26 Nosler or 6.5x300 Weatherby.

[vancouverbc]

I'm a little late to the party but I just bought a 26 Nosler myself. Mostly because all of my hunting rifles are vanilla 308, 7-08, 6.5 CM
Throw in a barrel burner for fun.
A barrel is a wear part. It you torch the throat / wear out the barrel, just screw on another.

The 26 Nosler will be fun to tinker with and I have found the brass and ammo to be cheaper than the 6.5-300. That is really the only reason I went with one over the other.

Finding 6.5 bullets right now is another story.

 

[remington jim]

haha I better get a 6.5-300 Wby so I can get an animal

and a 26 NOBBLER too - there the BEST ! RJ

 

[Crashman]

C'mon now. How are calibre comparison discussions on gun forums supposed to go wildly off the rails if you insist on bringing up common sense alternatives?

Funny I was thinking the same thing!

 

[Crashman]

I am going to buy one of the new Weatherby Mark V Hunter rifles in 6.5RPM, play with that for a while and see if it is all that and a bag of chips. Going to be hard though, I am really enjoying the 280AI I built last year!

 

[Weatherby Fan]

I am going to buy one of the new Weatherby Mark V Hunter rifles in 6.5RPM, play with that for a while and see if it is all that and a bag of chips. Going to be hard though, I am really enjoying the 280AI I built last year!

I had a couple 6.5 RPMs built and Im back to the 6.5 PRC, great cartridge just a little finicky on the hand loading for my likes and not enough gains in performance over the 6.5 PRC imho,

I find the 6.5 PRC such a pleasure to shoot and load for, I had built a 28 Nosler and it was an awesome rifle/cartridge but Im back to the 280AI (my fav hunting cartridge) and as bartell pointed out with the evolution of amazing turret scopes its just a cpl more clicks and your there.

But either the 6.5-300 Wby or 26 Nosler will get the job done hunting no question.

 

[Buckmastr]

6.5 Remington Magnum for the win!

 

[remington jim]

6.5 Remington Magnum for the win!

I’m hoping my new 6.5 PRC outshines ? ? that old Beauty 6.5 REM Mag . RJ

 

[Crashman]

I had a couple 6.5 RPMs built and Im back to the 6.5 PRC, great cartridge just a little finicky on the hand loading for my likes and not enough gains in performance over the 6.5 PRC imho,

I find the 6.5 PRC such a pleasure to shoot and load for, I had built a 28 Nosler and it was an awesome rifle/cartridge but Im back to the 280AI (my fav hunting cartridge) and as bartell pointed out with the evolution of amazing turret scopes its just a cpl more clicks and your there.

But either the 6.5-300 Wby or 26 Nosler will get the job done hunting no question.

Awesome info, thanks! I really enjoy my 280AI as well, my favourite by far!

 

[Crashman]

Going off the rails here a bit, but is the RPM case suitable for necking up to 7mm? Or would be duplication of something we already have like a 7mm Rem Mag? Just curious.

 

[Buckmastr]

I’m hoping my new 6.5 PRC outshines ? ? that old Beauty 6.5 REM Mag . RJ

Good choice RJ. Nice low recoiling long reaching deer round.

 

[hoytcanon]

6.5 Remington Magnum for the win!

I agree, I took three animals this year with the 6.5 Rem Mag... but these days the 6.5 PRC makes more sense when starting out from scratch.

 

[Buckmastr]

I agree, I took three animals this year with the 6.5 Rem Mag... but these days the 6.5 PRC makes more sense when starting out from scratch.

Nice. The 6.5 PRC is so popular getting brass and bullets was difficult this past year.

 

[todbartell]

Going off the rails here a bit, but is the RPM case suitable for necking up to 7mm? Or would be duplication of something we already have like a 7mm Rem Mag? Just curious.

Near equal of the 7mm Rem Mag, in terms of case capacity

 

[hoytcanon]

Nice. The 6.5 PRC is so popular getting brass and bullets was difficult this past year.

I have not had the inclination as of yet to go down the PRC trail, but that is always a future possibility... the cabin fever months are where I tend to conjur up the majority of my dumb-azz firearm builds...

 

[Buckmastr]

I have not had the inclination as of yet to go down the PRC trail, but that is always a future possibility... the cabin fever months are where I tend to conjur up the majority of my dumb-azz firearm builds...

Haha.
Been there, done that!

 

[remington jim]

Going off the rails here a bit, but is the RPM case suitable for necking up to 7mm? Or would be duplication of something we already have like a 7mm Rem Mag? Just curious.

Be Kool a Bit more then a 280 AI my guess at maybe 75 FPS more Max 100 ? RJ

 

[todbartell]

probably around 65 fps faster the 7mm RPM be over the 280AI

 

[mikeyb]

Wondering how well it would work as a .30-06 RPM, or even a .35 Whelen RPM. I haven't compared too much, but looks like some minor work to get the cases to feed properly and a reamer to clean up the existing chamber could be the way.

 

[hoytcanon]

That would be a .30 or .300 RPM, not a .30/06 RPM.

 

[remington jim]

probably around 65 fps faster the 7mm RPM be over the 280AI

I will check with WF and see what his 6.5 RPM speeds are .