Just zereod in at 200yds. Going to Africa in 2 weeks to go hunting with my 6.8!!!

@cr42hunting99

8 ай бұрын

Let us know how it goes mate!

@WallyMerc06

8 ай бұрын

Any updates brother?

@MickeytimeAdventures

8 ай бұрын

@@WallyMerc06 africa was awesome. Took down 6 animals (Eland, Waterbuck, Blesbok, Impala, Black Wildebeest, Hartebeest) back in July 2023 with Eland Rivers Safaris. Highly Recommend them. kzread.info/dash/bejne/fKGqytinl6fWZrA.htmlsi=IrgdV5Bij0PYOrcy

@user-kq2ju3dc6z

5 ай бұрын

How did ya go mate

@MickeytimeAdventures

5 ай бұрын

@@user-kq2ju3dc6z took down an eland, waterbuck, impala, wildebeest, hartebeest and blesbok

6.8 is an amazing round! I’m going to use it for Elk in MT this year. I’ve got an X Bolt as well 💪

I had a 270wsm was my everything rifle since i got out of the military. When the 6.8 western came out i was super interested in it. I was looking into a new rifle at that time because i want something with more punch to go out west someday for elk. It took me 1.5 years after it came out to finally get ahold of a rifle in 6.8 western up here in ny. I got a xbolt in it and i love the rifle and the round. I wasn't able to make a havrvest with it yet. Great to shoot and i get 1/2 inch 3.shot groups at 100 yards with it.

Good review. Thanks!

I have an XPR in 6.8 Western. Looking forward to reloading with Staball HD. I think that powder will really make this cartridge shine.

Good video sir. I got a Christensen arms mesa ftt chambered in 6.8 western to hunt deer, antelope and elk. I have gone the relaodong route with the 165 gr nosler using staball hd. It's a grest load in the Christensen arms snd easily shoots moa. Great round for sure.

I grabbed the Christensen arms version of 6.8 western and added a suppressor to the end and that is my all around hunter. I have a 6.5 grendel pushing 129gr pills over 2400 fps and that's my medium game gun. I also started reloading 6.8 qoth the 162gr and 170 gr pills woth amazing accuracy. Hope they add more support.

I got one of the really early X Bolt Hells Canyon LR. Love that rifle. Sub MOA at 200 on factory ammo. Easy to shoot. I will be taking it to Turkey next year for bezoar ibex. Should perform flawlessly.

I have never owned a .277 caliber rifle,simply because I had a 30/06 and a 300Winchester,but my brother did have a 270WSM and used it to take a very nice mule deer.At that time we was talking about different rounds to experiment with and he told me I should think about that round.I did but never bought one.But now I am looking for a good medium magnum and the 6.8 has caught my attention,and would like to get one.The only drawback for me,is the availability of components, particularly the brass.This round has not had the support or marketing as the PRC rounds,and I feel that eventually it will fade if other manufacturers don't make rifles,ammo,or brass for it.I am not particularly a fan of Winchester brass,but if that's all I can get,then so be it,but would like to see better manufacturers offer it.Bullet selection is ok,but good be better as well.This is a great round and deserves to thrive,as do all the new rounds do,they each bring something to the table.The old,established cartridges are great and obviously work.The old magnums work,but are highly inefficient,and the belts are not needed.So therefore,I say bring on all the new cartridges so we can experiment and play with all of them.There will be camps for each one,just as there are camps for the old cartridges.No one cartridge works for everybody,so I say the more the merrier.Personally,I'd like to own at least one quality rifle in each round.Whats the fun of just using one rifle and one round all the time.

Well if you compare 6.8 western with a 175gr and 7mm PRC with 175gr the 7mm PRC out performs the 6.8 western but I own both my ultralight savage 7mm PRC without a break is rough on the shoulder vs the 6.8 western without one

@Basin.hunter

Жыл бұрын

True the 7prc is gonna hit harder but it’s in a long action = heavier gun.

I do not own a bolt rifle. I am wanting to build a 6.8 western. Want a barreled Howa 1500 action, with MDTs new wood stock… hopefully I can make it happen, unsure if Howa does a 6.8 barrel

Just got a 6.8 and I can’t wait to take some moose with it this fall 🎉

@Recruitcreative

Жыл бұрын

Good luck! Let us know if you get one!

@NG12949

Жыл бұрын

@@Recruitcreative I went scouting today because I was bored and already saw 3 moose not even 15km up the mountain I hunt at

This is one of the best reviews that I have seen on the 6.8 Western. Great video!!! My favorite rifle is a 270 and it has never let me down. I have never lost an animal and I have hunted for over 40 years. When I saw the 6.8 I was very interested in theis new cartridge. However, I decided that I need to investigate the other new cartridges and I am current reviewing and researching the 6.5 PRC, the 6.8 Western and the 7 PRC. I live in the west and have hunted mule deer, elk and antelope. I have killed more deer and elk with my 270 than any other cartridge, but I have also used a Rem 7 mm to kill elk. I am getting older and probably don't need another rifle, however I am very intrigued with the new bullet designs and what these 3 new cartridges have to offer. As I look at these new comer, I listing some of my other items that are important to me. I don't really like a lot of recoil. I would like to shoot long distinct, but I don't intend to hunt at long range. Probably wouldn't ever shootan animal at over 500 yards. I have always shot all of my animals under 400 yards and to me making an ethical kill is very important. If I can't make a good shot, then I am not taking the shot. I am feeling that Hornady will probably be more successful than Winchester in marketing this new cartridge and I don't want to buy a cartridge that dies in infancy. I feel like you made a great sale for the 6.8 and I appreciate all that you covered. Like a said earlier, great video. Thanks for sharing.

Have the winchester xpr with 20 inch shoots the copper impact lights out love it

I think it solidified for me the 6.8 is the one I should get I like the 27 calibers better

280ai Browning, Savage, Weatherby, and a few other. Chamber the 280ai rifle. Hornady Federal Nosler and others make 280ai ammo. Its easy to find in my area.

That's a pretty impressive difference in recoil between the 6.8 Western and the .300 WM/WSM cartridges. You say you shot the 6.8 out of your X-bolt Speed - did it come with the Recoil Hawg muzzle brake? Because if your experience with the .300s didn't include a comparable muzzle brake on those rifles, then the differences are kinda skewed. Not knocking your integrity or any of the cartridges mentioned - I actually want an X-bolt Max Long Range in either a .300 WSM or 6.8 Western - just wanted to know if your X-bolt has the Recoil Hawg on it, and if those .300s were equipped with a muzzle brake as well.

I have always liked the 277 caliber. Have owned several 270 rifles and they all shot good. Not competition groups but good hunting groups. Comparing the 6.8 and the 7PRC both are great calibers and hard hitters at long ranges. As for recoil, it can be tamed very easily with either a break or a can. Knowing that ammo for the 7 PRC is still not very available and the 6.8 though only by Winchester and Browning at this time is much more readily available I think I would opt for the 6.8. Have to say that I like both and would happily put both in my arsenal.

How much is the Winchester ammo per box of the 6.8 Western costing ? I’m thinking about a new caliber for hunting and I’m a huge fan of the Winchester Ammo. My hunting caliber of choice has Been The 264 Winchester Magnum. But I’m getting older and I wanna reduce my recoil. How much is a box of Winchester ammo for the 6.8 Western costing ?

@Recruitcreative

9 ай бұрын

I believe I got my last boxes at $56 per. This was in Colorado

If you equip rifles chambered in 270 Winchester, 270 Winchester Short Mag, 270 Weatherby Mag, or 27 Nosler with the same fast twist rate as the 6.8 Western, is there going to be much of a difference in performance between these cartridges?

@Recruitcreative

Жыл бұрын

Probably not, but I like the out of the box results from the 6.8. I didn't really want to dive into building a custom rifle or switching barrels. 6.8 western came with the added benefit right off the shelf

@OutsidetheEchochamber

Жыл бұрын

Seating the longer high bc bullets in these cases will start diminishing powder capacities because max length prevents you from just seating them out farther.

They chose an anemic round for 7mm rem mag. Choose a 168 grain nosler accubond and it definitely hangs with everything. Add to that ,riflemakers are now chambering the 7mm rem mag in 1&8 twist. It will now stabilize 175 to 190 grain bullets. All that being said, the6.8 western is a great round. It is more than good enough for big game. If I'm thinking for the future, it's the 7mm PRC for me. You should pick the 175 grain ELD X as a comparison. Once the PRC becomes established and federal, barnes, etc pick it up,it will supplant the 6.8 western. Imagine a 185 grain nosler accubond? How about a 168 grain barnes tipped triple shock?

The 7prc 160 cx load is a copper bullet, so velocities will be lower. With a standard lead core bullet the 7prc velocity with a 160g bullet is over 3150 ! ( the hornady reloading page has a 162 grain bullet going 3150 ). This is 180 +- fps faster than the 6.8 western.

@Recruitcreative

Жыл бұрын

The 7PRC is a great round. I don't reload and don't really have a desire to being that I mostly archery hunt. I like the ballistics of the 6.8 straight out of the box with factory ammo!

@Imasaint22

Жыл бұрын

@@Recruitcreative thats a fair point, the 7 prc does come in 180grain at 2975fps and 175 grain at 3000 fps in factory ammo. The 6.8 will have less recoil tho 👍🏻

Winchester needs to jump on it and release a 25 Western before the 25 Creedmoor happens. Then again maybe Savage puts out a new 250

Bullet selection is everything

@Recruitcreative

11 ай бұрын

Agreed!

@gsnicholas8522

11 ай бұрын

Exactly. Load similar style bullets in all the cartridges on that chart and the 6.8 comes in last every time.

@Recruitcreative

11 ай бұрын

@gsnicholas8522 why would you shoot a 300win with a 143-150gr bullet though? Would be very inefficient. Can get similar ballistics, with less weight and recoil in the 6.8. It's a preference thing, but as a hunter I enjoy a smaller rifle with less recoil

@gsnicholas8522

11 ай бұрын

@@Recruitcreative did I say anything about the bullet weight? I said similar style. That would be heavy for caliber and high ballistic coefficient. It's fairly easy to get bullets in the 210-215 grain range with a high BC to go about 3000fps. Run that against the 6.8 western and see what it does. Let's compare apples to apples instead of apples to oranges.

6.8 Western is an impressive cartridge. Sadly, the support in terms of components and ammo is very weak. Hornady will never make any bullets for their competitors and Winchester and Browning are not known for their quality of ammo. I love Browning rifles but they launched a great cartridge during shaky times with little support. It’s a shame as I think the 6.8 Western has a lot of potential. Hopefully it won’t be transferred to life support. Thanks

@MrRourk

11 ай бұрын

They need to get Lapua on board and then watch the round take off.

@TRDdude-pn6oi

11 ай бұрын

check out aria ballistic engineering they offer 6.8 western ammo.

@TRDdude-pn6oi

10 ай бұрын

@@brycen575 I would call them, their website is still under construction.

I went with the 7mm PRC

@Recruitcreative

6 ай бұрын

That's a great choice!

Looking between getting a 6.8 or 7 prc

@Recruitcreative

11 ай бұрын

Both are great options!

Sorry mate but your charts are not comparing apples to apples. You short changed the larger calibers by using lighter bullets (lower BC and less down range energy) to the 6.8 with the highest/heaviest bullets it can chamber. I just did a quick check of my favorite round the 280 AI using a 175 grain Nosler Accubond Long Range. Going strictly by Noslers load data and Hornady Ballistic Calculator it had exactly the same 500 yard drop and 5 more pounds of energy than the 6.8. If I had used 7mm Rem Mag or 7mm PRC ballistics the difference would have been even greater. And, if we had tested the 180 grain bullets in the 7 PRC we could have blown the doors off. Don't get me wrong as I'm really liking the ballistics of that 6.8 Western. It's just that you've skewed the test in favor of the 6.8 to make it look head and shoulders above the others and that simply isn't the case. It's very comparable to my 280 AI which is saying a lot. I think it will be a great deer/elk cartridge for western long range hunting. However, looking over the charts I'm not about to swap out the 280 AI any time soon. It just doesn't do anything i'm not already doing.

I’m late to the party. 6.8 western is amazing. Bit of snub by hornady not loading for it as they were beat to the draw. I will say the 6.5 creed is very capable of mule deer at 600 and I have personally taken one at 705 yards with 0 wind that day. And owner of a 30 06 no way I’m shooting over 450 yards at anything.

This cartridge looks good and was on my radar for some time, but as with all new cartridges, the adoption rate was and is low. Both Winchester and Browning seem to have low adoption rates and seem to be pulling support on this cartridge. Hopefully this does not go the way of the dodo.. :-(

@traviskuntz7503

Жыл бұрын

They're not pulling support for the cartridge, Backfire just said that because he's on Hornady's payroll

@johnpittinger1545

Жыл бұрын

Winchester and Browning have always supported Hornady. Shame on Hornady for not being willing to support the 6.8 just because it is competition to their cartridges. A cartridge should either live or die by its own merits. If you can’t take the heat get out of the kitchen.

@WesternReloader

Жыл бұрын

@@johnpittinger1545 I agree. The 6.8 is perfectly in between the 6.5/7 prc

The 6.8 W does exactly what Winchester/Browning says it does if you stack the deck with low bc low pressure cartridges in the other calibers. Start running heavy for caliber high bc bullets at full pressure in the 7mm or 300wm and the 6.8 can’t compete. I still love the 6.8W and it’s my western gun of choice.

FYI .277 isn't 6.8mm it's 7mm.

All Browning did was prove that paper will hold still for anything. Load the 300 win or 7mm rem with comparable bullets and the 6.8 comes in last.

@Recruitcreative

11 ай бұрын

Not in recoil or weight it won't

@TheBrand83

10 ай бұрын

6.8 is short action and shorter barrel. So if that is what you like. 6.8 could be a good fit.

The 6.5 weakmoor does not even belong in that test.......

lol size matters . great cartridge but there are far better all around hunting rounds as lots of us hunt in grizzly country where you need heavy lead to deal with those bastards. “ long range “ hunting shouldn’t be legal . These companies are idiots for pushing it

Not much different than my .270 Weatherby made almost 80 years ago in the 60s.

You know it’s going to be filled with accurate facts when they can’t even spell “Creedmoor” correctly! 🤡

@Recruitcreative

11 ай бұрын

Big Creedmoor guy eh? There's always a Creedmoor defender in the comments

@58harwood

11 ай бұрын

Dude you can’t seem to get anything right! Couldn’t care less about the Creedmoor! And I have nothing against the 6.8 Western, it’s just another solution in search of a problem. The 6.5 PRC and 7 PRC will effectively strangle the 6.8 into oblivion! IMO. 🤡 I’m a huge fan of the model 70 but Winchester factory ammo blows chunks! The absolute worst! Unless you reload, good luck! This thing is dead on arrival unless a lot of big names start offering rifles and factory ammo! And most have already said “no”. So it’s basically Browning and Winchester with shitty factory ammo against everybody else! LOL!

Cant outshoot my 7mmprc, sorry but its just facts my man. Look atthe ballistics down range...

@Recruitcreative

4 ай бұрын

7 PRC is a great round!