Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters What the heck is Weatherby thinking, another big 6.5?

Seem's to me it's a " me to round " . 6.5 is the flavor of the month, the Creedmore and Nosler , creating a little buzz. Generate some excitement Sell some rifles . I'll look at it and shake my head and in 6 months I'll probably be thinking of buying one ( a 6.5 of some kind). Soon as I saw the Nosler 28 ooooooohhhhhh got to have one of those! Way better than the 280 Rem , 280 AI , 284 Win. 7mm rem , RUM , SAUM , WBY , STW , MSM , Dakota . Lazzeroni ,LRM, 7x61 sharp and what ever other 7mm I forgot. Fun days to be a rifle loony.

I feel yo pain, KHH...

Looks like all this 6.5 hype is taking its toll on ya...

It takes a Loony to spot a Loony...

DF

DF: I know you like those big 6.5's...

Gonna get a Weatherby?

Fireball2,

Your tongue may be firmly in your cheek, but introducing a new commercial cartridge costs a lot more than a reamer and a roll stamp. First, there's extensive pressure-testing on an indoor piezo-electronic lab (no, a Pressure Trace doesn't cut it), which costs considerable money, since several pressure barrels are usually involved, often with different chamber variations.

Then there's the wining and dining of other SAAMI members so they'll play nice and approve the new round during the annual meeting--which takes place during the SHOT Show and can get expensive. (Or at least that's what I've heard.)

Then there's the forming dies and production line for factory brass and ammo, which cost a considerable sum.

The 6.5-06 A Frame is the logical one to build in my mind. In fact, a 6.5-06 AI would be pretty cool. I know, not a short action cartridge, as a hunting rig, who cares.

I heard about that. I also read on that thread that the .300 Weatherby isn't a long range cartridge.

Just seems that the 260 Winchester [6.5-06] wasn't introduced long ago as a standard cartridge.

Thought it was the 6.5-06 A square?

Yep, I get Weatherby doing it to follow their tradition, but they should probably make it available with their Vanguard action. I wouldn't want a target rifle designed on a Mark V action with the stock screw going into bottom of recoil lug.

Their competition could probably make more money selling rifles and ammo with a commercial 6.5 WSM or SAUM.

I know there is a niche market for ultra performance at any cost, whether it be automotive, computer hardware, or ballistics. But most of us mortals have to settle a bit in the performance department as performance increases at a rate inversely proportional to cost.

Ultra-capacity cartridges are of little interest for ranges inside 600 or 700 yards. Extended ranges typically mean heavy for caliber bullets with high ballistic coefficeints.

Mule Deer has shown us years ago how to acheive that elusive 3200 fps with a 140 in the 264 at sane pressure.

But such loads are still very scarce in the load manuals. While the 6.5 Nosler exceeds 3200 fps by slim margins.

There is a significant performance gain in the 7 mm magnums when increasing capacity from that of the 7 rem/wea mag to capacity of 7MM STW/3OO Wea.

That performance gain is much diminished when bore diameter is reduced to 264.

Couple hundred bucks and grease a few gunwriters wheels...

Yeah, most gun writers are on welfare or retired, so it doesn't take much!

I KNEW, I KNEW IT!!! JB just confirmed we all thought all along

Don't tell anyone around here but,




they're in a, gasp, UNION too!

Geno

First New Years Day Funny

Naw...

The 26 is big enough, burns enough powder, makes enough noise...

I have only one Wby, a Mk V and it wears a Brux 7RM tube in a Wby Express McWoody. That's enough Wby for me...

Jorge and Fotis are real Wby fans...

DF

.....and burn out throats!!

Was waiting for someone to mention that I would imagine it might be a bit tough on the throat.

And Pac-Nor,Shilen,Douglas,Lilja,Benchmark etc.. will make more barrels on Monday.

True, and most of those who buy such a hot rod will realize that is part of the price of buying a round like that. But you know there are going to be those who will complain