began development of the Mark V action. Roy Weatherby identified a number of features he wanted in his new action, including short bolt lift, a full-diameter bolt, and the ability to handle the ...

Introduced in 1957, the Weatherby Mark V is one of a few sporting rifles to have been ... The Mark V’s locking lugs are more like sections of screw thread. Their outside diameter matches the overall ...

Weatherby’s lineage can be traced to ... it provides greater bolt-to-scope clearance. The Mark V’s full-diameter bolt has longitudinal flutes spanning nearly the body’s entire length ...

For the last 75 years, it’s been easy to recognize a Weatherby cartridge ... Ti in 6.5 RPM is built on the 6-lug Mark V action, which, like the better-known Mark V 9-lug action, has a short (54-degree ...