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Claimed by Weatherby to be the fastest 6.5mm cartridge available. [4] Designed in a similar fashion as other Weatherby cartridges, it has a large-for-caliber case capacity, resulting in high velocities. When bullets with high ballistic coefficients are used, trajectories are extremely flat, allowing the projectile to retain a significant amount ...
The .240 Weatherby Magnum was developed in 1968 by Roy Weatherby. In the development of his own .240in/6 mm cartridge, Weatherby was significantly influenced by both the success and the limitations of the .244 H&H Magnum cartridge devised in England by his friend and colleague David Lloyd. It was the last cartridge to be designed by Roy ...
The Weatherby Varmintmaster is a lighter quicker-handling version of the Weatherby Mark V. It was first offered for sale in 1963 in two barrel lengths: a 24-inch standard weight and 26-inch heavy weight. The price then was $295, same as the Mark V. Compared with the Mark V it weighs 40% less with most parts being reduced in size by 20%.
The Weatherby Mark V is a centerfire, bolt-action rifle manufactured by Weatherby of Sheridan, Wyoming. [2] The rifle was introduced in 1957 by Weatherby and was designed to safely contain the high pressures associated with the Weatherby line of high performance cartridges. It is the flagship rifle of the Weatherby line of firearms.
The .257 Weatherby Magnum is a .257 caliber (6.53 mm) belted bottlenecked cartridge. ... .99 MOA or better with their Sub-MOA Vanguard rifles, and .99 MOA or better ...
7mm Weatherby Magnum.30-378 Weatherby Magnum.224 Weatherby Magnum.240 Weatherby Magnum.257 Weatherby Magnum.270 Weatherby Magnum.300 Weatherby Magnum; 6.5-300 Weatherby Magnum.338-378 Weatherby Magnum.340 Weatherby Magnum.375 Weatherby Magnum.378 Weatherby Magnum.416 Weatherby Magnum.460 Weatherby Magnum
On average, Weatherby factory ammo is loaded to higher chamber pressures than Remington or Winchester magnum rounds. The Remington round can be handloaded to equal pressures, and as a consequence, surpass the .300 Weatherby in power. The .300 Weatherby is commonly used by big-game hunters all over the world. [4]
To accomplish this task Weatherby relied on one of the largest commercial sporting cartridge cases available. The .416 Weatherby Magnum uses the same case as the .378 Weatherby Magnum and the .460 Weatherby Magnum. The case design was inspired by the .416 Rigby cartridge and features a belt and Weatherby’s signature double-radius venturi ...