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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 115360" data-source="post: 2084081"><p>Roy Weatherby invented the 6.5x300wby in the 1950's, and did a soft launch, but nobody wanted it then. I can't remember what they called it then, but the post ww2 aversion to anything metric just killed it. Now, it is the fastest 6.5 cartridge on the commercial market. The 28 nosler is within about 2% of the 7mm stw with significantly more powder and recoil, and a significantly shorter barrel life. They knew when they made the 7mmstw that they could add more powder and eek out just a tiny bit more velocity, but it would have come at the expense of recoil and barrel life for nominal returns. Wildcatters have been making fast twist barrels and shooting heavy for caliber bullets for at least 70 years, so it isn't a new concept. We just keep revamping old ideas. The 6.5 prc has existed in the form of a necked down 300saum for a decade anyways. People necked down the 300wsm to 6.5, 7mm, even .25, about 10 minutes after the wsm cartridges hit the shelf. I don't know what the next actual innovation will be, but they have historically come from wildcatters improving a decent design to something spectacular, and the industry just piggybacks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 115360, post: 2084081"] Roy Weatherby invented the 6.5x300wby in the 1950's, and did a soft launch, but nobody wanted it then. I can't remember what they called it then, but the post ww2 aversion to anything metric just killed it. Now, it is the fastest 6.5 cartridge on the commercial market. The 28 nosler is within about 2% of the 7mm stw with significantly more powder and recoil, and a significantly shorter barrel life. They knew when they made the 7mmstw that they could add more powder and eek out just a tiny bit more velocity, but it would have come at the expense of recoil and barrel life for nominal returns. Wildcatters have been making fast twist barrels and shooting heavy for caliber bullets for at least 70 years, so it isn't a new concept. We just keep revamping old ideas. The 6.5 prc has existed in the form of a necked down 300saum for a decade anyways. People necked down the 300wsm to 6.5, 7mm, even .25, about 10 minutes after the wsm cartridges hit the shelf. I don't know what the next actual innovation will be, but they have historically come from wildcatters improving a decent design to something spectacular, and the industry just piggybacks [/QUOTE]
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