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Winchester Ballistic Silvertip 6.8 Western 170 Grain
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6.8 Western Ammo For Sale hereThe 6.8 Western is a centerfire rifle cartridge designed by Winchester Repeating Arms Company and Browning Arms Company. Introduced to the market in 2021 as a big game hunting cartridge that may be also used for long range target shooting.
With no competitors other than the .270 Weatherby Magnum, the .270 Winchester rifle ammo has remained the most popular cartridge of its class for nearly a century. By 2002, Winchester introduced the .270 Winchester Short Magnum, as part of its then-new line of Short Magnum cartridges, which was faster by 200 fps resulting in a flatter trajectory and approximately 50 more yards of MPBR, with the advantage of being chambered in a short action similar to the size of the .308 Winchester . However, this cartridge was designed to shoot 110- to 160-grain bullets to be stabilized by 1:10 twist barrels, similar to the .270 Win.
In 2007, Hornady launched its new 6.5 Creedmoor, also designed to be fed from a short action mechanism. Thought of as a bench-rest competition cartridge rather than a hunting cartridge, it is designed to shoot heavy-for-caliber, high B.C. bullets that need a faster twist to be stabilized. Nevertheless, it started to gain followers among hunters to become one of the most popular big game hunting calibers of the time, mainly due to the development of affordable rangefinders, which reduce the advantages of flat trajectories within moderate ranges as the shooter doesn’t need to “guess” distances anymore.
- Heavy for caliber bullets with High Ballistic Coefficients
- Bullets constructed for Big Game Hunting
- Magnum performance out of Short Action Rifles
- Less recoil than Magnum Cartridges such as 300 WSM, 300 Win Mag, 300 PRC
- Ballistic Silvertip
Manufacturer: Winchester
Cartridge: 6.8 Western
Number of Rounds :200 rounds
Bullet Type: Spitzer
Bullet Weight: 170 grain
Cartridge Case Material: Brass
Muzzle Velocity: 2920 ft/s
Muzzle Energy: 3218 ft-lbs
Application: Hunting, Deer
Package Type: Box
Primer Style: Centerfire
Lead Free: No
Gun Type: Rifle
