New Weatherby Cartridge!

hoytcanon said:
If they do it in the S2 they will sell like hotcakes and the Nosler sales will drop off.
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Unless they put a 26" barrel on the S2, there wouldn't be much point to chambering it in the 6.5-300wby.

If you look at their site I think the "advantage" to the RC is that it comes with load data for the sub moa load, a fancy floorplate that tells people its range certified and a piece of paper which bears Ed or Adam Weatherby's signature.... but the Mark V's both have a sub MOA guarantee.
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If all that a person gets for a huge extra cost is a fancy floorplate, load data, and a signed piece of paper, you would have to be extremely gullible to buy the R.C. version.
 
stubblejumper said:
If all that a person gets for a huge extra cost is a fancy floorplate, load data, and a signed piece of paper, you would have to be extremely gullible to buy the R.C. version.
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The piece of paper looks to have a picture of the target they shot for the load testing. Not even the actual target like the used to include. I wonder how many variations of that picture they'll be sending out.
 
MiG25 said:
I think the 6.5-300 will bury the 26 Nosler.
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The difference between them....performance wise could only be seen through a chronograph. Even at the range, probably 1 in 10 guys owns or uses a chronograph.

The real reason why one or the other survives is going to be price point. I believe that the 26 Nosler is still pretty much a proprietary chambering. So a $4K rifle with brass at $4/. This is the adjusted for inflation version of the 1960's Weatherby business plan. Problem is that today there are many more choices.

While late to the 6.5 game the availability of $60/box loaded ammo and affordable Vanguard rifles should tip the scale to the Weatherby. There are a lot of new calibers and most will survive to some level.
 
I believe that the 26 Nosler is still pretty much a proprietary chambering. So a $4K rifle with brass at $4/.
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Not true, the cases are around $4, but I was looking at a Legendary Arms Rifle in 26 Nosler that was selling for about half of that $4K, and the fit and finish was better than what I have seen on a similarly priced Weatherby rifle.
 
stubblejumper said:
Not true, the cases are around $4, but I was looking at a Legendary Arms Rifle in 26 Nosler that was selling for about half of that $4K, and the fit and finish was better than what I have seen on a similarly priced Weatherby rifle.
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Joe Sixpack is going to go for the 6.5-300 in an affordable, off the rack rifle.
 
MiG25 said:
Joe Sixpack is going to go for the 6.5-300 in an affordable, off the rack rifle.
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And then he will never practice with the rifle, because he won't pay $6 to $7 per shot for factory ammunition. Most won't even shoot the rifle at various distances to verify the trajectory.
 
Shawn.........you are actually correct, the Weatherby-Wright did not use the double radius shoulder and is for all intents and purposes a 6.5 STW. However, seeing as how the 300 Wby was the only blown out full length factory cartridge of the day, this 6.5 got so named. The modern version of the 6.5 Weatherby Mag will have the double radius shoulder we are all used to seeing on Weatherby named cartridges.
 
Yes the overbores are getting carried away. The point were extra powder capacity leads to vary little gain in speed, but heavy throat erosion is being exceeded by pretty much all of them. For me the cartridges that it does not make any sense to exceed would be 264 WM, 7 STW, 300 Wea, 340 Wea, and probably 375 H&H. I have, and do own a few that exceed these. I would suppose that it only really makes a difference if someone is shooting thousands of rounds through their rifle. Most gunsmiths would steer a customer from the overbores if a pure, high volume target rifle was being built.

My 375 Rum is not a plinker, 12 years in and my round count is just under 120. Guns like the Rums, 338 Lapua and Edge, and the STW's have pushed bullet and powder development. Since Nosler is pushing the 264 bore beyond existing projectiles, i would sure like to see some high BC large for caliber bullets....say a 155 accubond. Most 264 bores would not have the twist to stabilize them, and the jackets would have to be the right thickness for use on game and yet withstand the speed.......Hmmmmmmm.
 
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hoytcanon said:
They have been at the game for awhile now... they will probably figure out how to get the most out of their new baby.
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They have been selling Vanguards chambered for cartridges such the 257wby for several years with 24" barrels, which is certainly not getting the most out of these cartridges.
 
ANother question - are there any bullets designed for the types of velocities this thing will be getting? I really doubt that a bullet designed for a 6.5X55 would stay together very well in a critter at 6.5 Wby velocities.
 
Papaclaude said:
ANother question - are there any bullets designed for the types of velocities this thing will be getting? I really doubt that a bullet designed for a 6.5X55 would stay together very well in a critter at 6.5 Wby velocities.
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The TTSX and the GMX, will work fine at those velocities.
 
Papaclaude said:
ANother question - are there any bullets designed for the types of velocities this thing will be getting? I really doubt that a bullet designed for a 6.5X55 would stay together very well in a critter at 6.5 Wby velocities.
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The gunsmith that built my grandfathers gun also made him a few boxes of ammo. All he used were soft point 140gr bullets they worked well on moose. I have had good results with 140gr nosler partitions.
 
Papaclaude said:
ANother question - are there any bullets designed for the types of velocities this thing will be getting? I really doubt that a bullet designed for a 6.5X55 would stay together very well in a critter at 6.5 Wby velocities.
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bullets for the 6.5x55 will work perfectly fine ......................


assuming that while your in bc you have a alberta hunting permit for the deer your about to shoot :D
 
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