Turn-bolt = bolt-action.
Very, very few Weatherby rifles are chambered in non-Weatherby rounds. I've seen exactly -one- Weatherby in .300 Winchester Mag and one in .247 Roberts: every other Weatherby I've ever sold or seen has been in one of their proprietary chamberings. Weatherby rifles in standard chamberings also command a premium of up to 35%, so expect to pay quite a bit more if you find one.
Also, big game hunting doesn't usually mean shooting off sandbags. It means humping through the woods, climbing up trees, slogging through the muck, and slithering around the mountains. Unless you're out west someplace shooting off the hood of a truck, or using some kind of F-Class monster to drop elk from a mile+ away, you're gonna have to carry this thing. A sandbaggable, heavy-barreled monster is probably not what you want for something like that.
Question; where do you anticipate hunting with this rig? And what game?
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