Last month, it was a great time to take a look at the new fall products made available by Weatherby. My attention was caught by one of Weatherby's new products, the Backcountry 2.0 Mark V Carbon air rifle. This variant of Weatherby's Mark V line is an example of what can be built when modern materials and manufacturing processes are used, such as carbon, a component capable of creating a light but at the same time very strong hunting rifle. Let's take a deeper look at Weatherby's Backcountry 2.0 air rifle.
The new carbon fiber stock
One of the coolest parts of this new Backcountry 2.0 is the brand new carbon fiber stock. The brand new stock, Weatherby's Peak 44 helped create a magnum caliber rifle that weighs just 4,7 pounds without optics. Weatherby, says Peak 44, turns out to be their lightest carbon fiber stock on the market, capable of delivering an incredible amount of strength and stiffness even in the most demanding shots, such as long-range ones. Peak 44 will be available in different versions, with different models and colors for the new Blacktooth stock. Ultimately, this gives the user a number of color and style configurations of their rifle. Another aspect that really changes the way this shotgun fits excellently to the hunter is the exclusive 3DHEX latex butt pad. This revolutionary recoil pad is 3D printed and has a honeycomb design designed to slowly compress when fired. Absorb recoil and redistribute energy is the job of any pad, but the 3DHEX extends the time the recoil is transmitted to the shoulder, making the recoil significantly less than a traditional pad. Combine everything with a Rock Solid Carbon Link aluminum bedding and you are immediately ready for your hunting adventures, an incredibly strong and light shotgun capable at the same time to mitigate the recoil very well.
Weatherby has decided to give life to his new rifle in three different versions. In addition to the standard model, the variants Carbon, with carbon fiber barrel, and Ti, with titanium action, are in fact available. Recognizing the titanium version is very simple, as the parent company has decided to adopt a gray color with white sponging effects for this model, making it different from the color of the Standard and Carbon trim levels, with dark green and brown livery.
Action in titanium or steel
Backcountry Mark V, featured an action available in two different configurations, steel or titanium, while the Back country 2.0 it will be available with traditional fluted barrel or carbon fiber barrel for the model Backcountry 2.0 Carbon. If you want the action in steel or titanium, the latter will be indicated TI in the name of the rifle. L'titanium action it will be a little lighter and will eventually make the rifle weigh less than 5 pounds, obviously with no optics set up. The titanium variant, despite its lightness, can be chambered with a magnum cartridge. Both the steel and titanium variants are able to achieve a number of different barrel profile options, as well as the BSF tensioned carbon fiber barrel.
Modernizing the Mark V line
There are a number of other small details that really show how much Weatherby is trying to lead the line of Mark V air rifles at the forefront of bolt-action rifles. In addition to the BSF carbon barrel and the Peak 44 Blacktooth stock, there are also a number of small details that are striking when looking at the shotgun. One of my favorite parts of the Backcountry 2.0 is the carefully grooved revolving bolt with an oversized, skeletonized cocking puller in order to facilitate the hunter even with gloves on and in extreme conditions. Because these rifles are incredibly light, there needs to be a muzzle brake on the rifle to help mitigate recoil, especially for magnum calibers. It doesn't matter if a customer chooses the steel barrel or the BSF carbon fiber barrel, both versions come with the Accubrake ST muzzle brake. The Accubrake fits well around the barrel contour and contains 30 symmetrically spaced ports for quick gas escape. This significantly reduces recoil even when using magnum cartridges. By pairing the Weatherby Accubrake with the 3DHEX latex recoil pad you get an incredibly soft shotgun with magnum velocity and "downrange" performance.
The new Weatherby Mark V Backcountry 2.0 it is arguably the lightest, but it also has significantly less recoil than the .300 Weatherby Magnum or .300 Win Mags. I honestly find it hard to describe how soft it is to shoot with this new rifle, with this combination of ultralight weight and the shootability of a magnum cartridge, I think Weatherby has a real winner.
Il Mark V BackcoNTry 2.0 comes on the market with an MSRP of $ 2,499, while TI models will start at around $ 3,300. To get the Backcountry 2.0 Carbon variant with the carbon barrel, it will start at $ 2.999 for steel action and $ 3.749 for titanium action. Finally, a look at the available calibers. The Weatherby Mark V Backcountry 2.0 bolt action rifle will be available in calibers .257 Weatherby Magnum, .270 Weatherby Magnum, .300 Weatherby Magnum, 6,5-.300 Weatherby Magnum (also for left-handed) and later .240 Weatherby Magnum, .280 Ackley Improved, .308 Winchester, 6,5 Creedmoor and 6,5 Weatherby RPM.