just ordered a 6.5-300wby vanguard. Was looking for a 264 but there hard to find and this one was under 600 bucks shipped.
just ordered a 6.5-300wby vanguard. Was looking for a 264 but there hard to find and this one was under 600 bucks shipped.
That should be a real flat shooting rig. Probably hard on chamber throat and crown, but a real fun gun. How hard is loaded ammo or brass to find?
dies were tough to find but i got in on a batch midway got before they were sold out again. Brass? I have LOTS of 300 wby brass so ill try necking it down. Ammo? I havent bought factory ammo in 30 years. Sure wouldnt own ANY whetherby if i had to buy factory ammo.
25 or so years ago was the last time i bought factory ammo. it was $8 or $9 for 30-30(K mart or Gee Bee which is gone) and $13 - $14 for '06 & 270. i heard (about 10 yo) 338 rum is going about $100. i'm sure glad that i reload!!!!
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Not for cast.....come on Lloyd, we had a member here that would shoot bughole groups at 318 yards at a bazillion fps with any 6.5 whatever...
Larry Gibson
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i own a 300 wby in a 700 rem classic and use it, but you do not have to shoot balls to the wall just because you can. for deer i shoot a 165 gr nosler at 2700-2800 fps and thats the same speed i load the 165 nosler in my kimber 3006.
ive got a 300 wby too. I guess i think different then you. I have enough lower powered guns that i dont down load the big ones. If i didnt want to shoot this thing full power id take out my 6.5 grendel. If i didnt want to shoot my 300 wby full power id take out my 300 h&h, one of my o6s or 308s or one of my ohter 30 cal rifles. Other then to shoot cast bullets i never saw a need to down load any rifle. Id like to have your classic though. Ive got one in 6mm 857 and 300 H&H. Other then the win featherweights there my favorite factory rifle. Really the only cast rifle shooting i do today is in my ar15s for 9s and 300 bos and 300 hamrs.
Midway had a few 6.5 bullets over the weekend.
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looked and all they had was match bullets. Im a hunter not a paper shooter.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |