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6.5 Sherman vs 6.5-300 Wby Mag?
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<blockquote data-quote="yobuck" data-source="post: 1492014" data-attributes="member: 12443"><p>It all depends on what your intentions for using it are.</p><p>Anytime there is high velocity there is a price for it, which includes barrels, and there really wont be major differences in barrel life between many of them.</p><p>Research will show that the 6.5x300 Wby cartridge evolved as a wildcat in the 50s. By the mid 60s it had become the most popular long range cartridge on the planet, especially among long range hunters in places like PA. But by the mid 70s it had become like a sinking ship, and hunters were abandoning it in favor of better choices due to new bullets being introduced. Thats about the time I got seriously involved in L/R hunting, so I never had a hot 6.5.</p><p>But frankly I always felt I had been cheated a little by not having one. So about 8 or so years ago I put together a 6.5x300 WSM. After some initial bugs I had the thing shooting very well with the 26" Brux 8 twist barrel. Right around 3350 with 140s and H1000. I shot a couple Antelope with it and was very pleased until one day I took it outside along with my old 7x300 Wby shooting 162s. By the time I came back inside I had decided to vacate that ship also. For L/R hunting/shooting, there is absolutly nothing a 6.5 can do better, but unfortunatly many of us need to be shown.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yobuck, post: 1492014, member: 12443"] It all depends on what your intentions for using it are. Anytime there is high velocity there is a price for it, which includes barrels, and there really wont be major differences in barrel life between many of them. Research will show that the 6.5x300 Wby cartridge evolved as a wildcat in the 50s. By the mid 60s it had become the most popular long range cartridge on the planet, especially among long range hunters in places like PA. But by the mid 70s it had become like a sinking ship, and hunters were abandoning it in favor of better choices due to new bullets being introduced. Thats about the time I got seriously involved in L/R hunting, so I never had a hot 6.5. But frankly I always felt I had been cheated a little by not having one. So about 8 or so years ago I put together a 6.5x300 WSM. After some initial bugs I had the thing shooting very well with the 26" Brux 8 twist barrel. Right around 3350 with 140s and H1000. I shot a couple Antelope with it and was very pleased until one day I took it outside along with my old 7x300 Wby shooting 162s. By the time I came back inside I had decided to vacate that ship also. For L/R hunting/shooting, there is absolutly nothing a 6.5 can do better, but unfortunatly many of us need to be shown. [/QUOTE]
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