Necked down 300 Weatherby

39ford

October 15, 2004 17:38

Just wondering,is there sucha beast as a 300 weatherby necked to a 6 mm?

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  perry shooter

  October 15, 2004 18:12

  Hello yes there is I think it is called a 6MM "DUSTER" or something like that. I think the long range "1000yd" bench rest guys are takeing advanage of the research on 6mm ppc bullets and are tring them in this wildcat.

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  b00mer

  October 15, 2004 18:36

  I do know there is a 7mm-300 weatherby. and its a buster
  
  Its really hard to soar with the Eagles, when you are stuck with turkeys!

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  nononsense

  October 15, 2004 19:21

  39ford,
  
  The original version was the 244 H&H developed in Britain by necking down the 375 H&H (or the 300 H&H) to use the 6MM bullets. It retained the body taper and an angular neck obviously since the Weatherby radius wasn't part of the European scene yet. There have probably been dozens of variations done on this formula over the years but none have been very prominent.
  
  There is a 7MM-300 Weatherby that gets used for both hunting and target shooting.
  
  Then there is the 6.5-300 WWM (Weatherby Wright Magnum) which was developed for 1000 yard targets but has transitioned to hunting also.
  
  Best.

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