Thread: 6.5 STW case and load development.

Originally Posted by Friwi

Shit with a short neck like that you are going to burn your throat in not time. I would have gone with a 6.5-300 weatherby,a bit more neck to hold those bullets and to postpone the burial day of your tomato stake.

7mm Mag has a short neck, doesn't burn out throats in short order. Neck length isn't a factor in throat degradation, fast loads, faster hot powders and strings that allow high continuous throat temperature are the main culprits. I think people make too much out of "short throat/barrel life". They are still making barrels. You are hereby invited to build a 6.5 300 Weatherby and race me to barrel life endex.

Maybe Kiwi Greg could comment on that.