Custom 6.5-300 WBY Mag Rifle Build

[Mr6.5]

Finished my Savage 110 6.5-300 Weatherby build today. This rifle started life as a 30-06.

The stock is a Savage Accustock I custom painted and baked with KG Gunkote

I had to do a little machining on the receiver and added bottom metal and an extra length mag for seating these already long rounds even longer

The Barrel is a 27" Blank from GM I profiled, threaded, and chambered on the lathe, then Cerakoted. 1:8 twist

I will be taking it to the range tomorrow, shooting 130gr Terminal Ascent bullet and Retumbo powder.

Topped it off with a new US Optics scope.

Hope it shoots tight groups!

 

[gerry]

Good luck tomorrow, you have some interesting projects going on.

 

[FOTIS]

Looks great

 

[DrMike]

Fine looking piece.

 

[str8meat]

I love my 6.5-300. Definitely my favorite deer rifle. Have fun

 

[wvbuckbuster]

Nice. Hope it groups as good as it looks.

 

[Slimfinn]

Looks good, how did it shoot?

 

[Blkram]

What velocity are expecting to get with this recipe in your 27" barrel?

I know that I am liking the performance of the 130 gr TA bullet to date; in accuracy and on-game (red stag, fallow deer, arapawa rams, and caribou - one shot kills with complete pass through, from 43 to 296 yards), from the 6.5 CM.
In my 6.5 PRC, I need to shoot it more to see if the first group was me, or the rifle, but right at MOA it is still very acceptable. I have yet to use it on game from this cartridge, but am expecting similar performance as that from the Creedmoor (actual velocity variance of 171 fps between the two rifles - both w/ 24" barrels).

 

[RL338]

Quite the interesting project Savage/Weatherby, looks good.

 

[Mr6.5]

Today was dismal! The best group I could get was like 6" at 100 yards. It did not like that bullet powder combo at all. I am going to try some N165 next, that is my go to powder when I am having issues. Labradar Crono had me from 3540 to 3600fps but it was all over the place

 

[jimbires]

good luck!

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[FOTIS]

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[Mr6.5]

If I had any ego it would be bruised, but I do not

Final update on this, I have built a lot of rifles in my life and this is the first one I simply gave up on. I worked bullets, powders, depths, and brass but nothing would tighten this rifles groups. I pulled the barrel and replaced it with a 26 Nosler Xcaliber barrel I had on the shelf and it went to shooting one ragged hole at 100y. I guess I had a bad barrel, very rare indeed. The 26 Nosler is shooting the same speeds with a little less efficiency in powder usage. I find all the Nosler cartridges to be very accurate, should have gone that route to begin with....

 

[IdahoCTD]

Bad barrels happen. I've had a bunch over the 34 years I'be been building my own guns. It is more rare nowdays compared to when I started but button barrels are more prone to it IMO, especially when contoured from a blank. The bore tend to grow on a button rifled barrel when metal is removed from the outside. I bet if you slug that barrel you'd feel the bore get larger as it got closer to the muzzle, where the most metal was removed. The taper should go the opposite way in a barrel, get tighter towards the muzzle. That is why good barrel companies hand lap bores after contouring.

 

[wvbuckbuster]

Your dilemma reminded me of a fellow who was a member of the range I belong too. He was an older well experienced shooter who I liked very much. One day he showed up with a Sako barreled to 6.5-300Wby that was splitting cases at the neck almost every other shot. He had gotten it from a cousin for a ridicules sum. Don't know if it was a brass or rifle issue. Wasn't grouping very well either. He gave up. Picking at him I offered his money back and he could keep the barrel; I just wanted the action and stock. Next time I saw Bud I asked about that rifle and he said he sold it back to his cousin. Never to be seen again

 

[Mr6.5]

Your dilemma reminded me of a fellow who was a member of the range I belong too. He was an older well experienced shooter who I liked very much. One day he showed up with a Sako barreled to 6.5-300Wby that was splitting cases at the neck almost every other shot. He had gotten it from a cousin for a ridicules sum. Don't know if it was a brass or rifle issue. Wasn't grouping very well either. He gave up. Picking at him I offered his money back and he could keep the barrel; I just wanted the action and stock. Next time I saw Bud I asked about that rifle and he said he sold it back to his cousin. Never to be seen again

I have yet to meet anyone IRL that has a 6.5-300wby that shoots worth a poop. The 26 Nosler however is just a tack driver, I own 3 of them and all shoot bug holes with the SAME load to boot!