Chomping At The Bit

**Rees Guide** · 01-04-2016, 10:17 PM

Ran across a deal on a Weatherby rifle back in the spring, friend is a gun room manager at a big pawn shot so we get a heads up when something is coming out of pawn. Anyway, the gun is a 300 Wthby Mag, stainless barrel, camo stock with a break on it. It came with bases on it, other than that, naked gun. I bought an ATN scope several years ago used, 6x18x65, but never had it on anything, kinda had a bad feeling about it and once we slapped it on the "Loudmouth" my feelings were confirmed. Call ATN and they give me a return code and I ship it back, talked to them today and they said they would have a solution to my scope problem by tomorrow afternoon.
In the mean time we removed the bases only to find the front screw in the front mount was broken, so we are now looking at a repair there but it shouldn't be too hard to do.
Need some suggestions on mounts, I want a solid picatinny rail and quick connect mounts to go on it so I can change scopes easy, say day to night without losing zero.
I was not sure about this gun but hunting alone it is an awesome shooter, absolutely no recoil in a 300 Wthby Mag but ear protection is required. It's a keeper and once we start hand loading it the ammo wont be too bad either.

**wicklundrh** · 01-05-2016, 11:08 AM

LaRue Tactical | The Dead Center of Precision

Larue is the one that I believe most of the military shooters are using these days. There are a few others on the market but these are the best I have found.

For your situation, if your not completely sold on changing from a day to a night scope, why not purchase a longer rail mounting system and go with a front mounted night scope solution. This way, you can utilize standard mounts and you never have to remove your scope or worry about zero while still adding the benefit of a night vision system.

**Rees Guide** · 01-06-2016, 04:47 PM

That's a good idea, will look into that, thanks.

**jigflinger** · 01-06-2016, 05:18 PM

Why would you want to switch scopes? A .300 Weatherby with a muzzle break doesn't lend itself very well to night shooting. I use dual dovetail bases on my Bees as well as my Winchesters and Remingtons. Solid as weapon itself and low to the bore.

**wicklundrh** · 01-07-2016, 10:59 AM

I wondered the same thing but then again, I don't live in an area where we have many hogs (not sure if he does either). That being said, IF he does in fact live in that kind of area, and can use a centerfire after dark, and likes the rifle and the way it shoots, why not put the little piggies down with a 300WBM.

Jigflinger does bring up an interesting point however... The muzzle break might cause some issues in regards to night vision optics. You may find out that you get burn out or burn over after a shot due to the intense amount of muzzle flash being pushed out of this weapon? Something to consider for sure

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