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Weatherby Europa

About the Weatherby

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.

Weatherby Europa

Figure 1: Source: Maynards Fine Art and Antiques

Weatherby Europa Rifle Review

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).

Weatherby Europa

Figure 2: Source: Guns International

The Rifle is Chambered For:

  • .270 Wby. Mag.
  • .300 Wby. Mag.
  • 30-06
  • 6.5x68
  • 7x64
  • 8x68s
  • 9.3x64

Skica dimenzij

A: 21.9 mm

B: 113.9 mm

C: 15.3 mm

BHU: 3.2 mm

⌀: 6-48

R1: R60

R2: R17

Which Rifles Have Interchangeable Mounts

Two-piece mounts and one-piece mounts

One-piece and two-piece mounts that fit Weatherby Europa will also fit:

  • Weatherby Mark V Magnum
  • Weatherby Vanguard LA
  • Weatherby 3000
  • Howa 1500 LA

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:

  • Weatherby Mark V Standard
  • Weatherby Vanguard SA
  • Howa 1500 SA
  • BRNO Scandinavian
  • BSA Repetierer
  • Churchill Highlander
  • Sabatti Rover

If a certain two-piece mount can be mounted on Weatherby Europa, then it can be mounted on all on the list.

Our Recommendations for Mounts

Detachable Repeatable Mounts

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.

Picatinny Rail

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.

Help us build our riflescope mounts database

If you happen to own this or any other rifle, we would appreciate it if you could help us expand our database by sending us some photos of the rifle receiver (the bare mounting surface of the rifle without the mounts installed). For your help, our company offers a fair return in terms of practical rewards. 

Please send us an email for more information. You can contact us here: info@optics-trade.eu

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Introduction

In recent years we can observe that a trend of Picatinny rail has become widespread and global. It is driven by the NATO standardized rails, more commonly known as the Picatinny rail standard. Picatinny rail being the New Jersey Arsenal that developed it in 1995.

These mounting options are revolutionary. The biggest and best advantage being that the Picatinny rail can be used its entire length and not bordered to a few pre-designed slots like for example the Weaver rail standard was before.

The other main advantage is the ease of use and interchangeability. If a product is meant for a Picatinny rail design it will fit all Picatinny-rails, no matter the manufacturer or date of production.

Picatinny/Weaver Rail

Picatinny Rail and Weaver rail profile

Design

The Picatinny rail is almost exclusively crafted from a single piece of metal (in some cases aluminum). In this manner, the axis of the Picatinny rail is perfectly straight and aligned with the axis of the firearm. Therefore the rifle scope which is mounted onto this kind of configuration is certainly aligned with the rifle / gun and the trajectory of the ammunition.

Weaver rail design on the other hand is usually manufactured in two separate pieces, greatly increasing the possibilities for the axis to be crooked, overlapping, and out of line.

It is always harder to align two separate pieces to a third line than it is to align one piece to another. In this way, the lapping of two mounting rings on a single-piece Picatinny rail is no longer required.

The single-piece rail will assure that both rings are perfectly aligned to each other and that no unwished stress is transferred to the riflescope.  

Picatinny compare to Weaver Rail

The Picatinny rail itself is an evolutionary step forward from the older Weaver rail. The main difference between Picatinny rail and Weaver rail is the spacing of the slots. Picatinny rail design has them evenly placed exactly 5.23 mm from one slot to the other, 3 mm deep. For this reason, the mounting options are repeatable and the same as other firearms using the Picatinny rail standard.

Interchangeability was a major driving force in the development of the new standard as different NATO armies need to be compatible with each other.

Weaver rail has 3.8mm wide slots and these slots can be placed anywhere on the Weaver rail and in any number that the producer wished.

Advantages of Picatinny design

A big advantage for using the Picatinny rail design is the ever-present recoil stop. Furthermore, the manufacturing of the rail is not very technically demanding and can be done without the use of state-of-the-art machines which greatly reduces the cost of the finished product, making it very affordable.

The Picatinny rail is easy to mount and usually, this type of configuration does not transfer negative stresses and forces from the fired weapon to the rifle scope.

In addition, the Picatinny rail with its very long useable surface works well for mounting longer rifle scopes or to achieve optimum eye relief.

The durability and toughness are other big pluses for this solution.

Manufacturers of Popular Models

A majority of the Picatinny rings are fixed, but a number of best rated European manufacturers (EAW, MAK,..) have, in recent years, put a lot of effort into the development of detachable ring with100% repeatability, with which it becomes easy to remove the scope from the weapon without the use of tools.

No re-zeroing is needed with such mount options, but these models tend to be expensive. 

Weaver and Picatinny Rings

Picatinny rail and weaver rail share one more thing. It is possible to use the Weaver ring and the Picatinny ring on the Picatinny-rails, but it is usually impossible to use the Picatinny ring on the Weaver base. The reason being the above-mentioned positioning and spacing of the slots.

  • Picatinny mounts have a 5mm recoil stop that goes into the rail slot and since
  • Weaver rail only has 3.8mm wide slots such rings do not fit on Weaver rails.

Due to this reason, the Picatinny-rails are popular and prevailing on the market in recent years and eventually, these options will completely oust the Weaver rail from the market.