So it was with considerable excitement that Shipping/Receiving person Kathy Hays, Engraving/Gunsmithing Editor Rocky Hays, Technical Assistant Jim Fleck and Owner/Managing Editor Chuck Hawks gently opened the cardboard carton containing our long awaited Mark XXII test rifle.įirst impressions are lasting, and our first impression when we raised the lid of its box was that this is one beautiful rifle. 17 HMR cartridge and the result is practically guaranteed to get the staff here at Guns and Shooting Online salivating.
17 rifles (see the Product Review Page) and have developed tremendous respect for what we consider to be the Rolls Royce of rimfires.Ĭombine a Weatherby designed stock with an Anschutz barreled action and chamber it for the. We have previously had the opportunity to review three models of Anschutz. That's right, the new Weatherby XXII is built on an Anschutz Match 64 barreled action. This time, for the new bolt action Mark XXII reviewed here, Weatherby went straight to the top for barreled actions: Anschutz of Germany. For the next 18 years Weatherby left the rimfire rifle market to others. Also, by 1988 the bolt action had become the overwhelming choice of consumers buying deluxe rimfire rifles. Weatherby was forced to use a number of suppliers over those years to build the actions for the autoloading Mark XXII, a regrettable situation that did nothing for the rifle's reputation, nice as it was. The autoloading Mark XXII was introduced in 1961 and remained in the line until 1988. 22 autoloader with a stock derived from the famous Weatherby Mark V centerfire rifle. We well remember the previous Mark XXII, a very classy. 17 HMR rifle bearing the graceful Weatherby flying "W" on its trigger guard bow just naturally piqued our interest. (See the Product Review Page for other Weatherby reviews.) Consequently, a new. In addition, practically everyone on the West Coast staff of Guns and Shooting Online owns and shoots Weatherby rifles and has a lot of respect for Weatherby products, which we have extensively reviewed. Regular Guns and Shooting Online readers know that we dominate the web when it comes to covering. 17 HMR rimfire cartridge was an eagerly awaited event here at Guns and Shooting Online. The arrival of our new Weatherby (Mark XXII bolt action rifle chambered for the potent. This cartridge is powerful enough for even the largest North American game and is suitable for most African game as well.2007 Mark XXII Deluxe. 375 H&H, providing a much flatter shooting and harder hitting performance. 340 clearly outperforms the 300 Ultra mag. 340 Weatherby Magnum, which has led to limited popularity of the caliber. Currently A-square is the only other factory ammunition producer of the. Weatherby has also expanded their factory loads including Nosler Ballistic-tip and Barnes TSX bullets complementing the powerful cartridge. round-nose cartridge pictured but continues to load the 250 gr. Reloaders may have trouble matching the published Weatherby velocities as Weatherby factory ammunition is loaded to maximum specifications. 338 Winchester Magnum, but it does so at greater velocity than its Winchester competition. 378 Weatherby Magnum, and in response to the. 340 Weatherby Magnum rifle cartridge was introduced in 1962 by creator Roy Weatherby to fill the gap between the. Rimless, bottlenecked with venturi shoulder 308 Winchester cartridge and a 9×19mm cartridge 340 Weatherby Magnum cartridge between a.
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