“Tag: Weatherby”

Roy Weatherby’s timeless Mark V design seems to have only improved with age, even nearly 70 years after its introduction, it remains one of the strongest bolt-actions on the market.

The bolt-action has come to the fore as the first rifle, the basic rifle, the most popular hunting rifle and one of the least-expensive choices.

I grew up in East Texas and was heavily influenced in the love of shooting by my father. His nickname was “Buckshot,” and you can bet he loved guns and the outdoors.

The pace of new cartridge introductions from major manufacturers has increased dramatically in the past five years, and the trend shows little signs of slowing.

Watch American Rifleman staff on this Gun Of the Week to see the Weatherby Vanguard First Lite Cipher, a specially outfitted rifle for fall hunting, thanks to its unique camouflage pattern and lightweight construction. And this rugged, camo-clad, bolt-action rifle is available exclusively from Davidson's.

In 1959 Japanese manufacturer Howa Machinery imported its first bolt-action hunting rifle stateside in limited numbers. Today, through its U.S. importer Legacy Sports Int'l, there is no shortage of chamberings, stocks, barrel lengths and configurations from which to choose in the Howa Model 1500 lineup. Each come with a lifetime warranty and sub-moa guarantee.

Decades after Roy Weatherby put his time, money and life’s work into making rifles and cartridges, the Weatherby Vanguard, formerly a bit player in the Weatherby saga, has risen to become the firm’s most popular rifle—and with good reason.

Technological innovation has been the driver of the American experience—and the American firearm industry—since the days of the frontier longrifle. And even with the usual—and, increasingly, not-so-usual—stresses bearing down on our society today, it continues to result in products that stand as examples of hope that the American spirit is alive and well.

The Weatherby Mark V represented a new direction for the company in 1954. While earlier Weatherbys had been built on outsourced actions, Weatherby now had its own proprietary design.