In this video I take the 6.8 Western to the range to shoot the 155 gr Barnes LRX bullet. We are using H4831SC. I also tested the 300 WSM with the 175 gr LRX with Superformance powder. Which one shoots better? Come find out!
@ReloadingWeatherby I thought the same thing about MagPro. It's lights out in my 270 WSM, not so in my 6.8 Western. IMR-7828 and Retumbo are much better selections. Deadly accurate with screaming velocities using the 155 grain Barnes.
Winchester model 70 super grade maple 24 inch barrel in 6.8 western gets exactly box posted speeds in the 165 Winchester accubond ammunition. Shooting 3/4 moa at 100. 1.12 moa at 200. 6.8 is absolutely insane in power and accuracy
I’ve been able to safely reach well over 3000 fps with the 155 lrx however my gun absolutely hates them unfortunately.. been through many loads, powders etc and can’t get any kind of consistency. Gun shoots sub moa with everything else though so I guess I’ll survive lol
I love the 300 WSM. And I like Barnes bullets. For some reason I’ve never been able to get my 300 WSM to shoot the 175LRX well. Best I’ve been able to manage is 1.5 moa. And that’s with extensive load development. Same rifle shoots the 175SMKs at 0.5 moa, so it’s not the rifle.
@@ReloadingWeatherby yep true. But I was really hoping those 175LRXs would work. Now I’m on the hunt for something else. Trying the 208ELDX and the 168TTSX
@@ReloadingWeatherbyagree, the 4831sc produces slower velocities, RogueSummitHunter channel features exclusively 6.8 western reloading and shooting videos
There's something about that Superformance powder that's just not right. I'm currently trying it in 3 different rifles and calibers. By far my best results with it are in a 6.5 Creedmoor. It gets crazy velocity with the Superformance powder and 140 graiin Accubonds along with sub half moa groups. It also gets wicked velocity in the 7mm08 with 160 grain Accubonds but the accuracy has been horrible so far, but I have a few more charge weights to try in it so not done yet. And finally it gets well over 2900 fps with 180 grain Accubonds in the 30-06 but so so accuracy but not done with that one either. Had you tried H4831sc in the 300WSM I am very confident the accuracy would have been better. Maybe not the velocity you would want, but surely better groups. But the velocity is so much higher with Superformance that it's worth the effort trying to get it to shoot. I'm finding that milder primers with higher powder charge weights is giving me my best results.
@@ArpexOfficial I prefer temp stable powders too but I have had excellent accuracy with a variety of spherical powders in the past - often better than I got with Hodgdon"s extreme line. But I've had to do more work getting good accuracy with Superformance than any other powder I've used. Contrary to other spherical powders, with Superformance I have found better accuracy with the milder primers than with the hotter ones. Magnum primers were a complete disaster, and my beloved WLR's didn't do well either.
At your altitude, do you typically see higher velocitys , or are you just usually loaded good and hot. I'm at sea level so I'm wondering does high altitude = higher velocity, or vise versa
My Nosler manual says you can get 3002 fps out of a 3006 with a 165 gr bullet . (. 63.0 gr of RL 22 ) What’s the big deal about the 6.8 Western ???……. At 200 yards would a deer or Elk know the difference ? Or 250 , or 300 yds ?……
That Fierce rage has 170 bergers going 3015fps, the factory 165 ablr goes about 3050, then about 7-8 months ago we loaded up some 165 ablrs that were going about 3060.
@@wyattgraham5711 after some very intelligent trades I have now come to posses a model 70 extreme weather in 6.8 western. I’m pretty excited. Especially about that ABLR 165gr load. Looks pretty impressive.
Not to knock the 300WSM, BUT...why not compare the 270 WSM to the 6.8 ? The 270 WSM is a much closer rival. and just a bit faster and elder twin to the 6.8. I think Browning and WW just copied the 270 WSM for, who knows why.
The 300 wsm is capable of shooting heavier bullets in the same weight class as the 6.8 western. That’s why it’s a good comparison. It’s good to compare all 3.
😁 Austin, Would You Please Give Weatherby a Call and Get Them to Loan You a 7mm WBY Magnum - So You Can End This Stupid 7mm prc "Hype" Once and For All? ☠
🕵️♂️ The 7mm Weatherby Will "Outperform" It and The Lazzeroni Tomahawk in a "True Short Action Cartridge" (Which The 7mm prc is Not), Will Too (And, Do It With Less Powder)! 😂
🤪 It Was Built For "Uneducated 20-Somethings" That Were Too Dumb To Go With An "Established Cartridge" For Their First Rifle and Dumb Enough To Believe Horneday's Marketing Team That The 7mm prc Was Some Sort of "New Technological Development"! 🤥
Hey I was looking for a way to send you a message here on RU-vid but was unsuccessful. Do you have a business email that I could use to send you a rather large message?
