And finally, here is my 257 Weatherby Mag. It's a Vangaurd with a cheap scope but shoots like a dream! What a great cartridge.

Welcome, Jeff! God Bless Texas! That's a nice area, are you right on the lake? I know the area a little, right by Rockwall as I recall. I'm near Houston, but get up that way frequently, since my daughter lives in Mckinney (she almost ended up working for the Rockwall DA's office, but is with Collin County).

I'm probably 1/2 mile off the water. I grew up on the South side of Ray Hubbard Lake. Sounds like you know the area well. I work for the city of Garland. Thanks for the welcome!!! My wife & I love the Houston area, especially Galveston.

I would echo what others have said about considering a Weatherby cartridge. Same traffic for considering used Mark Vs or Vanguards. With a little patience, you can come across some good deals on gently used rifles.

Lifetime trophy right there! Congrats!!!

I know that area fairly well. Beautiful place. Nothing like the Texas Hill Country.

And finally, this is a pic of my first Vanguard. It's a Sporter model chambered in 7mm Remington Mag. While not a Weatherby cartridge, I thought I'd include it since it is still a Weatherby rifle.

I will get the pics up of my 257 Wby Mag & 7mm Wby Mag later this week.

Moving along here... we come to my 270 Weatherby Mag. This was my first Mark V rifle. It's a Sporter model and I really lucked out with a great piece of walnut. It's wearing a 3-9x40 Leupold VX-1 (not pictured).

Going to try and upload a few pics here... I'll have to get some pics of my 257 & 7mm Wby later this week as I couldn't find any existing in my files.

First off, here is my first Weatherby rifle. It's a 1917 Erfurt Mauser 98 chambered in 240 Weatherby. It currently wears a 3-9x40 Nikon ProStaff. Currently I have it in a glass-bedded Fajen plastic stock but there is a piece of walnut on my workbench I aim to get fitted onto this before long. It has a Timney deluxe trigger with side safety. I built this rifle in the early 2000s.