Recent content by bigdogpete

Honestly the price surprised me. Part was $40 and the labor was $50. I thought quite reasonable.

Never found and answer but called Weatherby and they gave me the name of a Weatherby gunsmith very close to me and he fixed it. It works perfect, now. Pete

Never heard of anti gun when I grew up in rural Iowa.

Yep, the firing pin does release after the trigger is pulled and the safety is then moved to off.

I know I am going to get ripped by some on this but I went and bought the Mark V even with the safety issue. One thing I have noticed about this safety is when it is in the on position. It doesn't seem to come back all of the way to the on position. I don't know how far the Mark V safety is to...

The rifle is 32 years old and hasn't been fired in the passed 20 + years.

Weatherby said it was 32 years old and I know it hasn't been shot in the last 20+ years.

I put this on a Weatherby forum but didn't get a response, yet. Thought I would try my go to forum. Safety issue with a Mark V: I know Remington had a problem with the safety on 700 series. Has anyone heard Mark V's having a similar problem? I was just about to hand over payment for a...

Sorry for the late reply. 300 Weatherby mag.

Thanks, Redneck. Going to Optics planet now.

Thanks, Art. I am finding out that most companies carry one gloss finish scope.

1948CJ2A, I did appreciate your post. Your information was helpful. The midway information on brass was good. PM sent

Thanks for the quality input.

I will posts pics when I get a scope on in. Some points of interest. 1. Thanks for the post who actually trying to be helpful. 2. I didn't even come close to paying $1000. 3. The Leopold VX-2 is looking pretty good with the gloss rings already on it. 4. Finally, the original post said $200-300...

Thanks, looking at Leupold right now.