New Weatherby Cartridge

[UngulateGuardian797]

7mm Wby. RPM is my guess.

Gotta get a piece of the 7mm money!

 

[eLightfoot]

weatherby would be smart to shorten the case a little to make it fit in more rifles (tikka) but I doubt it.

 

[Coleredding00]

weatherby would be smart to shorten the case a little to make it fit in more rifles (tikka) but I doubt it.

expensive and proprietary has always been their jam... the 307 action is the only half way decent thing they have done in years.

 

[JBradley500]

6mm RPM with a 117 TMK factory loaded round. 20 bucks a box.

 

[eLightfoot]

expensive and proprietary has always been their jam... the 307 action is the only half way decent thing they have done in years.

Hence, Weatherby remains in a fudd niche of the market share. I think the 307 is the least impressive thing they have done. Set the world on fire with another boring 700 clone….. no

 

[Coleredding00]

Hence, Weatherby remains in a fudd niche of the market share. I think the 307 is the least impressive thing they have done. Set the world on fire with another boring 700 clone….. no

Ha ha, yeah that’s why I said the only halfway decent thing. It’s really about the only move they could have made to try and be competitive in the marketplace. Tikka is the only other action platform that has taken off in decades, so tapping into the 700 world as objectively a good move in my eyes, even though the execution is poor.

Some day manufacturers will start offering 20” and shorter barrels.

 

[willfrye027]

Soo….. 25-06 AI 1-8 twist or a 25 PRC would be its twin and it would have way more available/affordable brass options. Weatherby’s proprietary cartridges just never have excited me much when you can find ballistic twins to every single one of them in the standard or wildcat world with multiple manufacturers of brass and availability for years to come. If weatherby ever goes tits up, there is going to be a lot of rifle owners up the creek without a paddle, and they paid damn good money to put themselves in that position.

Yeah, for guys who don’t want to reload a hotrod fast twist .257 like an RPM would be a benefit over the two you mention. Although the ballistic advantage would be unnecessary for the box or two a year type of shooter who isn’t going to handload..

 

[BreechFace]

Soo….. 25-06 AI 1-8 twist or a 25 PRC would be its twin and it would have way more available/affordable brass options. Weatherby’s proprietary cartridges just never have excited me much when you can find ballistic twins to every single one of them in the standard or wildcat world with multiple manufacturers of brass and availability for years to come. If weatherby ever goes tits up, there is going to be a lot of rifle owners up the creek without a paddle, and they paid damn good money to put themselves in that position.

Agreed. Never cared for their proprietary cartridges. And had several buddies regret buying into them when they are purchasing or trying to find ammo because they don’t reload.