Once I was a child, my buddy Chris’s dad had a Weatherby Mark V he received from opening a checking account. To this present day, I nonetheless bear in mind how stunning it was. The ammo got here in a field adorned with a safari theme and I consider it was a .300 Weatherby magnum. Forty years later, I lastly have my very own. Let’s see if this rifle can destroy a metal goal!
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About my Weatherby Mark V
I looked for a while and settled on a Japanese .270 Weatherby magnum from Gunbroker. It’s in nice situation, higher than I anticipated, and was fairly priced — roughly $1500. The bluing is one thing to behold. Mounted atop it’s an era-appropriate Redfield 3-9x scope. I have to admit. I really feel like Man Miner.
The rifle got here with a set of Lee .270 magnum reloading dies and I purchased some brass on-line, however not all of it was .270 magnum. I couldn’t discover any fairly priced brass regardless of valiant efforts. Quick-forward to the 2023 SHOT Present and Peterson Cartridge revealed that they had some blem instances I may use.
Choosing them up, they’re stunning. You can’t even inform they aren’t good by Peterson requirements. That is some high quality brass!
Goal Demolition
After reviewing some manuals, I made a decision to start out with 75 grains of H1000 with Hornady .270 130 grain SP Interlock bullets.
After loading a couple of rounds on the Lyman All-American 8 geared up with the Inline Fabrication curler deal with, I headed exterior to interact the metal goal proper exterior the store and didn’t see it transfer. Upon nearer examination, I found a gap within the goal and remembered that Seth Gardner of D-M Targets had advised me that it’s velocity that kills metal targets.
My .270 magnum rounds chronographed at roughly 3,285 fps.
Decided to seize this on our Edgertronic excessive pace digital camera, I loaded up some extra rounds, this time with 80 grains after fire-forming. I additionally determined to do a comparability with my 9mm Canik Rival-S.
Be sure you take a look at the footage! Right here’s a display screen seize:
If I used to be taking pictures metal with the .270 magnum at 500 or 600 yards, it wouldn’t be a gap however a reasonably typical hit. You need to be under 2,800 fps on the goal to stop goal injury.
Conclusion
Taking pictures and reloading for my very own Weatherby Mark V is a childhood dream come full circle. The Peterson brass carried out phenomenally with the primary Weatherby cartridge I’ve proven on the channel!
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