re: 6.8 Western, is it worth it?

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If most established calibers like 270, 30-06, 25-06, etc., had mass produced high twist barrels like all the new metric fad calibers do, they'd be "wonder" bullets as well.

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A .257 weatherby would certainly make the 6.5 turn tail... Imvho

The OG 6.5 loaded 156gr bullets and was shot out of 1:8ish barrels.

This recepie is literally as old as centerfire smokeless cartridges

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I believe it has a different barrel twist that allows for shooting heavier bullets accurately.

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You're the second poster I've seen say "such and such caliber has this barrell twist"

You do all realize that the cartridge does not determine the barrel twist rate and you can use multiple twists depending on what you're looking to do correct?

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Off the shelf rifles generally come with a certain twist for a given caliber

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Depends on the manufacturer, yes I'm aware, but I had a poster in the 6.5Crapmoor thread tell the Creedmores advantage over the 260 was the CM'S
1-8 twist......derp

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Nobody made .260 rem rifles with 1:8 barrels from the factory.

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You're wrong, Savage did I own one. Nothing brings out the ignorant like talking about guns.

Most off the rack rifles in traditional calibers are all still made in 1:10, or, if you're lucky, 1:9 twist barrels.

Nobody wants to go buy a $600-$1000 rifle then pay an extra $300+ for a custom barrel. Then, if you're not very mechanically inclined or you lack the workshop space or the confidence, pay an extra $100+ to a gunsmith to retrofit it to your brand new gun.

99% of all hunters just want the rifle and a scope that day, then go to the range the next day and sight it in before the season starts. They're not even going to know or look at the twist rate on the barrel.

It's completely on the manufacturers for still selling slow twist barrels in mass quantities. They could all go to 1:7 or 1:8 tommorrow and most hunters would never even know it. But that would make them have to retool and redesign all of their old standby barrels and they probably don't want to incur the cost of doing so.

But the idea of the 6.8 western is to have a twist rate to stabilize longer, heavier bullets.

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99% of all hunters just want the rifle and a scope that day, then go to the range the next day and sight it in before the season starts. They're not even going to know or look at the twist rate on the barrel.

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This is true. But all of that 99% will never actually see the benefits of these new cartridges. Gun makers put these new cartridges out there like shiny fishing lures. I'm not saying these new cartridges don't perform different (better?). Just saying that 99% of hunters shoot 99% of their animals at ranges where these new cartridges won't make a difference.

Come on man,I’ve had lots of people tell me they killed deer at 500 yards.

For the love of God please everyone just buy a .308 and a 30-06 and be done with it....Like me.