Puts your eye where it belongs on a scoped rifle and the shape of the comb does a lot to mitigate recoil, directing it away from your face. After shooting the rifles and understanding the reasons behind the design, I'm going to say ol' Roy got it right. Speaking of stocks, I wasn't initially a big fan of the Weatherby Monte Carlo style stock. The company itself, seems to be a great organization, still being run by the Weatherby family. All of my Mark Vs have been American made but I'd have no problem with owning a Japanese or German made rifle. The newer stock is much improved over the older Ultra Lightweight and Accumark. 6" and easily hit factory velocities over my chrono.
I shoot Weatherby factory loads to fire form brass and have found them to be fast and very accurate. The barrel seems to heat up more slowly than the 7mm did and makes load development a lot more fun. 257 Wby and it too is superbly accurate, especially for a lighter rifle. I found the action on all of these Mark V rifles to be very smooth and incredibly robust. Letting it cool down between shots finally got to me and I thought the Accumark was too heavy for my style of hunting. The Accumark would shoot one really tiny hole with almost any load and the ultralight would break 3/4" with a number of handloads. This simplified mounting system eliminates the possibility of an out of alignment interface or loose connection between the ring and base of traditional two-piece designs. I've owned three, still own one and wish I'd never sold the other two - an Ultra Lightweight and an Accumark, both in 7mm Wby. Made in America, these Weatherby Mark-V Scope Mounts made by Talley Manufacturing offer a unique and simplified one-piece scope ring and base solution for Weatherby Mark V Accumark (9 Lug-Magnum) rifles. Fast Forward 15 years and they were of stellar quality Rusted easily, starter fell out of it, transmission blew up. AT that time it was 3 years old and one of the worst vehicles I have ever owned. I was given the family toyota corolla when I graduated HS in 1971. Many guys have similar opinions of rifles based on products built 40+ years ago. My Dad is still convinced all Toyota cars are terrible because he rented one on a business trip in the '70's and it had a problem with the windshield wipers. Yeah many bring out decades old tales of woe and cite the same tired examples when it comes to their experience with a Weatherby, I lost count of how many i had/have and only 2 had to be sent back. I can't speak for any oaths but that was a keeper. I think that version had a kreiger criterion barrel.
Like I said earlier should have never let it go. As many things on this forum.many turn there nose up at Weatherby. Certainly as good or better than any rifle I have ever had including several customs. It consistently shot 3 holes touching with that load. It shot Hornady Light Magnum(pre Superperformace) which had the 139 grain BTSP innerlock at 3100 fps.