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Article: Weatherby lite: a new Mark V makes extra weight a burden of the past. (Weatherby's Mark V Standard lightweight bolt-action rifle)(Evaluation)
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- Sports Afield
- Article date:
- November 1, 1996
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Over the last few decades I have become an unapologetic fan of big-game rifles that weigh less than a boxcar. I've made more than a few treks up near-vertical peaks toting a heavyweight tackdriver, which gives me a strong appreciation of rifles that are both effective and lightweight. Two years ago I touches off a shot with a prototype rifle that fits right into this category.
The Idaho whitetail buck that dropped from it was the first big-game animal taken with Weatherby's Mark V Standard lightweight bolt action. It was the first of many such trophies that will certainly fall to this new entry from Weatherby, which will be featured in the company's 1997 catalog. ...