Modern Cartridges Most Likely To Survive

Backcountry Hunting Podcast

Joseph von Benedikt

Backcountry, Rifle, Deer, Podcast, Elk, Mountain, Sports, Hunt, Wilderness, Cartridge, Hunting

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🗓️ 5 December 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

"Do you think the 6.8 Western is here to stay?" We field a lot of this type of question. Survival rate of modern cartridges is a valid concern, especially for hunters that don't handload. So we've featured three really new cutting-edge rifle cartridges that we're pretty sure are here for the long haul. My criteria was that each had to be from a different designer, each had to be introduced very recently, and each had to be a capable, versatile cartridge for western big game.

This is one of a new weekly podcast element: fast-paced, fact-filled five-minute episodes showcasing three top backcountry hunting tools, tricks or techniques.

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Also soon to come: Boots, packs, knives, elk calls, multitools, tents, bear guns, movies, and more! These "Top 3 In 5" minute episodes will drop as frequently as we have time during this busy hunting season, and by Christmas will be a weekly Tuesday-morning addition to the podcast's regular schedule.

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0:00.0	Let's say you want a cutting edge cartridge, one that provides among the best ballistics ever,
0:07.0	but are worried about long-term survival of these newfangled cartridges.
0:12.0	Well, which one do you pick?
0:13.4	Welcome to the Backcountry Hunting Podcast's Top Three in Five.
0:17.8	Our rapid-fire episode today is on the three new cartridges I consider most likely to survive and thrive.
0:27.0	All three are real new, introduced in just the last few years.
0:31.0	All are great at long range. All are versatile on a spectrum
0:36.1	of big game. There's some variation but all three will kill an elk out to 400
0:41.0	yards assuming good bullet choice and a couple will do so much farther than that.
0:46.9	Let's take a look, an ascending order of size, and this first one might surprise you.
0:53.0	It's a 6-5 by 300 Weatherby-RPM cartridge.
0:58.0	It's designed to provide modern Magnum performance in a slender petite action, ideal for mountain rifles.
1:06.8	Specifically, Weatherby's six-lug Mark 5 action.
1:11.1	Research that, folks. It's a rebated rim cartridge. It's based on the 6-5 by
1:16.1	284 normal cartridge case, but it's about a half inch longer and so it shoots
1:20.4	those heavier for caliber bullets really, really effectively.
1:24.0	Ideally, 120 to 160 grain bullets can be hand-loaded for this cartridge.
1:29.0	Most factory-aimel stuff ranges from about 120 to 140. One of my favorites is the 127 grain Barnes
1:36.3	LRX at about 3,225 feet per second. It's smoking along folks.
1:43.0	Muscle energy with that load is about 3,050 feet per second.
1:47.0	Currently there are only four factory loads available, but here's a cool thing. Weatherby always supports its
1:55.2	proprietary cartridges and so this cartridge may never be popular but it will never
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