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Ultimate 6.5 for Hunting, is there anything better?
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<blockquote data-quote="weatherbee" data-source="post: 1492394" data-attributes="member: 106132"><p>Yes sir. I have wanted a 6.5-300 for about 10 years. Before Weatherby started chambering it. But life kind of pushed this rifle back for a bunch of different reasons.</p><p></p><p>I've always been a Weatherby fan, and will never side with the short action magnums because of the performance you can get with Weatherby cases. I did extensive research on all the aspects of this rifle.</p><p></p><p>A lot of people out there knock it by saying it won't group well, the recoil is too much, ammo is expensive and it burns barrels. I honestly set out to prove them wrong.</p><p></p><p>And I also wanted to share it here everyone else thinking of getting a gun built will at least give this caliber a chance. There wasn't or isn't anyone out there advocating it for whatever reason.</p><p></p><p>This rifle and all my rifles are built to kill animals ethically at maximum distances if need be. So I don't care about barrel life. Is a $400 barrel really worth worrying about when there is a 200" mule deer or 350" elk standing out at 800 yards and you know you can kill it? Hello no in my opinion. Is a 400$ barrel worth worrying about when there is a 170" whitetail at the same distance? Absolutely not.</p><p></p><p>I hate the barrel life argument. It never even comes into my planning. Like not getting mud terrain tires to use in the river bottoms and worrying about the tread not lasting long on the highway. I don't care, I want to be able to get out when I get stuck</p><p></p><p>Weatherby is the king as far as I'm concerned. Why shoot all the short action stuff when This round has the same ballistics at 400-500 yards?</p><p></p><p>Not a hard decision for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="weatherbee, post: 1492394, member: 106132"] Yes sir. I have wanted a 6.5-300 for about 10 years. Before Weatherby started chambering it. But life kind of pushed this rifle back for a bunch of different reasons. I’ve always been a Weatherby fan, and will never side with the short action magnums because of the performance you can get with Weatherby cases. I did extensive research on all the aspects of this rifle. A lot of people out there knock it by saying it won’t group well, the recoil is too much, ammo is expensive and it burns barrels. I honestly set out to prove them wrong. And I also wanted to share it here everyone else thinking of getting a gun built will at least give this caliber a chance. There wasn’t or isn’t anyone out there advocating it for whatever reason. This rifle and all my rifles are built to kill animals ethically at maximum distances if need be. So I don’t care about barrel life. Is a $400 barrel really worth worrying about when there is a 200” mule deer or 350” elk standing out at 800 yards and you know you can kill it? Hello no in my opinion. Is a 400$ barrel worth worrying about when there is a 170” whitetail at the same distance? Absolutely not. I hate the barrel life argument. It never even comes into my planning. Like not getting mud terrain tires to use in the river bottoms and worrying about the tread not lasting long on the highway. I don’t care, I want to be able to get out when I get stuck Weatherby is the king as far as I’m concerned. Why shoot all the short action stuff when This round has the same ballistics at 400-500 yards? Not a hard decision for me. [/QUOTE]
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