Weatherby Alaskan rifle

[Dr. Vette]

Check out Red Hawk rifles for a B&C, but also call Weatherby. Dan Weatherby said on the Weatherby Nation (though I don't go there any more) that their prices are competitive on these items.

I mention this because the one I purchased about 18 mos ago from Red Hawk fit horribly but there wasn't enough time to send it back and wait for another. Weatherby double checks them for fit, thus the reason I mentioned them as a source.

Good info to know as I will be ordering a stock very soon. Is the Weatherby stock from Weatherby a B&C also?

I got mine from Shooters Discount in Mississippi. The last I read on the Nation The B&C stock used on the Accu Marks were pillar beded.
TD

Weatherby sells a "pillar bedded" one (don't buy) as well as the full aluminum bedded one (buy).
And, the Accumarks use the full aluminum bed not the pillar'ed one. That pillared one was used for the Fibermark line and the now-departed Sub-MOA line; I know because I own one of each. I suspect it is now used as well for the "Range Certified" line since that's really a relabeled Sub-MOA Vanguard.

 

[DrMike]

Very nice looking piece, Greg.

 

[SJB358]

Very nice! I dig that rifle Greg!

Bill, I imagine yours is going to be awesome once you start to get it tuned up..

 

[OU812]

Very nice! I dig that rifle Greg!

Bill, I imagine yours is going to be awesome once you start to get it tuned up..

The B&C stock arrives tomorrow so I'm hoping to get started here in the next week or so. I need Nosler to run some 2nds or over run on 250 accubonds.

 

[SJB358]

Very nice! I dig that rifle Greg!

Bill, I imagine yours is going to be awesome once you start to get it tuned up..

The B&C stock arrives tomorrow so I'm hoping to get started here in the next week or so. I need Nosler to run some 2nds or over run on 250 accubonds.

Same here, I would run with them.. Although, I have alot of 250 PT's also, so maybe I should develop a good load for them as well?

Heck, for that matter, I have alot of the 275 grain Speer's as well, and had a good load trucking along at 2650 with those.. Might need to relook at them too.

 

[OU812]

Oh yes the 275 speers. Man would those ever wreck an elk.

 

[Oldtrader3]

The 270 gr Speer bullets were an elk wrecker in the .338 WM when I used them in the 1960's. They should be fantastic in the .340 Weatherby!

 

[SJB358]

Oh yes the 275 speers. Man would the ever wreck an elk.

I went downstairs, after I posted, with plans to load some of them...

Well, I ended up pulling my Alaskan out of the stock, grinding out the recoil lug area a bit in the stock and filling it Brownell's Steel Bed. I have been meaning to do it a few times, seemed like a good thing to do today.

I will get back to the 275's though. Going to try some 250 PT's and 275 Speer's after the recoil lug is all cured up. Thinking it'll help keep the small crack in the wrist, well, small!

Thinking I am going to try some RL22 with the 250's and 275's again.

Cartridge : .338 Win Mag.
Bullet : .338, 250, Nosler PART SP 35644
Useable Case Capaci: 73.847 grain H2O = 4.795 cm³
Cartridge O.A.L. L6: 3.340 inch = 84.84 mm
Barrel Length : 25.0 inch = 635.0 mm
Powder : Alliant Reloder-22

Predicted data by increasing and decreasing the given charge,
incremented in steps of 1.0% of nominal charge.
CAUTION: Figures exceed maximum and minimum recommended loads !

Step Fill. Charge Vel. Energy Pmax Pmuz Prop.Burnt B_Time
% % Grains fps ft.lbs psi psi % ms

-10.0 98 67.50 2509 3494 44126 9525 96.3 1.438
-09.0 99 68.25 2538 3576 45706 9628 96.7 1.415
-08.0 100 69.00 2567 3659 47347 9728 97.1 1.393
-07.0 101 69.75 2597 3743 49056 9823 97.5 1.370
-06.0 102 70.50 2626 3828 50831 9914 97.8 1.348
-05.0 104 71.25 2655 3914 52680 10001 98.2 1.327
-04.0 105 72.00 2684 4000 54599 10083 98.5 1.306
-03.0 106 72.75 2714 4088 56607 10161 98.7 1.285 ! Near Maximum !
-02.0 107 73.50 2743 4176 58692 10234 99.0 1.265 ! Near Maximum !
-01.0 108 74.25 2772 4266 60864 10301 99.2 1.245 ! Near Maximum !
+00.0 109 75.00 2801 4356 63132 10364 99.4 1.225 ! Near Maximum !
+01.0 110 75.75 2830 4447 65495 10421 99.6 1.206 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+02.0 111 76.50 2859 4539 67962 10473 99.7 1.187 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+03.0 112 77.25 2888 4631 70537 10520 99.8 1.168 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+04.0 113 78.00 2917 4724 73219 10561 99.9 1.150 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+05.0 114 78.75 2946 4819 76009 10596 100.0 1.131 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!

Results caused by ± 10% powder lot-to-lot burning rate variation using nominal charge
Data for burning rate increased by 10% relative to nominal value:
+Ba 109 75.00 2927 4755 77450 9943 100.0 1.132 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
Data for burning rate decreased by 10% relative to nominal value:
-Ba 109 75.00 2621 3814 50338 10240 94.3 1.347

Cartridge : .338 Win Mag.
Bullet : .338, 275, Speer SSP 2411
Useable Case Capaci: 74.098 grain H2O = 4.811 cm³
Cartridge O.A.L. L6: 3.340 inch = 84.84 mm
Barrel Length : 25.0 inch = 635.0 mm
Powder : Alliant Reloder-22

Predicted data by increasing and decreasing the given charge,
incremented in steps of 1.0% of nominal charge.
CAUTION: Figures exceed maximum and minimum recommended loads !

Step Fill. Charge Vel. Energy Pmax Pmuz Prop.Burnt B_Time
% % Grains fps ft.lbs psi psi % ms

-10.0 96 66.15 2416 3563 44984 9531 97.7 1.492
-09.0 97 66.89 2443 3644 46566 9624 98.0 1.468
-08.0 98 67.62 2470 3725 48209 9714 98.3 1.445
-07.0 99 68.36 2497 3807 49914 9799 98.6 1.423
-06.0 100 69.09 2524 3890 51686 9879 98.9 1.401
-05.0 101 69.83 2551 3974 53525 9956 99.1 1.379
-04.0 102 70.56 2578 4058 55436 10027 99.3 1.357 ! Near Maximum !
-03.0 103 71.30 2605 4143 57428 10094 99.5 1.336 ! Near Maximum !
-02.0 104 72.03 2632 4229 59490 10157 99.7 1.316 ! Near Maximum !
-01.0 105 72.77 2659 4316 61624 10214 99.8 1.296 ! Near Maximum !
+00.0 106 73.50 2685 4403 63835 10266 99.9 1.276 ! Near Maximum !
+01.0 108 74.24 2712 4491 66132 10313 99.9 1.256 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+02.0 109 74.97 2738 4579 68519 10355 100.0 1.237 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+03.0 110 75.71 2765 4668 71000 10391 100.0 1.219 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+04.0 111 76.44 2791 4758 73580 10424 100.0 1.200 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+05.0 112 77.18 2818 4848 76264 10456 100.0 1.182 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!

Results caused by ± 10% powder lot-to-lot burning rate variation using nominal charge
Data for burning rate increased by 10% relative to nominal value:
+Ba 106 73.50 2794 4767 77799 9816 100.0 1.182 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
Data for burning rate decreased by 10% relative to nominal value:
-Ba 106 73.50 2524 3891 50795 10307 96.0 1.401

 

[Oldtrader3]

Doing 2700+ in that cartridge (the .338 WM) and 270 Speer bullet will kill nearly anything!

 

[OU812]

Doing 2700+ in that cartridge (the .338 WM) and 270 Speer bullet will kill nearly anything!

Boy howdy it would.

 

[OU812]

Scott run the 250 AccuBond through a ballistics program and see what you think.

 

[Oldtrader3]

I used 87 grains of IMR 7828 SSC and got 2870 fps out of it with Norma cases and Fed 215 primers (per the 7828 Data Sheet) but it is a hot load!

 

[SJB358]

Scott run the 250 AccuBond through a ballistics program and see what you think.

I think it looks downright awesome Bill. I used 2850 as the muzzle velocity and it is still trucking along with 2150FtLb's of energy at 600 yards. That is some pretty incredible ballistics. I wouldn't think it would be any big trick to get 2850 out of the WBY and man, the downrange power is pretty awesome.

 

[Rigbymauser]

Scott run the 250 AccuBond through a ballistics program and see what you think.

I think it looks downright awesome Bill. I used 2850 as the muzzle velocity and it is still trucking along with 2150FtLb's of energy at 600 yards. That is some pretty incredible ballistics. I wouldn't think it would be any big trick to get 2850 out of the WBY and man, the downrange power is pretty awesome.

The .378Wea will do about 24-2500 ft/ibs at 600 yards with a Nosler 260grain AB. However if the .340Wea does 2150 ft/ibs it is as close as no animal will ever notice the difference.
The .340Wea is an awesome cartridge for sure.

 

[SJB358]

The .378Wea will do about 24-2500 ft/ibs at 600 yards with a Nosler 260grain AB. However if the .340Wea does 2150 ft/ibs it is as close as no animal will ever notice the difference.
The .340Wea is an awesome cartridge for sure.

Totally agree. Can't wait till Bill starts shooting that 340. Pretty cool case as well. It is just about my favorite WBY, next to their 7mm..

 

[Oldtrader3]

I always favored the .340 Weatherby as being (before RUM's and Lapua's etc.) the best elk cartridge ever made, certainly in 1962! You can fly a 225 grain Partition at 3080 fps and have the same trajectory as a 7mm Magnum 160 gr Partition but with major muscle downrange and yet not too bad recoil. No worse than a .300 Mag at full throttle.

 

[Rigbymauser]

Regarding Weatherby calibers. Had one asked me 20 years ago if I wanted a rifle in a Weatherby caliber I would definately had said no. However as I have gained more experience and better bullets have emerged on the market I begin to see why a Weatherby caliber really become justified. Today I have rifles in .240, 270 and .378Wea. I love them all. In a way they are becoming classics as they were part of an American gunhistory that made the markets starting to think differently.