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Tell us about your "Carrie". This isn't meant to trash on one make or model or caliber but we've all had lemons lets hear about them.
My "Carrie" rifle was a mark V weatherby in .300. One of the early eighties shinney models. In one hunting trip "it's first" I broke the bolt stop on it when working the bolt. Then it started to slam fire when you closed the bolt. I got that fixed by a local gun smith just in time for it to break the stock in half at the pistol grip which I bailing wired back together and then duct taped the whole mess.
I sent it back to Weatherby and they restocked it and replaced the bolt stop. (Which they claimed never was broken nor did the rifle ever slam fire" thank you very much.
So I take my newly stocked rifle out and on the 5th round the stock splits right through the pistol grip. i send it back to Weatherby and they tell me i must be abusing the rifle or reloading to hot of a round. I was shooting Weatherby factory ammo from a rest. Real abusive I guess for one of them there Weatherbies.
In any case I wound up taking this rifle back to the dealer and he gave me another weatherby which I had no problems with. I traded it off on a Ruger M-77 in .270win.
The first time i take the ruger out I close the bolt and guess what. It slam fires. Carries evil spirit infected my new rifle. So anyway ruger sent me a new rifle and the spell was broken.
However I have since seen two other rifles who's manufacturers name starts with an R fire when the safety was flipped off.
Keep them smoke pole pointed in a safe direction boys and girls sometimes do-do happens.
My "Carrie" rifle was a mark V weatherby in .300. One of the early eighties shinney models. In one hunting trip "it's first" I broke the bolt stop on it when working the bolt. Then it started to slam fire when you closed the bolt. I got that fixed by a local gun smith just in time for it to break the stock in half at the pistol grip which I bailing wired back together and then duct taped the whole mess.
I sent it back to Weatherby and they restocked it and replaced the bolt stop. (Which they claimed never was broken nor did the rifle ever slam fire" thank you very much.
So I take my newly stocked rifle out and on the 5th round the stock splits right through the pistol grip. i send it back to Weatherby and they tell me i must be abusing the rifle or reloading to hot of a round. I was shooting Weatherby factory ammo from a rest. Real abusive I guess for one of them there Weatherbies.
In any case I wound up taking this rifle back to the dealer and he gave me another weatherby which I had no problems with. I traded it off on a Ruger M-77 in .270win.
The first time i take the ruger out I close the bolt and guess what. It slam fires. Carries evil spirit infected my new rifle. So anyway ruger sent me a new rifle and the spell was broken.
However I have since seen two other rifles who's manufacturers name starts with an R fire when the safety was flipped off.
Keep them smoke pole pointed in a safe direction boys and girls sometimes do-do happens.