coming soon??

I saw howa is offering some carbon barrel....carbon stock options currently....


would love more cartridge options in that setup...

270win, 257wby, 284RPM, 280ai

Weatherby does have some of the better looking synthetic stocks IMO....

but if they can do all sorts of colors....webbing, etc...

how hard would it be to make a synthetic that looks like AAA walnut etc...??
it wouldn't have to look perfect or identical to wood....but something decent similar...

I would think it would be easy enough....

basically a brown walnut stock color with some black figuring running throughout....

Maybe chamber rifles in the 7mm STW which is almost a 7mm-300 Wby.

And you could probably safely shoot 7mm STW in a 7mm-300 Wby chamber...

not sure WBY wants to have a new 7mm-300by to compete with their 7mm Wby...

although I could see a program where send us your 7mm Wby and buy a 7mm-300 Wby barrel and we'll mount it for free etc... maybe spiking sales etc...

unless I missed any new options, I'm quite surprised this isn't an option yet!?

not only would the .340wby do great from the 24" barrel,

I think offering the 340 ammo in a 180gr@3400fps would be a great option,
as well as offering a 265 high BC option,
and maybe even a 275 swift A-frame option.

while the 340 may not be the most popular weatherby, it can be easily argued as one of the best in the line up, if not the BEST!

I'm curious how you got into hunting Big Game.


I grew up a bird hunter, as my dad, and his dad always hunted birds.
I'd say around the age of 10 or so I began telling my dad "he should. or we should" hunt deer...

Eventually we started hunting deer, we even went on a guided antelope/mule deer hunt early on, before either of us knew anything about big game hunting.

Eventually we tried bowhunting whitetails, and that pretty  much took over and gun hunting deer faded away, although still an option, bowhunting whitetails is what we do the most of.

So my question, is just one of curiosity, did your dad/family always hunt big game? or perhaps never hunted at all.


These days I think I'm more of the big game hunter than my dad is, although he still loves to chase big game with a bow, I think he gets much more excited about the idea of chasing an elk or moose etc... with a bow than if you simply suggest let's shoot a mtn goat etc... throw in the word "bow" and he'll probably say how awesome that would be, or geez how tough would that be...

For me I think the method is less of a focus than the location/species being hunted. gun or bow, I just want to elk hunt!


or perhaps you hunt and your children have zero interest..., include some stories/memories, etc...

If I sent my rifle to weatherby to have an accubrake installed, would it be no problem to have 1" taken off the barrel while I'm at it?

I really want to take my 26" 340wby down to 25" maybe even 24" but I think 25" is what I'd choose for now at least, figure if 25 wasn't enough I could always go down to 24 down the road.

I figure since they have to thread the end either way, taking an inch off while they're at it shouldn't be a problem?

I mostly want just the inch taken off, but I like the option that I could have a brake on it if I ever wanted to. vs if I took an inch off, and then later decided to brake it... too, ie 2 steps vs 1...

any thoughts?

Currently the S2 is only chambered in these Weatherby cartridges
240wby
257wby
300wby

I say it should expand to the 340wby, it's already chambered in the 338win.mag, so it wouldn't take much to make it happen. Also perhaps chamber the 270wby?

The stainless S2 version needs...
270wsm
300wsm
and the other aforementioned Weatherby cartridges too.
240wby
340wby
270wby

What do you think?

7mm-08 vs. .270 WSM

Which one and why?
This would be in a very light mountain / sheep rifle set up.
Although probably used for everything from antelope, mulies, sheep, maybe caribou? maybe sitka blacktail?