Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Elk Hunting 6.5-300 Weatherby – for Elk?

I haven’t shot anything with mine yet ( no time). But I would not hesitate to shoot anything in North America with it.

At a quick glance, the overall looks quite a bit like the .264 Win Mg and the 140gr. in that has been a great elk shooter for a long, long time.

I recently acquired a 6.5-300 Weatherby 26” barrel burnt bronze cerakote with factory camo stock. Right out of the box it shot tiny groups with 127 gr LRX and 130 gr Scirocco Wby factory loads. I found a box of each to try and given near identical results, I grabbed 2 more boxes of the LRX. Also later found a box of 70 factory cases and couple of pounds of US869. I’m not so sure it outperforms my 7mm and .300 Weatherby Mags, but it should be more than adequate for elk and mule deer. I hope to find out this season!

PS: Looking at the ballistics tables, down range performance is very close and certainly more velocity than required for expansion of either bullet. I don’t shoot at much of anything past 500 yards anyway.

WAM, is your rifle a MkV, VG, or something else?

It’s a Vanguard Sub-MOA similar to the First Lite VG, but with Sitka Optifade Sub Alpine camo and no brake. Model exclusive to RMEF. I won it, but if I had bought one it might have been stainless. 8.5 lb with scope.

Rem 700, broughton rem sporter 8”” @26” McMillan game scout 805 trigger and you see the gold ring on the scope. 😂😂

Thanks WAM. Glad to hear it's a 1-8" twist like mine.

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I’m betting yours will shoot the LRX and SS just fine! I believe all the Weatherby rifles in 6.5-300 are 1:8 twist barrels. Happy Trails

Last season 2 hunters drove out from Illinois to wack Idaho cow elk with the rifle they shared. Their problems was not with their rifle.

Rather than have them rezero and learn new dope, one of the guys gave 'em a familiarization run with his custom 6.5-300 WM shooting 143 gr. ELDX handloads. Then went out with them to get it done.

Now that is a really nice guy. Afterwards they started the drive back home with 2 elk in the coolers.

If that had been me, I'd given the rifle owner 1/2 an elk....

Keeping my fingers crossed.

Yeah, mine's a 1-8", like all the 6.5 Wbys.

I just also ordered 2 boxes of the 140gr C&C soft point ammo on GB. I'm basically hitting the "buy now" button on any 6.5-300 ammo until I build up a sizeable inventory.

The 140 sp shoot really good in my rifle.

Nice Jud! So, that's 1-8" twist Remington?

I swear that barrel looks like it's 32" long.

Yep 8” . It does look long, she’s 26” though. Pretty light contour

I also see turrets?

You go over to the dark side?

Strictly cosmetic!! Haha need to pull it and have cds installed.

Question: This thing is “free floated,” but the stock touches the barrel. Should I take the stock off and sand it down so that it does not touch the barrel? It has a “full-length aluminum bedding plate,” but I’ve never looked at it to see what that means.

Nice moose. I'd free float it for sure.

In your above scenario; Plug your ears because I'm about to shoot.

I do not know why but that is probably the first cartridge to tempt me into a new rifle in a long time.

But getting back to reality, I'm really not sure how you'll handle the recoil.

Yeah, without a doubt.

My gripe with elk cartridge choices is focused on guys who use little guns in fairly heavy cover where, though the ranges is usually fairly short, it is difficult to really gauge the elk's body position 'cause you can't see lower legs / feet and don't know where the shoulder blade and front leg bone are precisely so you don't know if you've got a clean shot through comparatively soft tissue to get into the chest or you've got a big ol' hunka bone to break to get there. Our in the open where you can see the whole elk is a different game.

The only thing I'd want to do differently than you list is I'd focus on the 140 grain partition. Though it is a flat base, that cartridge will pitch it fast enough to open up and perform well within your 500 yard limit.

Tom