I have had Weatherby rifles from the first ones made to the last ones made and have never experienced any failures what so ever with any that would cause any of them to not function.
I can also say the same thing with most rifles, except Remington which have had a few trigger malfunctions which caused accidental discharges which the factory did fix.
The biggest detriment to rifle reliability and function has always been the know it all kitchen table gunsmith who's mechanical abilities can basically be summed up as " piss poor light bulb changer" at best.
Have I had to repair Weatherby rifles in the past? Well sure I have. I have worked on all makes of rifles as anything mechanical should be professionally serviced from time to time. I have a Rolex watch that I have professionally maintained every lustrum by a real honest to God watch maker and not my accountant next door neighbor who I watched service his Casio watch with 100 pound air from his compressor and a can of WD-40.
Amazingly.........my watch has kept perfect time for 50 years.....his are normally in pieces .
If someone says that they have had a handful of Weatherby rifles....all of which had given him problems.....then that person, and his fan club, should state what exactly the problems are that they have experienced and just not some vague smattering of yammer.
Weatherby is the finest machined American mass produced weapons that I have never personally seen fail unless it's mechanism was "tweetle dee'd" by some tweetle dumb bastard who didn't know his ass from his elbow when it came to the mechanics of firearms.