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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: badnewskruse on January 13, 2016, 03:04:41 PM

Title: 6.5-300 weatherby magnum
Post by: badnewskruse on January 13, 2016, 03:04:41 PM: who else is excited for this to hit the shelves?? i know i am
Title: Re: 6.5-300 weatherby magnum
Post by: Biggerhammer on January 13, 2016, 03:26:25 PM: Definitely a cool option for a factory rifle. I shot one on a Remington 700 action several years ago built by Pac-Nor. Furthest I shot it was 500 yards. Compared to the .300 Win Mag we were shooting at the same time. The 6.5-300 Weatherby definitely had less flight time at that yardage.
Title: Re: 6.5-300 weatherby magnum
Post by: badnewskruse on January 13, 2016, 09:32:31 PM: Quote from: Biggerhammer on January 13, 2016, 03:26:25 PM
Definitely a cool option for a factory rifle. I shot one on a Remington 700 action several years ago built by Pac-Nor. Furthest I shot it was 500 yards. Compared to the .300 Win Mag we were shooting at the same time. The 6.5-300 Weatherby definitely had less flight time at that yardage.
i think I'm definitely gonna have to put one of these in my safe :chuckle:
Title: Re: 6.5-300 weatherby magnum
Post by: Reidus on January 13, 2016, 09:59:26 PM: That's a lot of powder for a 6.5 bullet. I love the fact those flat shooters take some of the holdover guesswork out of the equation. I'd bet you could dial that thing in at 300yds and only be 2 inches high at 100 and 3-4 inches low at 400. Point blank to 400yd hold dead on! Can't imagine the barrel life being that great though. Also going to take a loonng barrel to take advantage of this cartridge.
Title: Re: 6.5-300 weatherby magnum
Post by: badnewskruse on January 13, 2016, 10:07:15 PM: i figure a 26" barrel should do the trick??
Title: Re: 6.5-300 weatherby magnum
Post by: Reidus on January 14, 2016, 10:03:30 PM: At least a 26" barrel :twocents:

I'd imagine it's going to take a slower powder too.

What kind of velocities with say a 140gr bullet?
Title: Re: 6.5-300 weatherby magnum
Post by: 257wbymagkiller on January 14, 2016, 10:07:58 PM: I am forsure!
Title: Re: 6.5-300 weatherby magnum
Post by: elkslayer069 on January 14, 2016, 10:22:59 PM: Better be buying US 869 now. I have a 6.5 stw which is going to be really comparable. I dont know what twist their going to put in their rifles. I mostly messed around with 140 grain bullets and for the extra work id rather have my 270 wsm. If i was going to build another 6.5 hotrod i would build a 6.5-300 wsm. :twocents:
Title: Re: 6.5-300 weatherby magnum
Post by: Reidus on January 14, 2016, 10:59:23 PM: Quote from: elkslayer069 on January 14, 2016, 10:22:59 PM
Better be buying US 869 now. I have a 6.5 stw which is going to be really comparable. I dont know what twist their going to put in their rifles. I mostly messed around with 140 grain bullets and for the extra work id rather have my 270 wsm. If i was going to build another 6.5 hotrod i would build a 6.5-300 wsm. :twocents:
:yeah: on the 6.5-300wsm. I bet you'd get pretty comparable velocity with a lot less powder.