Offline Bigeasy

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A nice rifle
« on: July 12, 2010, 10:41:59 AM »
Just ran across this Weatherby Mark XXll at a local gun shop.  Mine now.  This rifle is mint, and I believe unfired.  High gloss blueing, and pretty wood.  I have always wanted one of these, just never found one before with the right wood, or in nice enough shape.  I just mounted the scope so I can try it out tomorrow.  If its seems accurate and reliable, I'll invest in better glass for it.  The factory test target shows about 3/4 inch for 3 shots at 50 yards.

Does anyone who owns one have any info or tips to pass on?

Larry
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Re: A nice rifle
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2010, 11:06:31 AM »
sure looks nice
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Re: A nice rifle
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2010, 12:30:00 PM »
My wife gave one to me around 34 years ago. It shoots more accurately if I hold the pistol grip very tightly. It will shoot 1-inch 10-shot groups at 50 yards with match ammo. With good hunting ammo like Winchester hollow points it will keep 7 to 9 of the 10 shots in an inch but there are fliers. I found it shoots best with Eley sub-sonic hollow points. I put a 2-7X Leupold RF scope on mine. Also, sometime I may hollow out the forend of the stock and put some lead weight there for a better, more foreward balance.
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Re: A nice rifle
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2010, 06:24:54 PM »
A buddy of mine has had one of them since the late 70's early 80's. If I remember right his has the Weatherby Mark XXII Scope on it also. They sure are a nice rifle with some features that I really liked. I thought the select fire option in which you could have the bolt stay locked open after each shot was a neat feature for the times when one shot is all that is needed.

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Re: A nice rifle
« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2010, 09:21:57 PM »
:o WOW :o


Beautiful rifle sir and if it shoots half as good as it looks I'm sure you'll be more than satisfied with your new acquisition.
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