Weatherbys 6.5-300

[ZWCoffindaffer]

I've been seeing a lot of ads by weatherby hyping up their 6.5-300 wby. I get the concept. A 6.5 bullet, going really fast. Should hypothetically shoot very flat for a long distance. Is it really necessary though? it seems like it would be a super barrel burner. What's next? Necking a 50 BMG to hold a .22?

 

[eastbank]

it,s not new, just changed from a wildcat to a commersial cartige.the wild cat was called a 6.5-300 weatherby-wright-hoyer.and was used for long range hunting,fast-flat and long range target at williamsport pa. in the 60,s and 70,s. i think the powder used was n-202 and norma 139-140gr bullets. with todays slower powders and much better bullets it will be a good long range cartige, tho i still think it will be a barrel burner. rifles built by alex hoyer still sale here for decent money when they come up at auction, i knew alex and spent time at his little shop in the lewistown narrows. eastbank.

 

[redneck2]

Barrel life will be calculated by hundreds, not thousands of rounds fired.

It's for the "my dog's bigger than your dog" crowd.

 

[JRWhit]

It's for the "my dog's bigger than your dog" crowd.

That even fairly close to there own description when addressing barrel life. Only offering I saw was with a $2000 to $2500 MSRP

 

[ExAgoradzo]

Surprised no one has answered the question: look up Eargeshplittenlaudenboomer .22 from a .50 BMG...

Greg

 

[mshootnit]

Something like this along with a high quality scope wouldnt hurt when at the end of legal shooting hours you finally see a deer after hunting all day. The deer is running, quartering toward you and stops, just momentarily about 450 yd away, mostly broadside.

 

[RPRNY]

Good for Weatherby.

 

[Gtscotty]

I wouldn't own one, but as much interest as there seems to have been in the 26, 28 and now 30 Nosler, apparently there are some folks still interested in monstrously overbore cartridges that burn through a cup of powder per trigger pull. I'm sure someone will buy it.

 

[Randy in Arizona]

Surprised no one has answered the question: look up Eargeshplittenlaudenboomer .22 from a .50 BMG...

Greg

Slight correction:

It was the 22-378 Eargesslitten Loudenboomer (SP?)
Loading data is in the Handbook for Shooters and Reloaders by Parker O. Ackley.
Some loads well over 5000 FPS IIRC.
Books are at home and I am at work.

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[ExAgoradzo]

I stand corrected.

Greg