6.5 x300 weatherby
- Thread starter rar
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Factory offerings are not going to give the proper performance of the cartridge, you will have too short of a barrel and too slow twist to shoot the newer long range bullets.
It's extremely overbore, do one up right with a 1/7 twist 28" barrel you might be looking at 500 rounds before accuracy turns to ####.
It's extremely overbore, do one up right with a 1/7 twist 28" barrel you might be looking at 500 rounds before accuracy turns to ####.
eberlestock
Member
- Location
- Kamloops. BC
It has replaced the 257 bee as my favorite cartridge. I first owned an ultralight and now a backcountry in this hot steppin round. Both have been sub moa with the backcountry shooting the best. Handloading has been easy for it aside of finding brass but I have a pretty good supply now. I shoot the 140 accubond and have had it as fast as 3469 fps. I carry it for elk and moose but have no kills with it on those. Its also my high country sheep, goat, mule deer rig. And predators too! I have one wolf and two coyotes down to this round. Weatherbys new backcountry is a fine rifle as well. They are lighter and more accurate overall than previous ultralight and accumarks I have owned. And of course, 6.5 creed owners step aside and stare when you show up in camp with it!
Fisherguy55
Regular
- Location
- SW Ontario
Hope you reload, ammo is listed at $179/20. Yikes
A bit before he started making his own barrels, Bevan King built a number of 6.5-300 Wby rifles in the late 70s. It was called the 6.5WWH back then, which stood for Weatherby Wright Hoyer, and it would vapourize standard cup and core 140 gr Sierras before reaching 100 yard targets.
Paritions and Speers were the answer, and 400 yards was barely a challenge.
Ted
Paritions and Speers were the answer, and 400 yards was barely a challenge.
Ted
A bit before he started making his own barrels, Bevan King built a number of 6.5-300 Wby rifles in the late 70s. It was called the 6.5WWH back then, which stood for Weatherby Wright Hoyer, and it would vapourize standard cup and core 140 gr Sierras before reaching 100 yard targets.
Paritions and Speers were the answer, and 400 yards was barely a challenge.
Ted
what you re telling us Ted is that no need to re-invent the wheel if it has been done in the past ... love that.
I experienced great accuracy and velocity with this cartridge, to say the least. It favored Norma 217 and Hodgdon US869 behind a 140 grain Nosler Accubond, US869 was the better of the two for both applications. Needless to mention, it was one flat shooting combination.
However, it is not a very efficient cartridge. Average powder distribution per case was 90 grains, which is a lot of powder to launch a 140 grain projectile. Although very slow powders were utilized, it gave a hell-of-a kick, snappy! A muzzle brake would of probably tamed it down to a 30-06.
I believe that it's bigger cousin, 270 Wby. Mag. does perform equally to the 6.5-300 Wby. Mag., sans the enormous volume of gun powder. The rifle utilized was a Weatherby Mark V Deluxe, 26" barrel.
However, it is not a very efficient cartridge. Average powder distribution per case was 90 grains, which is a lot of powder to launch a 140 grain projectile. Although very slow powders were utilized, it gave a hell-of-a kick, snappy! A muzzle brake would of probably tamed it down to a 30-06.
I believe that it's bigger cousin, 270 Wby. Mag. does perform equally to the 6.5-300 Wby. Mag., sans the enormous volume of gun powder. The rifle utilized was a Weatherby Mark V Deluxe, 26" barrel.
Think 6.5 STW with Weatherby's shoulder. Good for a long range deer gun. - dan
- Location
- The Cariboo
The 6.5X68S European caliber been around for quite some time.
Perhaps not as powerful as the Weatherby, but a very good flat shooting round.
Even Mannlicher Shoenauer had it in its offering.
Perhaps not as powerful as the Weatherby, but a very good flat shooting round.
Even Mannlicher Shoenauer had it in its offering.
it was the terrible parent of the shooting. as i ve seen 2 shoulders and the meat destroyed on european mouflon and chamois while that caliber was used. for the small amount that was a lot but at least they were not lost ...
"it was the terrible parent of the shooting."
Sorry, what does that mean? - dan
Sorry, what does that mean? - dan
- Location
- The Cariboo
I have 2 friends who own a M/S in this caliber and they like them a lot.
However shot replacement is the key, if you find hitting hard bone, like the shoulder, does a lot of fragmentation, perhaps a lung shut would be better.
I never hunted muflon or chamois so can't really comment on that.
This is a fast round with a relatively small bullet and certain brands/makes, maybe a solid copper work better than others.
