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In 1945, Roy Weatherby made it his mission to bring the idea of "one shot-kills are best achieved with high-speed and lightweight bullets" into the world of cartridge and rifle making. Ergo, he opened a Weatherby’s Sporting Goods shop in California. This was a humble beginning of the world’s prominent mark on the gun industry.
Travelling back in time, to 1940s, this is when Weatherby began his cartridge business. These paved the way for a vast development in ballistics. Some of his cartridges, including the .257 and .270 Weatherby Magnums, remain the fastest in their calibre class, and are still in production today.
While Weatherby’s cartridge business grew, there was also a need for a bolt-action capable of handling the magnum power. And this is how the legend – the strongest bolt-action rifle Mark V – was born. Soon after, others followed. In the 1960s the company added a line of shotguns called Orion and Athena, a Patrician pump, and Centurion semi-automatics.
Weatherby, Inc. was in for a crazy ride, as in May of 1961, Fred Jennie helped create a prototype model .22 rimfire rifle, which went by the name Mark XXII. The Vanguard rifles were then introduced for some of the world’s most popular big game and varmint cartridges. Weatherby’s son Ed was passed the torch and took over the company in 1983, but he held on to the rifle’s typical looks and the characteristics of being reliable and well-made.
Figure 1: Source: Maynards Fine Art and Antiques
This bolt action rifle dates back to 1966, Germany. Although Weatherby knew that the Europa rifle would change the way of hunting in Europe, he could not have predicted exactly how impactful it would actually be. As its name might suggest, the Europa was intended for the European sporting market, produced in West Germany by Sauer & Sohn on the Weatherby Mark V Magnum action.
As this rifle only comes in one variant, the length of the barrel is, of course, one, that is 61 cm. Instead of using cast steel, Weatherby took a turn in a different direction and decided on using forged steel to produce the Europa rifle. The rifle has a 9-lug locking system, which makes the design very durable. Weatherby Europa has two bores on the front mounting surface and two on the rear mounting surface (which makes it four bores altogether).
Figure 2: Source: Guns International
The Rifle is Chambered For:
A: 21.9 mm
B: 113.9 mm
C: 15.3 mm
BHU: 3.2 mm
⌀: 6-48
R1: R60
R2: R17
One-piece and two-piece mounts that fit Weatherby Europa will also fit:
These rifles can share one-piece and two-piece mounts because all the dimensions on the receivers are exactly the same.
Two-piece mounts that fit Weatherby Europa will also fit:
If a certain two-piece mount can be mounted on Weatherby Europa, then it can be mounted on all on the list.
Our recommendation of a detachable mount is the Pivot mount made by EAW. It is made from steel, which makes it a great fit not only size-wise, but also material-wise.
There are not many options when it comes to Picatinny rails. This EAW Picatinny rail, however, is a perfect fit, as the materials also match. Here, you can find out more about aluminium and steel picatinny rails.
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