Action Blueprinting a Weatherby Mark V

[Bowhuntrben]

I'm thinking about ordering a Weatherby Mark V Hunter (probably in 308) in the not too distant future. It gives the option of Action Blue Printing for $250. I am not a gun guru so I was hoping to get your thoughts on whether this is something that is worth it? If it is, I will spend the extra money but don't want to just throw money at something that I don't need.

The option states it includes "hand honing, truing receiver and bolt face, and lapping of lugs".

My intended purpose for the rifle is for hunting and not super long range target shooting. Hypothetically say a maximum range of 500 yards even though I would limit myself to shorter than that in the field. It would be nice to have accuracy out to this farther distance of 500 yards for practicing. Weatherby is supposed to guarantee sub-MOA anyway. Would blueprinting be likely to give me enough improved accuracy in the Mark V to make it worth it?

Edited to add: I will be shooting factory ammo.

Give me your thoughts gun gurus!

 

[noharleyyet]

Think I'd like to hear it from the guy at Wby who does it...

 

[belshawelk]

A sub-MOA is 9/10 better than anyone can actually shoot in real world hunting scenarios.

I have backcountry Ti in 6.5-300 that shoots 3/4 MOA at the range. When standing in front of a critter with your heart rate pumping, wind, elevation, miss judging distance if it shoots within 2" of where you want it its accurate enough.

My 2 cents worth

 

[mtmuley]

I'm thinking about ordering a Weatherby Mark V Hunter (probably in 308) in the not too distant future. It gives the option of Action Blue Printing for $250. I am not a gun guru so I was hoping to get your thoughts on whether this is something that is worth it? If it is, I will spend the extra money but don't want to just throw money at something that I don't need.

The option states it includes "hand honing, truing receiver and bolt face, and lapping of lugs".

My intended purpose for the rifle is for hunting and not super long range target shooting. Hypothetically say a maximum range of 500 yards even though I would limit myself to shorter than that in the field. It would be nice to have accuracy out to this farther distance of 500 yards for practicing. Weatherby is supposed to guarantee sub-MOA anyway. Would blueprinting be likely to give me enough improved accuracy in the Mark V to make it worth it?

Edited to add: I will be shooting factory ammo.

Give me your thoughts gun gurus!

So they build a rifle, then you have the option of possibly making it better for more money. Why doesn't Weatherby just do the work in the first place? mtmuley

 

[TN2shot07]

I think the mark v’s come with a sub moa guarantee anyway, I’m not sure I’d spend that money unless I was chunking a bunch at a custom anyways. What’s another $250 if you’re gonna be in $3k

 

[mtmuley]

I think the mark v’s come with a sub moa guarantee anyway, I’m not sure I’d spend that money unless I was chunking a bunch at a custom anyways. What’s another $250 if you’re gonna be in $3k

Seems like a backdoor way to get another $250 bucks. AndI bet the guarantee is with one specific load and bullet. Those guarantees are a joke. mtmuley

 

[Forkyfinder]

Weatherby is selling a very expensive 1500 dollar rifle if it comes with a tupperware stock and an action that needs to be trued jmho.

 

[perma]

I personally wouldn’t. I love the Weatherby rifles I have but they’re expensive enough, and both shoot just fine as is. Seems like a money grab for another 0.25” at best, which in the grand scheme of it all, isn’t going to be the difference of anyone killing an elk or not if you’re already at MOA.

 

[44hunter45]

Anybody who has ever used Blue Dykem to check the lugs? I have a Mark V in the safe, but I'm not doing this before I get back from Moose camp.

Mine shoots lights out with Hammers.

I kind of wonder if they are going to do a blue-printing if you send it back on the Sub MOA guarantee. Lap it and reset the barrel and they solve a ton of problems.

 

[std7mag]

Personally, if you have chosen the 308 as your cartridge regardless of the rifle. I wouldn't spend the money on a Mark V.
I especially wouldn't spend the money on a rifle with your stated usage to do the blue printing and other stuff.

If you had said that you were going for a Weatherby magnum cartridge and hunting long range and targets to a mile, then it's money well spent.

For your stated usage, I would look hard at a Tikka!

 

[antelopedundee]

Are they blueprinting or truing? IMO blue printing means that you make the action with ALL dimensions within the tolerances as given in the blueprint drawing. If they use proper care during the CNC manufacturing phase it shouldn't be necessary. If the BP says dimension X should be 1.000 +/- 0.003 inches and it measures 0.994 inches then it should be impossible to blueprint it.

 

[antelopedundee]

A sub-MOA is 9/10 better than anyone can actually shoot in real world hunting scenarios.

I have backcountry Ti in 6.5-300 that shoots 3/4 MOA at the range. When standing in front of a critter with your heart rate pumping, wind, elevation, miss judging distance if it shoots within 2" of where you want it its accurate enough.

My 2 cents worth

How does that go; if you can't tell the difference then why pay the difference?

 

[Wind Gypsy]

"MOA guarantee" = at some point a single statistically insignificant 3 round group is shot measuring below 1 MOA. Doesn't mean your gun will do it most of the time or with any ammo you actually want to use necessarily. It's a marketing Schtick.

Don't know enough to weigh in on the value of weatherby's blueprinting process. Overall, it seems there are a lot of little deficiencies in guns that go out the door that seem to work good enough to not cause issues for customers who by and large don't really use them much or know how to diagnose such things. That's most all manufacturers and even most of the "customs".

 

[noharleyyet]

Plenty of people choose to tinker a perfectly capable spendy platform.

 

[antelopedundee]

"MOA guarantee" = at some point a single statistically insignificant 3 round group is shot measuring below 1 MOA. Doesn't mean your gun will do it most of the time or with any ammo you actually want to use necessarily. It's a marketing Schtick.

Don't know enough to weigh in on the value of weatherby's blueprinting process. Overall, it seems there are a lot of little deficiencies in guns that go out the door that seem to work good enough to not cause issues for customers who by and large don't really use them much or know how to diagnose such things. That's most all manufacturers and even most of the "customs".

It has to be MOA under their conditions and not yours.