Let’s see your custom 6.5-300 Weatherby/6.5 Weatherby/Wright/Hoyer

[Lee in Texas]

Because I would love to see it. I bought an old custom 1917 Enfield in 300 Wby. It has the original barrel, rechambered. I bought it planning to put on a new barrel in the same chambering, but I have a 30" long 1in8 Krieger in 6.5mm that wants something to do. It sounds like a bad *** cartridge.

 

[nealm66]

That sure sounds good.

 

[sable tireur]

What a cartridge!

.270 Weatherby Mag, 6.5-300 Weatherby Mag, .300 Weatherby Mag.

 

[nealm66]

don't see 156 bergers and n570 on there. Very good combo

 

[eshell]

My 6.5-300 I had built in the early 1990s:
Remington M700, everything trued up/squared up, Sako extractor
Canjar set trigger
30" Hart barrel, .920 at the muzzle
Metal work by Sid Goodling in PA
Sheehane "Tracker" laminated stock, inletted, bedded & oil finished myself.
Kelbly rings on Davidson bases, aligned to zero the scope at mechanical center and glass bedded in place
Leupold 6.5-20x-50 Vari-XIII converted by Premier Reticles to 8.5-26x, with dots tailored to my 140 grain MatchKing load, with 3/8 MOA dots from 200 to 1,000 yards
Shot 1/4-3/8 moa with 140 Matchkings and 120 Ballistic Tips

Picture taken by one of the members here.

That's my integrally suppressed (AAC 'Cloak') 10/22 with a 4.5-14x mildot laying there.

Later put it in an HS Precision varmint style stock and terrorized the deer and groundhogs with it. Note how much the stock had to be hogged out to accommodate the barrel.

 

[HARPERC]

What are you planning to do with it? Sounds like fun! I went with the RUM case.

 

[MagnumManiac]

Because I would love to see it. I bought an old custom 1917 Enfield in 300 Wby. It has the original barrel, rechambered. I bought it planning to put on a new barrel in the same chambering, but I have a 30" long 1in8 Krieger in 6.5mm that wants something to do. It sounds like a bad *** cartridge.

Can't wait to finish building my 6.5x300 Weatherby, blank is sitting there 30" finish length, 1:8" twist.
These Nosler 150g ABLR should be the ticket.
Here's the rifle with custom 264WM barrel, 29.5", 1:8" twist on a trued REM 700 Sendero II action, HS-Precision stock & 4.5-27x50 FFP F-class optic.

Cheers.

 

[Lee in Texas]

What are you planning to do with it? Sounds like fun! I went with the RUM case.View attachment 566190

I would like to hunt with it, but I don't know how that will work out here in Texas. A friend has offered to let me hunt on his land. We'll see.

 

[Lee in Texas]

Nice looking rifles, gentlemen.

 

[Aussie Hunter Steve]

Rebarrelled Remington Custom Shop KS Montain rifle. Pac-Nor 29" s/s.

 

[twooly]

Not a rifle, but this information was helpful to me in developing 2 loads for my 6.5x300 that shoot fairly well based on this as a starting point. If you can find some H870 it works well in the 6.5x300

 

[sable tireur]

If you can find some H870 it works well in the 6.5x300

Tough to do.

 

[sable tireur]

don't see 156 bergers and n570 on there. Very good combo

Probably wasn't in Weatherby's wheelhouse at the release. This list was just a small representative selection for an article on the cartridge, not a definitive, all encompassing list.

Most manufacturers aren't going to waste a ton money testing every possible combination, the cost of that would be prohibitive. Even those current lists of potential possibilities are being run on computer simulations in order to save money.

Enjoy!

 

[pacowboy]

This gun was originally built back in the late 60's or early 70's by my great uncle to shoot 1k at Williamsport, Pa. It's an accursed 700 action with what I believe to be a Douglas barrel. I had used the action to build another benchrest rifle and just recently had it put back in its original configuration. I did replace the lost Remington solid wood stock with the laminated Boyds stock. Boyds really impressed me with this stock. I also put a Wyatts extended magazine in it.