Ultralight rifle

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Originally Posted by Frodo

I decided on a Weatherby MK V ultralight. B)

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Good for you Frodi, go with what ya want. I have owned a couple of Kimbers & they're not bad ( my current bush gun is a Montana 7-08 with 13" suppressed barrel it shoots mint ) they are light, have nice triggers, good safteys & the ones Ive had shot well, but they are very short in stock / length of pull & have a horrid high bolt lift.


As for Weatherby's, I love mine but it's taken a few years to fall fully in love. Mine began as a 308, love the style, stock fit, action, saftey & low lift bolt but it never quite performed to what I knew it could & their blueing is shite , they rust like a mother fuckar & the washer system for the action bolts is a proper pain in the arse.


That's when "Tim" was born, I sent it to Kiwi Greg @ Terminator & had it reamed out to an Improved max 30-06, ceracoated, re-beaded ( front & rear ) fitted a decent T1 brake & put a Swaro Z5 on top, have fell fully in love with it.

This thing is awesome, It's light 6.7 lb is beautiful to carry & shoots great with plenty of grunt ( basically 300 WM performance ) for a LW hunting rifle


I've bowled a fair number with tim now, here's a couple of pics from this weekend. Weatherby's are cool :thumbsup:


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Looks like you've got a great set-up there, Phil, but fuck me, I'm not spending 3k + on a Weatherby if it means I've got to piss around with it. Handling it in the store, my impression was that it felt very durable...but rust, inaccuracy (read a bit more about that downside online today)...Errrrrrrrr!!

Tikkas are becoming more and more attractive by the day. I've already had a Sako screw up on me. The last thing I'd want is a weatherby being an absolute headache as well. Lol

Why do you call your rifle "Tim"?

"Terminator Improved Max" so Tim for short, kinda become a bit of a well known favourite of mine of the last year or so. It's one of KG's designs & has very impressive performance.


7-08, 30-06 tim & 338 edge for comparison.


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Originally Posted by Frodo

Looks like you've got a great set-up there, Phil, but fuck me, I'm not spending 3k + on a Weatherby if it means I've got to piss around with it. Handling it in the store, my impression was that it felt very durable...but rust, inaccuracy (read a bit more about that downside online today)...Errrrrrrrr!!

Tikkas are becoming more and more attractive by the day. I've already had a Sako screw up on me. The last thing I'd want is a weatherby being an absolute headache as well. Lol

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Yeah to be honest, as I've said Weatherby's are kinda cool, But yes they certainly aren't the best value or best performing "out'a the box" rifle.


Buying a light weight comes down to two things "what you want" & "what you want".

So in short do what you want a budget rifle that shoots great, you can mount a great scope on, spend a few more $$ & biff the standard poxy plastic stock & get a LW cabon then go for a T3. It will do all you want & more

But if you want to be different from the masses then go for something else, There's nothing wrong with being an individual just might take a bot of time to sort & depends on how much you want to invest.

For a real light weight 400yard mountain gun I'd go for a 6.5, 7mm or 308 & chuck a decent scope on it, Chur

My mate has got a weatherby ultra light in 308 & loves it, he likes the pointability of it & the short bolt lift which makes cycling a second shot very quick, it shoots well.