The resultant rifle weighed a couple of pounds less, give or take, than long-action, nine-lug Mark Vs and allowed the company to reach more potential Mark V buyers by broadening its rifle and cartridge lineup. Perhaps the six-lug action finally became “novel” – if not commercially useful – to its manufacturer. 30-06-length cartridges with a rim diameter of. Within two years, the six-lug bolt design became Weatherby’s “standard action,” albeit lengthened a bit to accommodate. The Varmintmaster went out of production by 1995. 224 Varmintmaster/.224 Weatherby Magnum cartridge in his annual “Test Fire” report as “Probably the star attraction…” Then he quickly pointed out that the “cartridge is more novel than the rifle, since it is the first small capacity American case to wear a belt.” The rifle was modeled after other Mark Vs but featured six locking lugs at the end of a shorter, fluted bolt, and it was eventually chambered for the. 270 Winchester (below).In the pages of Gun Digest in 1965, cartridge connoisseur Ken Waters referred to the recently introduced Weatherby Mark V Varmintmaster rifle and its. 240 Weatherby Magnum (top) features more traditional Weatherby stock lines as compared to the Mark V Sporter.
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