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Opinions on a 6.5 STW
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<blockquote data-quote="Steve Shelp" data-source="post: 27242" data-attributes="member: 22"><p>6.5 Bandit,</p><p> If you review all the posts on this site about the 6.5-300 Weatherby (6.5 WWH), the 6.5 STW and the 6.5-300 WWH are bascially 1 for 1 comparison. The only difference being it's cheaper to grind a reamer with the standard shoulder angles of the STW over the double radius shoulders of the weatherby case. But loads and balisitics are for all intents and purposes the same.</p><p></p><p>I own a 6.5-300 WWH and it's a very good long range hunting caliber. You won't win a BR match with it and it is a hot rod so barrel life isn't like a 6.5-284, but I've seen a lot of exaggerated claims of barrels shooting out in a couple of hundreds of rounds that I don't beleive are true. (If it is true something else is wrong.... i.e. bad barrel steel, continuous high pressure loads producing a HOT barrel, etc ,etc)</p><p> I've had several barrels on my rifle and have buddies that have 6.5 WWHs also and I've never seen that much throat erosion. Those opinions usually come from people who have never shot this caliber. I keep it backed off from the high velocities during the summer and only stoke it up when the extra power is needed.</p><p></p><p>I just need to get the dust blown off the ol' girl and shoot it. It's been idle for too long. Need to look at some brown fur through that Unertl scope.</p><p></p><p>Steve</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steve Shelp, post: 27242, member: 22"] 6.5 Bandit, If you review all the posts on this site about the 6.5-300 Weatherby (6.5 WWH), the 6.5 STW and the 6.5-300 WWH are bascially 1 for 1 comparison. The only difference being it's cheaper to grind a reamer with the standard shoulder angles of the STW over the double radius shoulders of the weatherby case. But loads and balisitics are for all intents and purposes the same. I own a 6.5-300 WWH and it's a very good long range hunting caliber. You won't win a BR match with it and it is a hot rod so barrel life isn't like a 6.5-284, but I've seen a lot of exaggerated claims of barrels shooting out in a couple of hundreds of rounds that I don't beleive are true. (If it is true something else is wrong.... i.e. bad barrel steel, continuous high pressure loads producing a HOT barrel, etc ,etc) I've had several barrels on my rifle and have buddies that have 6.5 WWHs also and I've never seen that much throat erosion. Those opinions usually come from people who have never shot this caliber. I keep it backed off from the high velocities during the summer and only stoke it up when the extra power is needed. I just need to get the dust blown off the ol' girl and shoot it. It's been idle for too long. Need to look at some brown fur through that Unertl scope. Steve [/QUOTE]
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