Roy Weatherby: Speed, Style, and Innovation

[@rosskennedy]

In 1975 I bought a weatherby mk5 in 270 weatherby, 49 years latter it still shoots as good as day one,the greatest rifle I have owned.

[@LTArms]

They are fantastic rifles! Thanks for watching!

[@bobmaynes213]

When I was in High School I worked for a sporting goods store. In 1971 I ordered a Mark V Weatherby. I got Christmas cards from Mr. Weatherby for many years. I used my rifle this year to harvest a pretty nice whitetail buck. That's 53 years after I purchased the rifle. It still looks like new.

[@LTArms]

Great that you still have it and are putting it to use, keeping the legacy alive!

[@robertlyon8876]

All of us have sold rifles that we later regretted. Mine was a 257 weatherby mag. An amazing Caliber

[@LTArms]

There is always the regret of the one that got away!

[@normanmallory2055]

Great history on Roy Weatherby , I’ve always admired his quality rifles and in 1969 I bought one !

[@LTArms]

That thing is a classic now. They don't make them like that anymore!

[@kylestuehm5689]

Glad this came up in my feed. It’s cool to hear about the history of a family owned company.

[@LTArms]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@scottrobinson3281]

A friend was offered a .300 on the FN Mauser action in the 1970's. He called Roy Weatherby to find out more about it. Roy jokingly said "that's a piece of **** I made in my garage". My friend hunted with this rifle for decades and it never let him down.

[@LTArms]

Haha, hilarios! Great story, thanks for sharing that!

[@keithlincoln1309]

Great video, thank you!

[@LTArms]

Glad you liked it!

[@burnsboysaresoldiers]

Keep it up. Your bios on the old timers are great

[@LTArms]

Thanks, will do!

[@jimwall5350]

Thank you once again for your great videos.

[@LTArms]

Glad you like them. Thanks for watching, we appreciate it!

[@jimwall5350]

@LTArms Was just in Spokane WA. His ivory elephant tusks were in a thrift store there. I felt kinda depressed about that...

[@LTArms]

Those need to be displayed properly somewhere

[@paulsimmons5726]

I’ve often thought about getting a Mk V in 300Wby but the ammo costs has been the stopping point but they are top tier rifles!

[@LTArms]

Yeah, they definitely aren't cheap to shoot.

[@jfskeet7971]

Awesome video...well explained! They are indeed classy rifles...even the Vanguard today

[@LTArms]

Yes they are! Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@hiromikami]

That was a great video! I only get to watch when I'm at home, but mostly listen in between stops I make on my route at work. Your channel does really well on both fronts. Thanks!

[@LTArms]

Love that! Thanks for watching/listening!

[@Wes-l2d]

Another great video, thanks for posting 👍💪🇺🇸

[@LTArms]

Thanks for watching! Appreciate the support

[@davewinter2688]

71+ year old FUD here. It is with geographic pride that I can say that I live just a few miles from where Roy Weatherby grew up in a rural area southeast of Salina Kansas. I have known several of his contemporaries. One gentleman from our church, a local businessman, regaled me with tales of he and Roy Weatherby’s adventures growing up together. Around 1983 or so, when one of that gentleman’s employees was retiring, he just phoned Roy directly and had him ship a Mark V directly to a local gun store in time to be presented to the employee at his retirement party. Sadly all those folks are no longer with us. With that said, the only two of Roy’s creations I have ever had any interest in are the 270 Weatherby Magnum (his first) and the 257 Weatherby Magnum. I refer to the others as Weatherby Meat destroyers, but I digress. I once saw a friend drop a nice Whitetail buck, one shot grave yard DRT at something over 400 yards with a 257 using the 87 grain bullet. There was a cross wind but I can’t say how much. Was it just the rifle/ cartridge combination? No. My friend was an excellent shot who knew where to put that little bullet. Roy’s theory that it didn’t really matter where you hit an animal it would be instantly killed has been thoroughly debunked. His son, Ed and now his grandson Adam, current CEO and the entire management no longer espouse that theory. On the other hand, Elmer Keith’s theory that only big, heavy bullets were good for use on big game has also been debunked. Happy hunting boys and girls! 😊

[@LTArms]

Thank you for watching and leaving this great comment!

[@kevinward8915]

Another very good video

[@LTArms]

Thank you!

[@laurence1643]

Weatherby's are no guarantee of an absolute one shot kill. If you shoot accurately you don't need to experience the recoil, expense and chamber throat burning of these hopped up magnums !

[@Siskiyous6]

I have enjoyed great performance on long range deer, antelope, and elk, from my 300 Weatherby Magnum. My friends insist I carry it, claiming it brings our camp luck.

[@LTArms]

Very cool!

[@burnsboysaresoldiers]

A weatherby mark v would be cool. I think i would get one in something obscure like a 6.5-06AI. With a thumbhole stock

[@LTArms]

That would definitely be a cool and unique rifle!

[@rica967]

I own a Mark V in 9.3X62 Mauser with a Screwbean Mesquite stock. However mine is rather unique, one being the caliber and the other being matte finished metal and a hand rubbed satin finished stock. I still own the rifle.

[@burnsboysaresoldiers]

@ that’s really cool. I’ve thought of rebarreling my Remington 7600 to 9.3 but i have a hard time justifying that unless i was hinting black bear every year

[@michaell397]

I really tried to watch this as I'm a life lolng Weatherby shooter. But the andom, chaotic piano music drove me nut's. why do so many presenters insist we listen to their music. Much less Louder than the script? KnifeMaker/Retired after over 47+ Years in the craft

[@LTArms]

Sorry it bothered you. Always mixed reviews on background music.

[@garyfarmer8190]

Bought a 300 weatherby rifle as a western hunting rifle. It never gave me the accuracy I expected. Had it debarred into a 300 Winchester caliber and it gives consistent 1/2 inch groups. I didn’t like the double radius shoulder!

[@terryporche9059]

The finest rifle I’ve owned The worst pump shotgun ( Patrician pump) I ever owned. You can get a lemon with everything to purchase.

[@LTArms]

Definitely have more of a history with rifles than shotguns. Some of their modern shotguns are pretty nice though.

[@stevesinclair8667]

Thank you for the interesting bio's. Thank you for you time and effort. Please grant a favour for a older hard of hearing man: lower the nice background music a little. Thanks again!

[@LTArms]

Will do. Thank you for watching!

[@davidkirksey8521]

Great video, the piano is a bit too loud, maybe no piano😊

[@LTArms]

Noted!

[@kylestuehm5689]

The piano paired so well while showing those elegant stocks though.

[@LTArms]

@@kylestuehm5689 We thought so too... ;)

[@stephenwhittier6439]

Never liked weatherby, too glossy.. I like oiled wood. JS

[@LTArms]

They definitely have a flash that is an acquired taste. Totally understandable!

[@rica967]

Roy made a name for himself and I appreciated his innovative approach, and his guns were no doubt accurate but some of the stocks and the high polish finish, inlays, and gold plating made them gaudy and ugly to my taste. I was employed as a tool maker and machinist. In 1991 I remember the riots is Los Angeles after the Rodney King beating. A number of employees were on the roof of the shop in Southgate well armed with new rifles and lots of ammo. I recall one person I worked with was up there with a .460 Weatherby Magnum ready to take on anyone coming down the street that may of been a threat. We did not see any Cape Buffalo or armored cars that day and the rioters were at least a few blocks away. We joked about that for years. I had a 375 Weatherby and several boxes of ammo. Several of us slept on the roof in shifts for nearly a week. I remained with Weatherby until the hostilities of the Newsome regime and all the draconian laws coming down from Sacramento. I retired and moved to Nevada and the company was invited and subsequently moved to Wyoming where they were welcomed with open arms.

[@LTArms]

Fantastic story, thank you for sharing that!!

[@BobF321]

Always wanted a Wby.300 in Rem.700,push feed. The riots were in summer of 92. I lost a good friend Wally in those as he tried(foolishly?)to stop people&calling out repent.Hit of the back of the head&lingered in coma over a year.

[@BobF321]

I was also intrigued by the 375 Wby.,being of less recoil than the monster 378. Few bought those,or sold them fast after trying them.

[@diggingoonschmit]

Ok, there is a lot to unpack here. I worked for Weatherby’s as a factory gunsmith, quality control, R &D, and eventually the shop supervisor in Southgate and eventually the Atascadero, CA location. From 1983 to 1996. During the Rodney King riots of 1992 I was the shop supervisor and on site quality control. When we could see buildings starting to burn within about 1 1/2 miles from the store/factory, Ed Weatherby ordered all employees to go home until further notice. Me and 2 or 3 other shop employees assisted the store staff in pulling a number of the more expensive firearms from the store racks and stored them down in the under ground range and test fire room. That occurred in the early afternoon. Myself and 3 other shop employees volunteered to stay the night and watch the vulnerable store front which did have fairly heavy bars just inside the front showroom windows and across the entry door. Large brick planters were in front of those windows so driving a car through would not be possible. Ed Weatherby allowed us to arm ourselves with some pump shotguns from the store racks. We left the lights on so as to be very visible to anyone outside as it got darker. We did not go on the roof. No one carried a 460 or any Weatherby rifles. We stayed in the store. Later in the evening, a unit of the National Guard, about a dozen of them parked their vehicles in our parking lot. I met with the one in charge and he said he was sent because rioters were breaking into sporting goods stores and gunshops stealing firearms and they were to station at Weatherby’s. Ed gave permission to give them access to the roof. A little after midnight, a small car drive by and fired a shot towards the soldiers on the roof and threw a cheap .380 pistol from the car next to a dumpster by the restaurant next door. The soldiers did not return fire as the car drove off. It wasn’t long after that, Ed called us and told us to go home and that are safety was more important than protecting the building. So we left with the National Guard still on the roof. I had to lock the one access door to the roof and was worried the soldiers would not be able to get down. The soldier in charge laughed saying they would have no problem. I can’t remember how many days we stayed closed, but things calmed down, the store and shop were not damaged in any way and things went back to normal pretty quickly. I don’t know who you are “Ric”, but none of us were on the roof or slept on the roof. I know that Victor, Rod, perhaps someone else (maybe you) whom I can’t remember, and myself were there and stayed in the store. And I do not recall anyone hired as a “tool maker/machinist at that time. Only gunsmiths and stock makers were in the back shop. Care to refresh my memory as to where exactly you worked? All we had was the MkV room, the Shotgun room, the stock department, the tool crib, attended by 3 retired postal workers, the shipping department, the gunsmiths bench for non Weatherby firearms coming through the store, and the engineers office. Were you in the engineer’s office? You used to work for Cushman? Remind me, I’m curious.