SpeedAKL
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Now that I'm out and actually earning an income I've been thinking about getting a really sharp hunting rig in the next 1-2 years, something that would last a long time and more importantly something that would make me hold it in my hands and think, "Wow this is nice!"
The practical thing to do would be to just get a decent Remmy or Savage in .30-06 and be done with it. However, I want to have something a little more "special" while still not paying as much as a small car. I have always likes the idea of a Weatherby Mark V Deluxe. I find it an exceptionally good-looking rifle with well-designed ergonomics and a smooth action.
Any Mark V owners on here care to comment about their experience with the gun?
As for caliber, I'd be tempted to get it in one of Weatherby's fast magnums not because I have any use for it in the Eastern US nor because I think that it will turn a bull elk into a pink cloud half a mile away simply by pointing in the general direction (see a humorous thread from H&Hhunter a few months back), but because I just want a mobile artillery piece. The .257 Weatherby is a cool concept as well for it's "death ray" ballistics.
The practical thing to do would be to just get a decent Remmy or Savage in .30-06 and be done with it. However, I want to have something a little more "special" while still not paying as much as a small car. I have always likes the idea of a Weatherby Mark V Deluxe. I find it an exceptionally good-looking rifle with well-designed ergonomics and a smooth action.
Any Mark V owners on here care to comment about their experience with the gun?
As for caliber, I'd be tempted to get it in one of Weatherby's fast magnums not because I have any use for it in the Eastern US nor because I think that it will turn a bull elk into a pink cloud half a mile away simply by pointing in the general direction (see a humorous thread from H&Hhunter a few months back), but because I just want a mobile artillery piece. The .257 Weatherby is a cool concept as well for it's "death ray" ballistics.