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Iowaredneck
How long was the Super Big Game Master made and in what calibers?

I played with one at a local shop a few years back and have been dreaming of it ever since.

The ultra light weight looks about like the same gun but I hate the
SS barrel and stock color.

thanks
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  • stevecrea
    Just as a matter of note, the Weatherby website indicates that the present model of the Ultra Lightweight has a stainless barrel that has been fully blackened. However, earlier models had barrels that were blackened only in the flutes.

    With regard to how long the SBGMs were made, I cannot give you a full answer. It appears that they were first introduced in 2001. I do not know for how long they were offered.

    It appears that they were offered in the same cartridges as the Ultra Lightweight, but I may be corrected.

    Mechanically, they appear to be the same rifle, with only cosmetic differences.
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  • nononsense
    New Weatherby Firearms For 2001: more new offerings from one of america's most innovative manufacturers
    Guns Magazine, Feb, 2002 by Dave Anderson

    An excerpt from the above article:

    " New Rifles Too

    The new Weatherby Super Big Game Master (SBGM) is a lightweight hunting rifle that incorporates many of the accuracy-enhancing features of the very popular Super VarmintMaster and Super PredatorMaster models. These include a button-rifled, hand-lapped Kreiger Criterion barrel with parabolic target crown, and a high-quality, rigid synthetic composite stock with aluminum bedding block. The adjustable trigger is factory set at a crisp 4 pounds.

    Barrel length is 24 inches in .240 Weatherby and the '06 cartridge family (.25-'06, .270, .280, .30-'06 and .338-'06), and 26 inches in magnum calibers from .257 to .300 Weatherby. Weight is 5 3/4 pounds for standard calibers, 6 3/4 pounds in magnum calibers. The SBGM is similar in handling and appearance to the earlier Ultra Lightweight model. The main difference in appearance is that the Ultra Lightweight has a bright stainless barrel with black flutes, while the fluted barrel of the SBGM is black-finished stainless steel.

    The Ultra Lightweight with its standard Weatherby barrel is to my mind one of the best rifles Weatherby has ever made, and the new SBGM with its match-grade Kreiger barrel should if anything be even better. Suggested retail prices for the SBGM are $1,459 in standard calibers, $1,517 in magnum calibers."

    Dave Anderson "New Weatherby Firearms For 2001: more new offerings from one of america's most innovative manufacturers". Guns Magazine. FindArticles.com. 07 Nov, 2009. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BQY/is_2_48/ai_81477143/

    Best.
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  • Iowaredneck
    I should have looked at the weatherby site more close I see that the Ultra light has a black ss barrel now. Think I will give them a call and ask the about it compared to the SBGM. A new Ultra Light in 30-06 or a SBGM in 338-06 would fit my needs for a new elk rifle. The 338-06 might be a hard one to find.

    Thanks all
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