25 RPM

[FOTIS]

Finally my MK V Live Wild came in after a long wait. Very pleased with the rifle. Pure Weatherby quality and no surprises.
I mounted a Zeiss 4-16x44 mm on it and played a little. Now, I do have brass on order but WBY is saving it all (for now) until they catch up with factory ammunition and the demand that this chambering has generated. That said I did get a box of factory ammunition. Tipped Hammer flavor in 107 gr format. This is what they produced. This is a slow fire 5 shot group. The rifle does sport a slim barrel profile.

Now, I left a few factory loaded rounds (8) for antelope (just in case I do not get the back ordered brass by September) so I only had a few brass that were fired from this first outing. I worked up a load of H1000 and the 134 ELDM. Here are the results of this venture. I made up a few more rounds to verify the results next weekend.

I do like the rifle. Very lightweight and so far pretty accurate.

 

[RL338]

Nice start with barrel break in.
Peterson Brass had 25 RPM on their sight for purchase or at least you can add it to the cart. It is under the in development tab.

https://petersoncartridge.com/products#!/25-Weatherby-RPM/p/827129547

 

[FOTIS]

Thank you Rick! Appreciate the heads up.

 

[JD338]

Very nice Fotis. That rig is Taylor made for Antelope and Deer hunting.

JD338

 

[Hunter26]

Looking good! Whats your barrel length?

 

[Blkram]

Looks like you are off to a good start!
With your skills I have no doubt that you'll have it dialed in for minute of mosquito in no time!
Good luck on the antelope hunt!

And which reticle did you go with for the Ziess? Would love to hear your assessment on this scope...been looking at them for a bit, just haven't pulled the trigger on one yet.

 

[Guy Miner]

Very business like rifle there Fotis. I like it.

With that light barrel... Out of curiosity what's a three-shot group look like?

Even at .7" - it's a very useful hunting rifle. My most used hunting rifles average a bit under an inch at 100 yards and I've used them with great success.

Regards, Guy

 

[FOTIS]

Looking good! Whats your barrel length?

This rifle sports a 24" barrel MB not included. Max load from Hodgdon but seems mild to me. This is what they got:

59.0 / H1000

3,047 FPS

62,100 PSI

All I wanted was 3K with that high BC bullet. Pressure seems well under 65K PSI

 

[FOTIS]

Very business like rifle there Fotis. I like it.

With that light barrel... Out of curiosity what's a three-shot group look like?

Even at .7" - it's a very useful hunting rifle. My most used hunting rifles average a bit under an inch at 100 yards and I've used them with great success.

Regards, Guy

Guy.

So far it is averaging Under 3/4 MOA for 3 shots. Barrel heats up very quickly. Notice my COAL is 3.385" which is considerably longer than the 3.340" "standard".

I did make four more rounds at 3.355" just to see if there is any accuracy difference. When all you have is 12 brass to work with you guess based on previous experience, as you know.

Them hammer tipped 107 are screamers though at 3330 fps. Not bad BC either.