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 New Weatherby Caliber
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10/09/15 09:30 PM
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For the first time in 17 years Weatherby is coming out with a new hit rod.
6.5x300 WBY. It shoots a 130 grain bullet 130 FPS faster than 26 Nosler and a 140 grain 101 faster.
It will be in an Accumark to start.
They also have reworked the MK V action and trigger and the triggers are very crisp and will come set between 3 and 3.2 lbs. with no creep.
The trigger on a MK V has long been a sticking point with Weatherby users and now they one of the best on a production gun.
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Re: New Weatherby Caliber
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10/09/15 09:39 PM
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Re: New Weatherby Caliber
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10/09/15 09:40 PM
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I'll just stick with my Tikka 260. If I need more grunt than that, I'll drag out the 270.
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Re: New Weatherby Caliber
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10/09/15 09:44 PM
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Pass.
Gonna be too expensive anyway, Weatherby calibers always have been. Too proprietary for me, anyway.
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Re: New Weatherby Caliber
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10/09/15 09:54 PM
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I think .264 Win Mag is about the limit in terms of practicality in that caliber. Much good can be said of the 6.5-06 and its AI offspring, too. To me the .264 reaches just about the point of diminishing returns, but that's purely subjective. If a guy wants a 6.5 powered by 120 grains of powder, then he should have it. If he likes the little .260 Remington then he should have that. Between 6.5-300 and .260, I think I'd choose the .260. Maybe if I was 5'5" I might want the Weatherby. 
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Re: New Weatherby Caliber
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10/09/15 09:56 PM
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So if this is going to be a barrel burner why isn't a 26 nosler?
The idea here was to make a caliber to compete with the 26 nosler. They made one which is a little faster and shoots a little flatter.
The ammo for this will be almost the same as the 26 nosler factory ammo. So it apples to apples.
Guys who want a hot hot 6.5 have another choice now.
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Re: New Weatherby Caliber
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10/09/15 10:01 PM
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The great thing about America is that we are allowed to vote with our wallets. If you want a .30-378 then go for it. If you want a 7mm RUM, then go for it. If you want a 6.5 Weatherby, then go for it. If you want a .35 Remington, then go for it. 
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Re: New Weatherby Caliber
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10/09/15 10:04 PM
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Does this new cartridge have that goofy rounded shoulder?
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Re: New Weatherby Caliber
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10/09/15 10:14 PM
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Re: New Weatherby Caliber
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10/09/15 10:22 PM
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Does this new cartridge have that goofy rounded shoulder? And a belt. Good thing gunsmiths know how to cut chambers 
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Re: New Weatherby Caliber
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10/09/15 10:23 PM
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kind of a big deal
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So if this is going to be a barrel burner why isn't a 26 nosler?
The idea here was to make a caliber to compete with the 26 nosler. They made one which is a little faster and shoots a little flatter.
The ammo for this will be almost the same as the 26 nosler factory ammo. So it apples to apples.
Guys who want a hot hot 6.5 have another choice now. 
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, b/c they know not victory nor defeat"- #26 TR
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Re: New Weatherby Caliber
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10/09/15 10:24 PM
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Yep too extream for me too...if it would have been a necked down 270 WBY then...ok maybe, but then again it would have been just another hot 6.5...
Good for weatherby! I will be shooting my 6.5-284,6.5 creedmoor, and 6.5 Grendel....and enjoy myself....
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Re: New Weatherby Caliber
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10/09/15 10:26 PM
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Re: New Weatherby Caliber
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10/09/15 10:46 PM
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26 nosler is a barrel burner.
These makers have to make the next big thing and the weatherby name sells
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Re: New Weatherby Caliber
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10/09/15 10:49 PM
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They're kind of late to that party.
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Re: New Weatherby Caliber
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10/09/15 11:00 PM
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If you got the cash-- and some do, who cares, buy it. The argument that it's not needed doesn't fly. Nothing is much needed over a 12 gauge or a 30-06? But, there are very few guys on here that don't have tons of guns. Some of it is, I saw it, I wanted it, I bought it--nothing else matters.
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Re: New Weatherby Caliber
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10/09/15 11:29 PM
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it is the illusion of knowledge.--Stephen Hawking
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Re: New Weatherby Caliber
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10/10/15 12:08 AM
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I think it's kinda cool. I agree, if you like it then buy it. Nothing else matters.
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Re: New Weatherby Caliber
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10/10/15 12:36 AM
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Like the others have said if you like it buy it. I agree with RiverRider the 264WM has about all the case capacity I want in a 6.5 caliber. Have one of those that I rarely shoot these days.
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true
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Re: New Weatherby Caliber
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10/10/15 12:38 AM
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Just a question, how many here using modern ammo and rifles have "shot out" a magnum rifle barrel? I imagine a few probably have but every time a new hot rod rifle caliber comes out some of the first comments are "it's going to be a barrel burner" the same comments were used during the introduction of the .264mag among others from back in the day using different alloys of steel and powders that weren't nearly as efficient and probably did burn some barrels out. I've shot the .264win pushing hot loads for years and years with no noticeable loss of accuracy or barrel damage. I run a bore scope down it every so often and I can only notice maybe the slightest bit of erosion. I think the 26 Weatherby round is probably a good introduction for them considering all of the love of the 26 caliber over the last few years.
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Re: New Weatherby Caliber
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10/10/15 12:45 AM
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 I've shot out a .260 Rem. And am halfway through a 6.5 Creedmoor.
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Re: New Weatherby Caliber
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10/10/15 12:46 AM
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The 264 I have still shoots a little over MOA but can see erosion without a bore scope, and can feel roughness when running a patch through it. If I wanted to use it for long range would screw a new barrel on it.
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true
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Re: New Weatherby Caliber
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10/10/15 12:54 AM
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Just a question, how many here using modern ammo and rifles have "shot out" a magnum rifle barrel? I imagine a few probably have but every time a new hot rod rifle caliber comes out some of the first comments are "it's going to be a barrel burner" the same comments were used during the introduction of the .264mag among others from back in the day using different alloys of steel and powders that weren't nearly as efficient and probably did burn some barrels out. I've shot the .264win pushing hot loads for years and years with no noticeable loss of accuracy or barrel damage. I run a bore scope down it every so often and I can only notice maybe the slightest bit of erosion. I think the 26 Weatherby round is probably a good introduction for them considering all of the love of the 26 caliber over the last few years. This is how I see it as well. Most of us don't get out and shoot THAT much. Fireman here has his own range and gives instruction using his own guns, and only mentions one gun with a shot out barrel- and one on the way. A guy like myself, probably will not shoot the barrel out on a gun in a lifetime. More than likely, before that happens, I'll get a new rifle that'll become the favorite for awhile. At least until the next one comes!
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Re: New Weatherby Caliber
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10/10/15 03:19 AM
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Just a question, how many here using modern ammo and rifles have "shot out" a magnum rifle barrel? I imagine a few probably have but every time a new hot rod rifle caliber comes out some of the first comments are "it's going to be a barrel burner" the same comments were used during the introduction of the .264mag among others from back in the day using different alloys of steel and powders that weren't nearly as efficient and probably did burn some barrels out. I've shot the .264win pushing hot loads for years and years with no noticeable loss of accuracy or barrel damage. I run a bore scope down it every so often and I can only notice maybe the slightest bit of erosion. I think the 26 Weatherby round is probably a good introduction for them considering all of the love of the 26 caliber over the last few years. Good question and I can tell you for a fact that Weatherby has has exactly 7 30-378 rifles come back in17 years with a burned out barrel. I am not saying that super speed calibers don't burn out barrels, they do. But 99% of the people that buy these rifles hunt with them and might put 25 rounds through one a year. That is why the ammo price argument usually doesn't hold water, so you spend 100.00 on a box of ammo a year, that is the cheapest cost of all of your hunting.
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Re: New Weatherby Caliber
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10/10/15 03:54 AM
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Also, let's not forget that "shot-out" is a relative term. Is that when your normal 1 MOA rifle opens up to 1.5. 2, 2.5, or 3 MOA? I once shot out (by my standards) a Rem 700 .270 Win. I called it "shot out" because the throat/leade was gone an inch or so up the barrel. I could not seat a bullet that touched the rifling. Yet that rifle could keep 10 or more shots under 2" at a 100yds & most grouped under 1.5". Good enough for "long range" (another relative term) deer hunting. When I first got the rifle & tuned it up, it was a consistent 1 MOA & under rig.
JIMHO...
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