I've lost some of my hearing already, likely because of gunfire without hearing protection, and I'm only 33 years old. Loud enough to cause permanent hearing damage with one unprotected shot. A braked rifle, especially one that burns as much powder as the Wby, will be EXTREMELY LOUD. Just make SURE you ALWAYS use hearing protection, even while hunting. 300 Wby, well, if you can't take the recoil, you can certainly have a brake installed.
If so, I'd say if the price is good, go for it. I have a German 257 on the way, should get it this weekend.If it's the barrel is marked "West Germany" that would mean that it's several years old (1990 or before, since Germany reunified in 1990 and "West" Germany ceased to exist), and probably a used rifle. TT trigger and a new stock from weatherby and it is a hammer. I can believe that, current MkV is a 270 fluted barrel all stainless made in Maine.
Previous owner said it shot under an inch. I took it apart and found the problem and I had to buy gas check balls from Wby at 5 bucks a shot. I found it out at the range after it would not fire a round. Previous owner attempted to remove the firing pin and left it adjusted wrong with no gas check ball. The Chamber was undersized and it was extremely hard to close the bolt on factory ammo. Wby Custom Shop sent me Factory Test fire targets back with my She spent more on it than I could have bought a Brand New NULA New barrel,stock,action blue-printed,lugslapped the works! To the Wby Custom shop to be made into their Outfitter model I have a Saco Stainless MK V in 270 wby that my Wife sent in My Jap made 270wby shoots very consistently I have had only positive experiences with the exception of a 1995 made Saco Stainless MK V that I bought from someone on the fire and it was totally misrepresented. Even the 7mm lightweight was very pleasant to shoot. Puts your eye where it belongs on a scoped rifle and the shape of the comb does a lot to mitigate recoil, directing it away from your face. After shooting the rifles and understanding the reasons behind the design, I'm going to say ol' Roy got it right. Speaking of stocks, I wasn't initially a big fan of the Weatherby Monte Carlo style stock. The company itself, seems to be a great organization, still being run by the Weatherby family. All of my Mark Vs have been American made but I'd have no problem with owning a Japanese or German made rifle. The newer stock is much improved over the older Ultra Lightweight and Accumark. 6" and easily hit factory velocities over my chrono.
I shoot Weatherby factory loads to fire form brass and have found them to be fast and very accurate. The barrel seems to heat up more slowly than the 7mm did and makes load development a lot more fun. 257 Wby and it too is superbly accurate, especially for a lighter rifle. I found the action on all of these Mark V rifles to be very smooth and incredibly robust. Letting it cool down between shots finally got to me and I thought the Accumark was too heavy for my style of hunting. The Accumark would shoot one really tiny hole with almost any load and the ultralight would break 3/4" with a number of handloads. I've owned three, still own one and wish I'd never sold the other two - an Ultra Lightweight and an Accumark, both in 7mm Wby. Fast Forward 15 years and they were of stellar quality Rusted easily, starter fell out of it, transmission blew up. AT that time it was 3 years old and one of the worst vehicles I have ever owned. I was given the family toyota corolla when I graduated HS in 1971. Many guys have similar opinions of rifles based on products built 40+ years ago. My Dad is still convinced all Toyota cars are terrible because he rented one on a business trip in the '70's and it had a problem with the windshield wipers. Yeah many bring out decades old tales of woe and cite the same tired examples when it comes to their experience with a Weatherby, I lost count of how many i had/have and only 2 had to be sent back. I can't speak for any oaths but that was a keeper. I think that version had a kreiger criterion barrel. Like I said earlier should have never let it go. As many things on this forum.many turn there nose up at Weatherby. Certainly as good or better than any rifle I have ever had including several customs. It consistently shot 3 holes touching with that load. It shot Hornady Light Magnum(pre Superperformace) which had the 139 grain BTSP innerlock at 3100 fps.
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