6.5 300 Weatherby
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hounddawgs
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What was your deciding factor on a barrel burner?
Zeke
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It sounds like great fun to me!
They all burn barrels and the problem can be exacerbated by shooting them with a hot barrel... but who cares anyways? He can buy another one or re-barrel it.
If this rig is shot and cooled between shots or general hunting shooting, it should hold accuracy for 1000+ rounds. It wouldn't make the best prairie dog rig with high round-count rapid-fire rate but it would be awesome for chucks, deer pronghorn, sheep etc.
Shooting 50 rounds per year (after all the load development) this rig is good for 20+ years! That's way more actual shooting than most MMer's will do in a year with a single rifle after development.
Oh so many fun toys and so little time/money!
Zeke
They all burn barrels and the problem can be exacerbated by shooting them with a hot barrel... but who cares anyways? He can buy another one or re-barrel it.
If this rig is shot and cooled between shots or general hunting shooting, it should hold accuracy for 1000+ rounds. It wouldn't make the best prairie dog rig with high round-count rapid-fire rate but it would be awesome for chucks, deer pronghorn, sheep etc.
Shooting 50 rounds per year (after all the load development) this rig is good for 20+ years! That's way more actual shooting than most MMer's will do in a year with a single rifle after development.
Oh so many fun toys and so little time/money!
Zeke
hounddawgs
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Wasn't saying anything negative about it asking what other he might of been looking at, I have been thinking of the 6.5x47 laupa there is a lot of the 6.5 out there just curious on his decision I have a few barrel burners myself
grosventrehunter
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If it shoots well are you changing your mm handle to 6.5 300 weatherby?
I have a HS 300 ultra mag one of best shooting rifle I have ever owned,just getting heavier as I age and some friends bought that Weatherby and I like the Ballistics it produces ,the foot pounds of energy at long range is awesome and I wouldnt hesitate at all to shoot big game such as elk.
grosventrehunter
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I would have to agree with getting older and carrying a heavy rifle. I used to carry a weatherby mark v 30-378. I now shoot a 257 weatherby on a Remington 700 action. Definitely a fan of weatherby cartridges.
