6.5-300 Weatherby Magnum
| 6.5-300 Weatherby Magnum | ||||||||||||||||
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| Type | Rifle | |||||||||||||||
| Place of origin | USA | |||||||||||||||
| Production history | ||||||||||||||||
| Designer | Weatherby | |||||||||||||||
| Designed | Roy Weatherby played with design in the 1950s. It wasn’t commercialized until 2016. | |||||||||||||||
| Manufacturer | Weatherby | |||||||||||||||
| Produced | 2016 | |||||||||||||||
| Specifications | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent case | .300 Weatherby Magnum | |||||||||||||||
| Case type | Belted, bottleneck | |||||||||||||||
| Bullet diameter | .264 in (6.7 mm) | |||||||||||||||
| Shoulder diameter | .4949 in (12.57 mm) | |||||||||||||||
| Base diameter | .512 in (13.0 mm) | |||||||||||||||
| Rim diameter | .5315 in (13.50 mm) | |||||||||||||||
| Case length | 2.825 in (71.8 mm) | |||||||||||||||
| Overall length | 3.600 in (91.4 mm) | |||||||||||||||
| Case capacity | 98 gr H2O (6.4 cm3) | |||||||||||||||
| Rifling twist | 1-8" | |||||||||||||||
| Primer type | Large rifle magnum | |||||||||||||||
| Ballistic performance | ||||||||||||||||
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| Test barrel length: 26 Source(s): Weatherby[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||
The 6.5-300 Weatherby Magnum is a 6.5mm cartridge created by Weatherby in 2016 as its own rendition to the ever-growing 6.5mm long range rifle market.[2]
Background
As the newest in Weatherby's lineup this cartridge is designed to be in direct competition to the 26 Nosler.[3]
Performance
Claimed by Weatherby to be the fastest 6.5mm cartridge available.[4]
Designed in a similar fashion as other Weatherby cartridges it has a large for caliber case capacity resulting in high velocities. When bullets with high ballistic coefficients are used trajectories are extremely flat, allowing the projectile to retain a significant amount of energy downrange. These attributes make the 6.5-300 quite effective for long range hunting on medium-sized game.
Availability
Currently Weatherby is the only manufacturer of rifles chambered in the 6.5-300 Weatherby Magnum, as well as the only current supplier of ammunition. Although cases could be formed from 300 Weatherby brass.
See also
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-11-08. Retrieved 2016-11-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b http://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2016/10/20/the-new-65-300-weatherby-magnum-and-mark-v-rifle/
- ^ Snow, John B. (September 29, 2016). "First Look: New 6.5-300 Weatherby Magnum Cartridge". Outdoor Life. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- ^ http://www.weatherby.com/products/ammunition/cartridges/6-5-300-wby-mag.html
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