.240 Weatherby Magnum [SEP] designer
.240 Weatherby Magnum
The .240 Weatherby Magnum was developed in 1968 by Roy Weatherby. In the development of his own .240in/6 mm cartridge, Weatherby was significantly influenced by both the success and the limitations of the .244 H&H Magnum cartridge devised in England by his friend and colleague David Lloyd. It was the last cartridge to be designed by Roy Weatherby.
Design.
The .240 Weatherby Mag. is a proprietary cartridge used only in Weatherby rifles. This particular Weatherby case is unique: other than shape, it isn't physically
's full line up of calibers consists of the:
- .224 Weatherby Magnum
- .240 Weatherby Magnum
- .257 Weatherby Magnum
- 6.5-300 Weatherby Magnum
- .270 Weatherby Magnum
- 7mm Weatherby Magnum
- .300 Weatherby Magnum
- .340 Weatherby Magnum
- .30-378 Weatherby Magnum
- .338-378 Weatherby Magnum
- .375 Weatherby Magnum
- .378 Weatherby Magnum
- .416 Weatherby Magnum
- .460 Weatherby Magnum
Weatherby offers rifles chambered in:
- .17 HMR
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