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German made Weatherby Mark V Deluxe question

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#1 Ā·
My dad recently gave me his Mark V Deluxe .300 Weatherby Mag rifle. He bought it while stationed in West Germany in 1963. The serial number is 411xx. My limited research suggests it was manufactured for Weatherby by J.P. Sauer.

Does anyone have knowledge of Weatherby rifles of this era? It will never leave the family, I'm just looking for more info.

P
 
#3 Ā· (Edited)
Some of those were built on Mauser action. Top of the line. Someone else posted a photo of one on here several years ago. Great rifles.

BTW, during that time and throughout the Vietnam war, Roy Weatherby was selling his rifles to servicemen at cost. I bought two. He shipped them directly to your home of record. And when you got home, the rifles were there.
 
#7 Ā·
My dad recently gave me his Mark V Deluxe .300 Weatherby Mag rifle. He bought it while stationed in West Germany in 1963. The serial number is 411xx. My limited research suggests it was manufactured for Weatherby by J.P. Sauer.

Does anyone have knowledge of Weatherby rifles of this era? It will never leave the family, I'm just looking for more info.

P
'bout time you got an elk gun!:wink:
 
#8 Ā·
Ha ha, smartypants, the joke's on you. I killed a nice 5x5 with this Weatherby in 1993.

So there.


P
 
#10 Ā·
There is a collectors assoc for wbys.

Find them, and ask.

Too many variables to say much except I am jealous.
 
#13 Ā·
I'd rather spend the $50 on beer.

Seems that you can't do anything with Weatherby without a dollar sign attached.


P
 
#14 Ā·
Your rifle is a Weatherby Mark V, made by J.P. Sauer in West Germany in 1963. They made rifles for Weatherby from 1960 to 1972, when the production moved to Japan. In 1964, Weatherby received their patent for the Mark V action, and the letter "P" was added to the serial numbers, starting with P1000.
Anymore questions, drop a PM.

Jim
 
#16 Ā·
Your rifle is a Weatherby Mark V, made by J.P. Sauer in West Germany in 1963. They made rifles for Weatherby from 1960 to 1972, when the production moved to Japan. In 1964, Weatherby received their patent for the Mark V action, and the letter "P" was added to the serial numbers, starting with P1000.
Anymore questions, drop a PM.

Jim

Thanks!


P
 
#24 Ā·
I was able to get hold of weatherby and the most info they could come up with for me was that that gun was made around 1968 And all the serial numbers that are close to it were all 240 And I found a group of serial numbers that mine falls into and it kind of confirms that it was chambered in 240 now the kicker is I think it has been re- barreled because I bought it advertised as a 300 whetherby but no caliber stamp. and the bluing is different than the action as far as color tone. The weatherby rep told me that that would have left their factory with a caliber stamped on it. The bore is far to large to be a 240. My caliper reads it as a .299inch. far as cartridges.. anyone's guess.
 
#26 Ā·
Well, ya got me on that one. I came at it from the wrong direction. The Berlin Wall was built in 1961, but Germany was divided in 1945. Weatherby contracted with J.P. Sauer to make the Mark V's in 1960, so my best "new guess" is that the barrel stampings on the first couple of years didn't have the "west Germany" stamping, but was changed somewhat later to reflect the fact that the Sauer plant was in the West Germany. Thanks for catching me on that one.

J.
 
#29 Ā·
My dad recently gave me his Mark V Deluxe .300 Weatherby Mag rifle. He bought it while stationed in West Germany in 1963. The serial number is 411xx. My limited research suggests it was manufactured for Weatherby by J.P. Sauer. Does anyone have knowledge of Weatherby rifles of this era? It will never leave the family, I'm just looking for more info. P
I have a .300 Weatherby that has a serial number 40*** and it’s stamped in the barrel ā€œMade in W.Germanyā€ Trying to figure out how old this rifle is and what it’s worth.