The_shooter
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All you Weatherby lovers give your argument for the barrel burners and how they stack up to standard cartridges.
I believe Holland & Holland could effectively dispute that statement!Weatherby was the godfather of all today's magnum calibers!
I have a 300 Weatherby that I inherited and I like it fine, but I don't shoot it enough that barrel life is of any concern to me. It certainly has more punch than a 300 Win Mag but not enough to really matter. Frankly neither cartridge does much that a 30-06 wouldn't do just as well out to what most of us would consider reasonable hunting distances. I guess the main thing would be the ability to throw 200+ grain bullets with more authority and flatter than an '06 could do.
The philosophy of most shooters have changed in the last 10-20 years and all magnums have declined in popularity over that time. The Weatherby versions more so than others. From the end of WW-2 up until the dawn of the 21'st century the quest for more speed was on everyone's mind. Guys were using brute force trying to shoot light for caliber bullets with poor aerodynamics as fast as possible to improve long range performance.
Instead of brute power the trend now is toward finesse. Back in the day a 150 gr bullet fired from a 300 Weatherby at near 3500 fps was what people wanted. Today a 140-147 gr bullet fired from a 6.5 Creedmoor at 2700 fps generates around 1/3 of the recoil. On game there simply isn't much difference between a 147 gr bullet and a 150 gr bullet. Both cartridges are still viable as target rounds out to a mile.
The 300 shoots flatter for hunters, but the advent of affordable range finders and modern optics to compensate for the drop at long range have largely negated that advantage.
It's true that you can take advantage of these better bullets in one of the magnums as well. But shooting 200-220 gr high BC bullets from a 30 caliber magnum starts to add up to brutal recoil. And the performance of the smaller cartridges already exceed the skills of the vast majority of shooters. You'd have to start shooting well past 1000 yards to see any real advantage.
257 WeatherbyAll you Weatherby lovers give your argument for the barrel burners and how they stack up to standard cartridges.
"Lions, tigers, big bears, other large Africa game has fallen to the.300 weatherby."Seriously? Not much better than a .30-06?!
Seriously? Now it's similar to a 6.5 Creedmoor... Who shoots big game with 150 gr. 300 weatherby? Compare the energy of a factory 200 gr. 300 weatherby to the creedmoor at a 300 year shot on an elk or moose.
Lions, tigers, big bears, other large Africa game has fallen to the.300 weatherby.
Plinking steel at long range and shooting deer is where the creedmoor excels. Putting large holes using heavy slugs is where the 300 weathering excels.
I understand that people have used the creedmoor on elk, moose etc. But people have also used .25-35 Winchester, 30-30 etc. Still doesn't mean it the best.
I have a 300 Weatherby that I inherited and I like it fine, but I don't shoot it enough that barrel life is of any concern to me. It certainly has more punch than a 300 Win Mag but not enough to really matter. Frankly neither cartridge does much that a 30-06 wouldn't do just as well out to what most of us would consider reasonable hunting distances. I guess the main thing would be the ability to throw 200+ grain bullets with more authority and flatter than an '06 could do.