Charts Copyright Guy J. Sagi 2021
Winchester and Browning just released the 6.8 Western cartridge and I’ve compiled ballistics charts that show the 6.8 Western versus .30-06 Sprg. and .270 WSM. Figures are provided by Winchester, using its loads exclusively to give a good, apples-to-apples comparison.
Zero is at 200 yards. By sticking with single company data, barrel lengths should be identical.
The new Winchester 6.8 Western loads shown in the charts include a 165-grain AccuBond, 170-grain Silvertip and 170-grain MatchKing. For .30-06 Sprg. the information is for a 168-grain Ballistic Silvertip bullet and in .270 WSM. it’s the 150-grain Power-Point load.
And here’s my comparison of the new 6.8 Western cartridges from Winchester with 7 mm Rem. Mag. and .308 Win. loads from the company. Browning also unveiled X-Bolt rifles chambered for the cartridge yesterday.
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